Oh What A Day!

Wowee! It's been quite a day around here! First, Mommy and Daddy got home last night. Second, George didn't come home from the kennel till this morning, so we got some serious Mommy and Daddy time. Third, we got a bunch of presents from our Nana and Papa - three bags of greenies and a bunch of fuzzy mice. Fourth, Mommy and Daddy let us open our stockings from Santa, that was really great! We got a bunch of cool stuff, fuzzy mice, treats, a new laser pointer and a couple of long feather toys. Fifth, and most importantly we got to open our Secret Paws (it came while Mommy and Daddy were away - and we waited so patiently to open it)!

Thank you sooooooooooo very much Nymphadora Tonks of the Fluffy Tribe! We love it - and what an amazing package! We got a couple of catnip toys, a huge bag of Catnip, a fuzzy mouse, a pretty pink ball (which has already been lost under the sofa once) and the best part - beautiful hand made blankets for each of us!!! Here are some of the pictures...

Here's George opening her stocking and her present from Nana and Papa.

Here's Pearl checking out her treats from Santa.

Jake enjoys his new blankie from Nymphadora.

Here's Bert checking out the haul of presents!

Here's all our wonderful Secret Paws presents (and Pearl, she won't stay off the new blankets!)

So, now we're all just relaxing at home, George is tired from having such a good time at the kennel, and we're sleeping off the nip that we got earlier. Mommy and Daddy are going out later, so it will be a quiet evening for us. Well, except for Pearl - she's heading out on her New Year's date with Dante (she's been preening all day!).

We hope every kitty has a wonderful New Year's celebration!

-Pearl, Bert and Jake

Thursday Thirteen #8 Resolutions

We just talked with Mommy and Daddy out in California, they're having a good time - but they miss us. We told them that we missed them too, but in turth we've been too busy to miss them!

We've already stopped by Dante and Capt. Jack's for some nip and time by the fire (it was wonderful to cuddle with you date - Purrs, Pearl). Then we headed over to Parker's to play for a while. We still need to stop by to see Zippy, Sadie & Speedy's and Abby & Boo's place. Though we've got to hurry Mommy and Daddy will be back before New Year's so we need to get in the rest of our visits!

We're doing ok with out pet sitters - but they kid beans sometimes come down and we run and hide when they come to feed us. We like it much better when it's the adult Beans (they don't scare us as much). Plus the kid beans always try to pick us up!

While we were checking in with Mommy and Daddy they told us we should start thinking about our New Year's resolutions, so we'll think on that. In the mean time here are a list of resolutions that we think Mommy and Daddy should do:

1. they will feed us more stinky goodness
2. they will open the nip container waaayyyyy more often
3. Mommy will wake up on time for our breakfast
4. they will make the dog stay out more so we can get more lap time
5. they will leave the top of the treat jar off more often
6. they will spend more time playing with us every day
7. they will put a kitty tree in every room of the house
8. they will not let those kids pet sit us any more
9. they will stay home all day more often (not everyday, because we need our time too)
10. Mommy will get all her stuff out of the back bedroom so it can really be our room
11. Daddy will finish the basement project so that we can have our great sleep spot back
12. they will stay in bed more on weekends so we can get our snuggle time
this is the important one...
13. they will not leave us for Christmas anymore!

Hope you're all having a wonderful Holiday Season - we'll be back visiting everyone soon!

There They Go...

Well, Mommy and Daddy are off to the airport. Our sitters have lots of extra treats and stinky goodness to give us, so it won't be too bad. And when no one is looking we'll be headed off to visit all our kitty friends for the holidays.

We can't wait for them to come back though - cause that means that we'll get all our Christmas presents then - Santa Paws comes and hides them for Mommy and Daddy to give us when they come home.

Merry Christmas Everykitty!

- Pearl, Bert and Jake

Friday Funnies

We're all a bit sad around here - so we figured we could all use a little laugh:



The funniest part (well to us anyway) is that this it could be Jake, he does this every morning (not the bat part)! It's the only time of the day that he will cuddle with Mommy (he's like Chase, he's a Man's Cat). Here are all the things he does to try to get Mommy out of bed for breakfast:

1. Headbutts on her shoulder
2. Licking her hands
3. Putting his paws on her nose
4. Licking her eyebrows
5. Yelling in her ear
6. Stepping on her bladder (that one almost always does it!)

If none of those work he heads over to Daddy's side of the bed and bugs him until Daddy tells Mommy to feed Jake!

- Bert

P.S. We're sorry we haven't been able to get around to say hi to all our friends, but we've all been so busy around here! Also thanks for all the invitations for Christmas - we'll be sure to teleport over to see everyone while Mommy and Daddy are gone! Pearl is planning to head to Dante's as soon as they leave!

Thursday Thirteen #7 - Merry Christmas

Since we have friends all over the globe now (who'd have thunk - we don't even know the kitty next door all that well!) we thought we'd do a Thursday Thirteen of different ways to say "Merry Christmas"!

1. Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian)
2. Joyeux Noël (French)
3. Fröhliche Weihnachten (German)
4. Natale allegro (Italian)
5. Веселое Рождество (Russian)
6. Feliz Navidad (Spanish)
7. Happy Christmas (United Kingdom)
8. Christmas Alegre (Portuguese)
9. Καλά Χριστούγεννα (Greek)
10. Vrolijke Kerstmis (Dutch)
11. Nollaig shona (Irish Gaelic)
12. shèng dàn kuài lè (Chinese)
13. felix dies Nativitatis (Latin)

We know about Mele Kalikimaka, because that's what our Mommy says all the time. But it's not because we're from Hawaii, it's because one of her favorite Christmas Carols is "Mele Kalikimaka" by Jimmy Buffet (or Bing Crosby).

Our Mommy and Daddy are leaving soon to go to California for Christmas, so we won't be around to comment as much. Maybe we'll teleport over to a few of our friends to spend the holidays!

Merry Christmouse and Happy New Year to everykitty!

-Pearl, Bert and Jake

Wordless Wednesday

Tuxie and Terrier Tuesday

Ha Ha - Bert sleeps with the dog! We're never gonna let him live that down!

-Pearl and Jake

(It's hard to see where the Terrier stops and the Tuxie begins, but aren't they cute? -Mommy)

P.S. Thank you Mr. Hendrix - we got your card last night, it was lovely!