Toes

Human toes are weird, right?  No claws to dig or to provide traction when you're running fast.  Only those flimsy nails.  Mommy's nails change colors, which is totally strange.

My toes are great!  They have lovely toe pads, claws and floof.  The downside to the floof is that it collects seeds and stickers.  Boo!  Otherwise, the floof helps keep the pads nice and warm when it's cold or wet out.  Important. 

Here's a picture of my toes:

Hahaha!  That's Jeff's toe.  You know how you can tell?  I have curly floof but his is straight and his toe pads are rounder.  Otherwise, our toes are similar.

Kitty has great toes, too.  Her claws are magic!  They stick out when she wants to scratch somebody and then **poof** they're gone!  She also has some serious floof.  See?

They look so soft...but don't be lulled by that pretend softness because MAGIC CLAWS.

Thank you for reading my dissertation on toes.

Jeff and the Camera

Mommy was trying to hard to take pictures of our playtimes today.  Someone was being uncooperative!

Every time the camera biddly booped, Jeff would look up.

Every Single Time.

I can promise you we were playing like champs, and then Mommy took each of us for a run.

Dog Rodeo

When Jeff and I get going, we can make a big mess on the bed.  Mommy calls it a Dog Rodeo.  It's basic playtimes mixed with bouts of Blankie Monster.

Believe it or not, the bed was mostly made before we started...

Here's one blurry action shot:

Jeff likes to incorporate his ball:

I just like to play and then smile a lot afterward:

Well, that's a small smile, but I'm cute doing it, so who cares?

Newest Toy

Mommy brought us a new monkey toy last weekend.  It's yellow and it makes a glorious monkey noise!  Jeff likes to push its tummy to make the noise go, then step back and poke it again.  I think it kind of scares him.  Snow also likes this monkey, but she likes anything that is noisy!

Here are a few pictures of us enjoying the monkey:

Hmmph!  No action shots.  We will have to fix that!

Haircut

Mommy left me alone with Daddy this weekend and look what happened:

I got my spring haircut!

It's a relief, because my hair was so long and getting in my eyes, my mouth, and other places.  HOWEVER.  I hate the buzzy hair trimmer with a passion.  I don't even like it when people make buzzy noises. 

Jeff tried his very best to help me.  He stayed nearby while Daddy tortured me, then he came into the bathroom during my bath.  He may be a pesky little brother, but I guess he loves me.

Perching

Looking out the window is one of my favorite past times.  There are lots of people and animals to entertain me.  Sometimes I fall asleep, and that's pretty great too.

Here's my general posture, in case you want to emulate my style:

Practical, with a stylish curl of the tail!

Here's another of my head, turned to look outside:

I wish Mommy would pull up the blinds.  They obstruct the view!

Here's how it looks from above:

You can see that I am lying on both the couch and the platform of the kitty condo.  I'm thinking about patenting this style.  It's pretty advanced, so don't try it without proper spotting.

A Long Vacation

Mommy and Daddy flew away for weeks and weeks!  I was so sad.  Auntie Nessa took care of me and Jeremy, but then Bunny and Hunter came.  That was good, but the next thing I knew Jeremy and Hunter (and Kitty) were fighting.  Nooooo!

Auntie Edit came and took Jeremy away to her house.  I was jealous/relieved.  Jeff Buckley had already gone away to Mr. Kelly's house.  It was all so confusing.  Anyway, then Hunter left and Jeremy came back.

Are you lost yet? 

THEN Bunny went home and Mommy and Daddy came back!

I was so happy I thought my butt would break from all the wagging.  I'm not ashamed to say that I even whined a bit. 

A few minutes later Mommy and Daddy brought Jeff home and we played....and played... I didn't realize how much I would miss that little baby brat.

No photos because we were all too exhausted and slept the entire next day.  Cuddle heaven.  Here's a photo of some of the far away cousins that Mommy and Daddy played with because they missed me and for absolutely no other reasons: