At home, with dog

As you may have noted, I like to focus on the dog and cats of this blog and less on the people. But, it's difficult to do so when most of their day currently involves indoor activities, and being warm. So, ignore the funny-faces and let's focus on how cute the dog is and how much he loves to be cuddled. 

That lower left photo is entitled, "blogging with dog." He decided to do that himself, you know. 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! The pets sure enjoyed their holiday. They all received a bit of our Christmas Eve dinner of prime rib and of course, new toys for all on Christmas morning. Harry wore a little red bow around his collar all day yesterday. We called him our little Christmas Boy. 

It was some sort of Christmas miracle that Harry slept in until 10am on Christmas morning. As you know, 5-6am (6 o'clock if we're lucky) is his usual waking hour and it's quite the rude awakening with him, jumping all over the bed in anticipation for breakfast. But nope, not yesterday. (Actually, he slept in until 8am this morning too- perhaps we're onto something and it's much less a 'miracle'? (We have theories, but perhaps more on that when we have some cold hard evidence as to what we think is happening!)

We recently received a new warm, wool throw from my parents from their their recent trip to Ireland. Whenever we get something as nice, we deem it "not for the pets." (Ok but also, whenever we decide we can't get something nice, it's because of the pets…) However, that rule never lasts long because some way or another, we'll cave and allow monitored use of it, or more likely, they will find the "something nice" themselves! Usually they're too cute or comfortable for us to say anything otherwise.

Mind you, the cats NEVER sit on this chair. Never. But look who we found lounging with their backs against the pristine, new wool throw... Yes, both cats! In fact, Gregory slept on that pillow on top of that chair all evening yesterday. Comme ca in the picture below!

Yup. Sound asleep.

We got each of them a new toy this year. The pictures of the cats playing with their catnip toys are a bit nuts- they were moving so fast, acting like crazies on catnip, that I couldn't really capture it well with my snaps. Chelsea isn't really into toys, so Harry sort of claimed both the Sock Monkey Santa and the Christmas Dragon.

Christmas morning playtime

Oops- too close! Harry helping me set up the auto camera shot right before Christmas Eve dinner

Christmas tree time

The past two Christmases, we have had tall, live trees. This year, we decided on a much smaller live fir but have filled it with the same number of ornaments.

Each year Gregory has picked a fight with at least one ornament (his arch nemesis is the nutcracker soldier- I think because he finds the feathered helmet is so darn attractive!). Oftentimes, we would find broken ornaments on the ground the next morning. So far this year, all the ornaments have stayed in tact (despite Gregory's attempts!) so far.

Life according to our phones

It's been a while again, but life's been pretty tame these days. Much time is spent napping on throws and blankets on the couch.

We had our first major snow fall yesterday and its always fun to take Harry out and watch his face as he "discovers" that the outside has totally transformed into a white-out since the last time he had seen it!

Here they are, acting like little silly fools with their indoor shenanigans. Above, the typical cat response to our packages- even toilet paper packages. Also, Harry occasionally loves Chelsea's bed. I always find it so adorable when he curls up on the bed that isn't his own.