Happy Birthday Lulu!

This weekend was Lulu's eighth birthday and since she's low-key about such things, we didn't celebrate with any big crazy party. Instead, Mami got her some party mix cat snacks for her breakfast, and she has a lot of fur mice to play with. Papi turned on the heater in the office so she could be toasty if she decided to hide out in there, which she did for most of the day. Mami was outside doing lots of yard work so I stayed in with Papi, who did a bunch of cleaning and then made Mami a big sammich. He brought it out to her and we sat on the front step and had a snack. I got the leftovers. It was great. Here we are this evening, all lounging on the bed with Papi, who is taking a nap. Still. You can see his feet in the photo. He gets sleepy really easy. Anyway, happy birthday Lulu!

New dog friends!

You know I'm always excited to expand my circle of dog friends, so imagine how excited I was to learn that Mami's friend Tiffany has two little dogs of her own. The first one is Beau, and he's a Bichon Frise with a very bold and warm personality. He likes cheese (so do I!) and cookies (me too!) and likes making new friends.
Then there's Sera. She is a rescue dog (like me!) only she is kind of shy of new people. Mami said she looks just like me only bigger and a little furrier. Mami couldn't get very close to take a picture because Sera was afraid of her camera, so the photo is a little blurry, but imagine me only kind of enlarged, and you'll get the idea.
There was a kitty too but Mami didn't get the chance to take her picture. Anyway, hurrah for new friends!

A late Christmas

Hurrah! Good news all around. Papi got on his flight and is supposedly in some place called, I can't remember, Poo-land. I don't know. He hasn't written yet to tell us he's arrived but we think he's fine.
Today Mami and I took a trip up north to see the abuelita and the abuelos. We brought a calendar of photos of me to the abuelita and gave her kisses, and then spent the day at the abuelos house, opening gifts and eating lots of food and playing on Abuelo's computer. It was super fun. It was a long and sleepy drive home but now we're back and Lulu said she didn't miss us at all. Now it's time for t.v. and sleep.
Oh, and that photo of the snow shows why we couldn't go up on Christmas Day. Too much of it!

Post Christmas snooze

Papi went off in an airplane yesterday and I was very sad because suitcases are always bad news. Mami came back though, and then I spent all night growling and woofing from my bed to show her that I was on the job. She didn't seem all that happy to hear me though. She kept telling me to be quiet.
But now Papi's stuck somewhere called Chicago because his plane had some trouble and then he missed his flight to some other place called Europe. I'm not really sure what's happening except he's stuck. He's gonna keep trying to get a different plane but if they don't get him on a plane by Sunday, I think he's just gonna come home. Poor Papi.
Here's a picture of me with Tia Candace on Christmas Eve. She gave me some cool toys.

Christmas Eve

Hello all. We're here at home, because all the snow up north has made us cancel our annual Christmas visit to the abuelos. They have too much snow with more coming, so it wasn't safe to drive. Mami and Papi are sad, but they are making the best of it. We're hanging around by the Christmas tree and eating chips and making posole and people are coming by to visit. I miss my abuelitos but I like being home too. Hope you are all having a nice Christmas!

Snow and Christmas!

So what a weekend~ First Mami put up the Christmas tree, and it smells so good and looks so pretty! And then this morning, when I went outside, there was snow! Unfortunately it melted and then rained, but tonight it snowed again and now it's all icy. I don't even know what tomorrow is gonna be like but wow! Crazy times. It's going to be an exciting weather week.

Goodness!

It's been a long time since I posted but Mami started her new job so she's been too busy to help me very much. Tonight I am spending my time with this crazy new gift Mami bought me. It's a monkey ball! It's like a tennis ball only covered with a stuffed monkey and I've been throwing it around like crazy. I love it!
Hey, Tio Casey sent me a photo of the Christmas parade. Don't I look tough with the derby girls? I thought you'd like to see it!

Freaky

We were playing with the iBook photo thingy and came up with this one. Mami calls it "Twin Choodle and the All Seeing"

Parade!

So last night I was in the Christmas parade with Mami! I was the unofficial Roller Derby Choodle! I had on glow stick blue wings and a skull bandana and I was so cool! I walked in the parade along with Mami and all the skaters, and I was very brave, even when Santa's firetruck siren went off behind me, and we went by horses and llamas. I got pets from little kids all along the parade route while Mami handed out skull suckers. It was so much fun! But I was really really tired when I came home, and I went straight to bed.

A little blueish

I was all excited about Friday because my abuelos were supposed to come down for a late Thanksgiving, because Mami had to work on Thursday. But tonight Abuelo called to say he's sick and he and Abuela can't come. That means no big turkey dinner, no mashed potatoes and no snuggles! I am pretty bummed.
Instead I guess Mami and Papi are going to do some shopping and maybe go wine tasting or something, and we'll have turkey this weekend sometime, since they haven't taken it out of the freezer yet. So no visit and no party but maybe I'll still get some turkey.
Anyway, here's a photo of Mami and her friend Yoshi at work. Yoshi's Mami is Wendy, and she works at the paper. They all had to work today so Yoshi came to visit. He's cute, but not as cute as me!

Bone chlllers

These last few days have sure been bone chillers. It's not only cold, it's super wet, so it goes right through your fur and deep into the toes. I don't spend much time outside other than my morning constitutional. And then Mami has to wipe the dew off my fur before I climb into bed with Papi.
Lulu has been staying out of the office in the daytime and prefers the living room, because it's a little toastier. And it gets dark so early that we're always in pitch black before Mami comes home. But we're usually asleep so it doesn't matter.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving but Mami has to work, so we have to wait til Friday for turkey. I can't wait.

Keeping busy

This weekend we fit a lot of things in. First of all we took a really nice long walk on Saturday and explored a bunch of places that I hadn't seen in awhile. The leaves are thick all over right now so there were things to jump in and sniff and chew. It was really sunny but cold out, so I walked fast to stay warm.
On Sunday we stayed around the house most of the day and Mami put up Christmas lights on the front and side of the house. She had a new staple gun Papi bought her, so she got on her ladder and put a bunch of twinkly lights all over. It looks really pretty and Christmassy now.
Here is a video of me fighting invisible enemies on top of the guest bed. Mami has to put that sheet down to keep the cat fur off the comforter, because Lulu uses that as her favorite sleeping place. She takes up the whole bed!
Papi bought a new heater for the office. It is incredibly toasty. It makes me kinda sleepy whenever I go back there. It's going to be a nice warm winter.

Family visits

Mami went up to see the abuelita this weekend, and her Mami and Papi too. She didn't take me because I don't like to drive very much. Abuelita gets tinier each time Mami visits her but she was very happy for a visit. And the abuelos had a cake for Mami cause she got a new job at the same university where Papi works. It's very exciting. Mami got to visit the abuelos dog, Teddy. He was looking very nice because he just got brushed. Then he got in trouble for eating dirt. It sounded like a fun day. Meanwhile Papi and I stayed home and had a walk and then played in the yard. Whoopee!

Kitten sneezes

Lulu has a cold, and she sneezes quite a bit. She's been taking to sleeping on the arm of the couch all day, and whenever she wakes up she does three sneezes. It's quite dramatic. Mami said she doesn't have any other symptoms but a wheezy nose, so she figures that she'll be better in a few days, but it sure is noisy. Otherwise she's still running around scratching on baskets and jumping up on things, so I don't notice anything different. I just hope she doesn't sneeze on me!

A little sad

Yesterday was kind of sad. Abuela left early in the morning for the airport, and when Mami and Papi came back, well they were kind of boring compared to her. They didn't stuff me full of treats or carry me around. In fact, they went and took a long nap and I didn't even get to snuggle in the bed! It was totally unfair.
Lulu was feeling sad too. Mami gives her scratches but not as many, and she's always busy with something, so last night Lulu and I just sat on the couch together and took a nap because there was nothing else to do. I wish she'd come back.

Family!

For the past four days, my abuela from Albuquerque has been visiting and it's been so much fun! We have spent lots of time together visiting. She bought me a scarf with skulls on it that I don't like very much, but I only had to wear it for pictures.
Yesterday was even more exciting because my other abuelos came to visit and we had such a good time. There were so many snuggles to go around that I didn't know who to visit first.
Today I am sad because Abuela goes back home on the plane. I have to stay home, I cant go to the airport because I don't travel in the car very well. But I will give her lots of besitos before she goes home.

Papi and some salsa

Hey folks! My abuela is visiting from New Mexico so I've been really busy playing with her. She is here celebrating her 60th cumpleanos! Tomorrow we're taking her out to supper with some friends. It's gonna be fun. Well, I can't actually go to supper but maybe they'll bring me back a snack.
I'll show you guys some photos tomorrow, but right now, here's a video from Dia de Los Muertos of Papi dancing with my Tia Alison. Papa is a super good dancer. If you look really close you'll see me sitting in Tio Dennis' lap. There are a lot of other good friends in the movie too, like Tio Jon and Tia Isa, and Tia Lisa and Tia Jennifer. I've got lots of nice aunts and uncles. Try to spot them if you can! Ok, back to playing with Abuela!

More party pics

Just a few more pictures of me with some new and old friends. We had a great time Saturday night, and thank goodness for daylight savings time because whew, I was tired all day Sunday. Mami said I had bloodshot eyes! I had a choodle hangover.

Pig in a wig!

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Hey everyone. I'm still recovering from last night's Dia de los Muertos party, but I'll post some more photos of our wild time later. You can't see it in this picture, but Mami's wearing horns and a tail!

Happy Halloween!

Hello everyone! It's Halloween, a great time of year, and we're gonna celebrate tonight by eating lots of candy! At least, that's my plan. As you can see, Lulu started early by trying to eat Mami's devil trident. She thought it was cinnamon, but it's only sequins.
Mami is a roller derby girl today at work for Halloween. Tomorrow is our big party, and she's gonna be something different, I can't remember what, but it's political or something. I don't pay attention to that sort of thing.
Anyway, be safe, don't feed chocolate to your dogs, and don't run over any hobgoblins. Cheers!