Christmas Pictures

Here are some pictures from our Christmas. Somehow Mom managed not to get a good one of Steve, so I didn’t crop him out of the picture of Dad and me.

Here’s our Christmas “tree”. We don’t have room for a tree in our house, plus Mom is afraid we might break some ornaments because Wilbur broke some of the ones from when Mom was a baby back when Wilbur was an only cat and so Mom thinks with two dogs added, it would be disaster for the ornaments. So we just decorate the fireplace. It works out better because Santa doesn’t have to go as far when he comes down the chimney.

The computer is out because we Skyped with our Missouri grandparents and Aunt Kari and Uncle Joe for opening presents.

Mom thought this was a good picture of Dad and me when she looked at it in the camera, but upon closer inspection, I look mad and Dad looks out of it.

Mom put some jingle bells on Wilbur, which he didn’t appreciate. I think she would have left them on longer except that Steve and I got really interested in him with his bells, so in the interest of safety, Mom took them off.

And that’s all the pictures that we have. Mom was a real slacker this year in the picture department. Steve and I got new collars from Santa and also a Wholesome Hide in our stockings. Wilbur got some salmon snacks and greenies from Santa. We also got some treats from our Texas grandparents, some toys from our Missouri grandparents and a picture frame from Aunt Kari and Uncle Joe that has our names carved in it (Wilbur’s name too). Mom and Dad got stuff but it’s not important.

We hope Santa made all your dreams come true!
Kat

Santa Parade

Since it’s just a couple days until Christmas, I thought I’d share the video of when we went to the Santa parade a couple weeks ago. It was very interesting as you can see in the video.

After the Santa Parade, we walked around to see the carolers and be admired. Santa specifically waved at me, so I’m pretty sure that means I’m going to get something good for Christmas. Wilbur didn’t even go to the Santa Parade, so he probably will get a lump of coal.

Kat

PS. Happy Anniversary to our Missouri grandparents! They have been married for 36 years! I don’t even want to know how many dog years that is.

Last Christmas Video

This will be our last videos of this Christmas. Mom thought we should try to open presents, so she wrapped up these presents for us. (Thank you very much Forget Sit and Stay gang!) She didn't have any Christmas paper, so our presents are actually wrapped in wedding paper. We didn't care. The paper had hearts on it so we just thought Mom was trying to tell us that she loves us!

Anyway, we didn't really know what we were supposed to do with the presents. I was much better at it than Kat!

Inside were these really cool stuffies!

I especially like my santa and have been really trying to eat the puff off the end of his hat. So far I've been unsuccessful, but I don't give up easily!
Steve

We must have been nice

Yesterday was Christmas morning and we got so much stuff, we must have been really nice. It's interesting though that most of the stuff we got was from people who don't live with us! We put together this slideshow of our Christmas.

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!  Here's our Christmas card picture.

We hope Santa Paws found his way to your house!

Steve, Kat, and Wilbur

Walking With Steve

Welcome to a new edition of "Walking With Steve".  You might remember when I tried this once before and it started pouring down rain and Mom's pants fell off.  (Okay, almost fell off.)  Well, now I'm back for another go at it.  It gets dark pretty early here in Seattle in December, so it's dark when we go for walks.  I decided to show off all the Christmas lights in the neighborhood for this Christmas edition of Walking With Steve.

It was only 25F when we decided to head out.  As you can see in this picture, I just threw on my leash and puplight and I was ready to go.  As you can also see, Mom threw (and I use that term loosely) on her hat, gloves, snow pants, snow coat, iPhone headphones, treat bag, poop bags, camera, head lamp, and a variety of other things and then she was ready to go.  Can you believe all the stuff humans require?

I took three videos because our camera doesn't like when the videos get too long.  This first one shows our house (not very decorated) and the rest of our street.

Next we have another street with several lights.  This was taken after Mom about fell on her rear crossing the street.

Finally we have this section of houses that are all decorated.  Remember them because I'm going to do another segment where we come back to one of them.  I discovered something interesting, but Mom had already put the camera away.

Mom says she's embarrassed at how noisy her walking is and will try to do better next time.  She does say she can't help it because she's walking really fast to keep up with my pace.  Excuses, excuses.

Steve

I love this toy

Hey pups, Wilbur here.  I thought I'd share a video with you of me playing with a present from my Missouri grandma and grandpa.  They gave me this thing for Christmas and I love it.  It's got three dangly things on different wires and I just lay under need it and bat everything around.  It's great.  I recommend it for all the kitties out there.

Wilbur

New Collars

Just before Christmas, Kat and I got some new collars because Mom started worrying that we were going to wiggle out of the ones we had.  After much deliberation, we got Wolf Pack collars.  They don't have any buckles to break and they tighten up on our necks if we pull.  Plus we got the ones with reflective strips, so we are even more visible (if our fur isn't in the way!).  We both like our collars.  I got red and Kat got purple.  Mom just realized yesterday that Kat's purple collar makes her look like a University of Washington husky fan since their colors are purple and their mascot is a husky.  She's perfect.

Here's Kat modeling her new collar.

Kat is horrible at modeling.  Here's me modeling my new collar.

(Khyra, this pic is for you, gorgeous.  Sitka, please don't get jealous, I love you too.  You too, Holly, but you're taken.  Same for you MayaMarie, taken by your masked hero.  I have too many girlfriends to keep track of.  My apologies if I forgot to mention you, lovely ladies.)

Steve

My Christmas Ball

Steve mentioned in his post that I got a new ball for Christmas.  He failed to mention that I got the new ball to replace my favorite ball that he chewed up.  Mom couldn't find the exact same "Life is Good" yellow ball for me, so she was worried that I wouldn't like what she got.  She found me a pink Fetch ball from Orbee-Tuff.  She said it felt a lot stiffer so maybe Steve couldn't chew a hole in it, but she was worried that I wouldn't like it as much since neither Mom or Dad knew exactly why I liked my yellow ball so much.

So the pink ball was the first thing I opened on Christmas.  And this is how I spent my time while everyone else opened their presents.

I hope you all found a present you like just as much!

Kat

PS. Steve is still pouting about his Gentle Leader, so Dad we can go to the pet store and Steve can pick out a toy.  They claim that because Steve doesn't have a favorite toy, Santa didn't know what he would want and because he pulled on his leash all year instead of learning to walk properly, he was showing Santa that he wanted a Gentle Leader.   Whatever.

Santa hates me

I don't know what I did wrong.  I thought I was good all year.  I was nice when we had Ulee (Kat was mean), I didn't chew anything up, I didn't dig (Kat did), I didn't chase Wilbur as much as Kat chased him, I did everything a good husky should do, but Santa still hates me.

Santa brought Kat a new ball.  It looked really fun, but she didn't let me play with it.

When it was my turn to open my present, I just knew it would be something good.  Dad couldn't open it fast enough.

Then I saw what it was.  A Gentle Leader.  If Santa thinks giving dogs Gentle Leaders is funny, he is really mistaken.

Even though I got lots of treats from my grandparents and Mom and Dad, I couldn't shake the fact that Santa hates me.  It almost ruined my Christmas.

Luckily Mom gave us these snowman cakes for Christmas dinner.  That made me feel better.

I hope Santa doesn't hate you pups.

Steve

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas from Steve, Kat, and Wilbur!

PS. For your Christmas enjoyment, we are giving you... Christmas picture bloopers!

How's this?  What?  KAT!!  We could have been done if you would look at the camera!!

Wilbur, stop laughing at my antlers.

Mom, get your arms out of the picture.

Give us those treats.

Are we done yet?

Do I have any boogers?

Why is my antler broken?

This is as good as it's going to get, Mom.

Mail for Us!

Hi pups.  I am feeling better today.  I woke up in a much perkier mood.  Mom is really relieved.

A great thing happened today!  When Mom came home from work, she had a box in her arms.  Steve and I couldn't decide what we were more excited about: Mom's return or the box and the wonderful aromas coming from it.  We first chose Mom because we needed to go outside and do some business, but as soon as that was over, we rushed back inside to see what was in that box!

The box was from our friends in Oregon: Bailey, Bear, Gillette, Kona, Maddie, Nasika, River, Tova, Zak, and Zoom!  We were really curious about the box.

When we opened it, we found a card and a tin that smelled really wonderful.  It was very cute with a snowman.

Inside the tin was fantastic cookies!!  Mom cheated on our chicken and rice diet and let us each have one cookie.  She says we can have lots more once we let our tummies get better.  Steve and I just can't wait!  Even Wilbur thought the cookies smelled good but I told him that he couldn't have any.

Thank you very much for the yummy goodness!!

Kat

I love Christmas!

Today the FedEx truck came to our house and gave us a BIG box.  It was from our Texas grandparents!  Mom wasn't sure if we should open it now or wait until Christmas, so she just put it on the floor next to the door.  I knew that my Texas grandma would want me to have anything that was in the box and I was also sure I smelled something delicious in there.

So I tried to be cool until Mom and Kat went into the laundry room to fold stuff.  Then I decided that it was my opportunity.  When Mom wasn't watching, I chewed open the Christmas box!  Guess what I saw in there?

To the untrained eye, you might not be able to tell what that is, but I know that it's a bag of Canidae Snap Biscuits!  I love those!!  Notice I concentrated my box chewing right at the spot the biscuits were located.  I didn't want to waste any time.

Unfortunately, at that point, Mom came out into the living room and said, "Steve!  What are you doing?"  Isn't it obvious, Mom?

So Mom ruined all the fun and took the treats out of the box.  I wasn't sure if she got them all, so I had to check.

Mom says I can have my giant bag of biscuits on Christmas.  I hope she means I can eat the whole bag just on Christmas and that I don't have to share with Kat!

Steve