What was under the clubhouse

Previously on Washington Woos:
Gasp! The Siberian Clubhouse was torn down and fed to an evil hungry buzzard. Readers were outraged. Amici, in particular said, "We thought the clubhouse was so cool. Did Kat and Steve just not use it enough??". What will happen? Why was the Clubhouse destroyed?

Now on Washington Woos:
Last month we showed you how we had been trying to dig under the clubhouse. The fact that we were intently trying to get under the clubhouse, combined with the fact that Mom found three dead baby mice in the yard, made Mom think that there was a mice nest under the clubhouse. Since the only time we ever went into the clubhouse was to chase Wilbur into a corner, Dad decided the clubhouse had to go.

What's interesting is that when Dad finished tearing out the entire clubhouse, guess what he found under it? A really cool Scooby Doo ball! Not a single mouse. So now Mom and Dad have no idea where the baby mice are coming from, but Mom says as long as they are just in the yard, she guesses she won't worry too much about it.

Now about that Scooby Doo ball. It's the most fun ever! It doesn't even squeak, but I love it to pieces. Mom and I played a little Scooby Ball in the yard.

It's just so fun to pounce on!

So there you have it, the story of the Siberian Clubhouse. To be honest, I haven't missed it. Now I have more room to get up some really fast zoomies along the back fence and I have a new Scooby Doo ball.
Kat

PS. Speaking of Amici, he's going to get his new human puppy today or tomorrow, so we want to wish him and his family the best! We're sure Amici will make the best big brother any human's ever had.

RIP Clubhouse

Remember our cool Siberian Clubhouse that we posted about when we first moved into our Seattle house? This is all that remains of it.

That's right, nothing! Here are all the bits and pieces of clubhouse that still are around, but they just don't have the same soul as when the pieces were in their former clubhouse shape.

Wondering what happened to the clubhouse? Well, this thing showed up and ate it.

Apparently the buzzard really was very hungry to eat an entire clubhouse. And you know what else? Mom and Dad fed it. That's right, they put pieces of the clubhouse into the buzzard and those pieces were never heard from again.

What should we do about it?
Steve and Kat

Something is under the clubhouse

There is something under the clubhouse. Kat and I have been working hard to figure it out.

I just had to pull up the landscaping fabric.

Then I dug a little bit around the clubhouse porch.

Since Kat is the smallest, I sent her in first.

Kat, do you see anything?

Mom never did find exactly what we were after, however, she did have to clean up a dead mouse in the yard that she saw us "playing" with. Dad is in the process of tearing down the clubhouse because Mom doesn't want it to be a place for mouse nests. Kat and I decided that was okay because we're going to have more room for zoomies.

Don't forget to vote for us in the photo contest!
Steve

Wilbur’s in the Siberian Clubhouse!

Congrats to Sitka for answering the question “What’s wrong with this picture?” The answer was Wilbur’s in the clubhouse! Well, he’s not completely in the clubhouse in the picture, but trust me, he was before and after this picture. I don’t get it. When we moved into this house, we specifically said “No Cats Allowed”. Apparently Wilbur doesn’t follow directions at all. No wonder I try to chase him so much. He’s completely stupid. I think I’m happy he moved out. It’s about time. I mean, he has to be an adult in cat years.

Kat (the good one, not the bad one, you can tell by the "K")

PS. Lots of you answered correctly, so great job.  I'm glad you all know the rules of the clubhouse.

Look closely...

Here’s a bonus contest. This picture was taken earlier this week. We’ll give this deck of playing cards to the first comment to answer this question:

What’s wrong with this picture?

More info on the prize: our picture (below) of the cards is horrible, but they are playing cards and each card has a cocktail recipe on it.

Clubhouse Warming Gifts

Today we got a cool package from Echo, Meeka, Shyla, and Shadow.  They sent us some housewarming presents for our clubhouse.  Isn't that super nice of them?  We were really excited.  Here I am checking out the box.  Yep, it had my name on it!

Mom tried to take pictures of us looking at what was in the box, but of course, we were too excited to sit still, so she had to resort to video instead.  However, she did get some pictures of us with the cool card!  Here I am reading it.

Of course, Kat wanted to see too.

Here's all the stuff they gave us.  It's great to have such awesome friends!

We have never received a bag of fluff from our friends, so we had to take a sniff.  I now feel like I've pretty much met Echo!

Those mail man treats were looking so tasty, so Mom didn't make us wait and just let us have them as an appetizer to our Canidae.  Echo, they were delicious and you should get your mom to get some for you!

Finally, Wilbur LOVES his treats.  He almost ate the bag trying to get some more, so Mom had to hide it in the cabinet!

Thank you so much for the presents.  Mom says if the rain stops this weekend, we will make our paw print stepping stone.  I can't wait to see how it turns out!

Steve

Digging Contest

Mom decided to plant some stuff in the empty flower beds in the back yard.  So we had a digging contest - Mom versus me.  The winner gets the title of digger extraordinaire!

Here's my digging.

And a close up.

Here's Mom's.

Her close up.  It's a pathetic excuse for a hole in my opinion.

So who do you think won the contest?

I will post pictures soon of the finished product.  Mom is also going to put a window box with some flowers on the front of the Siberian Clubhouse, so I will post those pictures too.  I don't think she's going to get it done until next weekend though.

Luckily, Mom and Dad have pretty much finished everything in the guest house where they live.  So that means more time to hang out in the backyard with us and work on the clubhouse!  Dad is going to build a new ladder so Steve and I can get on top of the clubhouse easier.  Also, the current ladder is next to the fence, so they have some crazy idea that we would try to climb the ladder to jump over the fence.  Where do they get these ideas?  So Dad is also going to try to move the ladder away from the fence.

Kat

Clubhouse Update

We've done some redecorating in the Siberian Clubhouse, so I thought I would give you pups a tour.  (We still have some work to do to the outside though.)

First we hung some pictures up.  On one side, I hung up some pin-up pictures of my darling, Thunder.  He's so handsome.  (Paws off, ladies, he's taken!)

Above my pictures of Thunder, I hung up a picture of two huskies running in the snow.  Oh, how I wish one of them was me!

Opposite my pictures, Steve has some pictures of Khyra.  He especially loves the picture of her snooter in the snow.

Above that, he has a picture of another husky laying in the snow.

Last night, we had Mom sew us some pillows for the clubhouse.  Here's what they look like.  (We need to get our maid to vacuun the clubhouse, huh?)

This is a close-up of the fabric.  I think it's cute.  It says, "Woof", but I think the "f" is silent, so it's really "Woo".  :-)

Well, I hope you enjoyed the tour.  Come over and visit anytime!

Kat

Check out our yard

Hey pups!  We finally got to visit our new house today.  It was pretty pawsome.  We had Mom take a lot of videos.  Hopefully you can take time to watch some of them.  We might post a couple more tomorrow.   :-)

The kids in the video used to live in the house.  They loved us, of course.

Steve

It's Ours!

Mom and Dad signed all the paperwork on our new Siberian Club House and now it is officially ours. Above is a picture of the guest house where Mom, Dad and Wilbur will be living. It's not nearly as cool as our club house, but they have to live somewhere and we certainly do NOT want Wilbur living in the club house.

Tomorrow we get to go over to the club house for the first time. It's really hard to be patient until then! We just can't wait to run around the yard and check our the club house! We'll be sure to have Mom video our first exploration so you all can be there with us!

Steve and Kat

Our New House

We bought ourselves a house.  It's going to be the world's coolest Siberian Club House (thanks to our SMS pals for that name).  Here's what it looks like now:

We're going to have Mom repaint it.  She suggested red with black trim.  Dad is also going to take the swing and slide down so we don't get hurt.  Whatever.  We're going to hang cool signs on it like "Sibes Rule and Cats Drool" and "No Cats Allowed".  Wilbur is really jealous.

Some of our friends have been helping us think of new furnishings.  We have the following suggestions: a phone so Steve can order pizza, a couch for me to sleep on, a TV with cable so we can watch Animal Planet, and Holly said that she would need a mattress to sleep on when she comes over.

Oh, and our parents (and Wilbur) are getting to move into the house in front of our new house, but I'm sure you don't care a thing about it.  We'll probably have a housewarming paw-ty as soon as we get everything fixed up, so you all are invited!

Kat