Tag: toys

Oh Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy!!!!

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Guess what……..guess what……….guess what??!!

I’m so excited.  I got my own mail today.  My very own!!!  After supper, Mom showed me the envelope. It’s my very own envelope.Tooth Fairy 1

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Here’s my very own note from the Tooth Fairy.  It has my name on it!  I’m so happy!!

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Look at all my toys and my note!  Could any cat be luckier than me???

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MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Steinbeck is in my very own envelope!!!  His name isn’t even on it.

Tooth Fairy 4OK, I guess I can share the toys with him.  But I’m not sharing my very own note!!

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It looks like he picked out his favorite.  I think it goes nicely with his furs.

What a wonderful day!!  Thank you Tooth Fairy.  You made all of us very, very happy………especially ME!!!

Monday Mischief

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The Boys Being Good

US?????????????  We’ve been really good today.

Well, we did play one little trick on Mom.

We knew she had to go to work early today and we also knew she was really tired when she went to bed last night.

We don’t always join her right away ‘cuz we have to patrol the house and make sure everything is ok.

And you have to bring all sorts of toys into her room.

I think her gentle purring helps calm the toys down.  Sometimes they get afraid of the dark.

Hemingway, you’ve been hanging around me too much and your thinking is sounding like mine.

Anyway, Mom actually heard her alarm clock go off this morning!

We didn’t wake her up ‘cuz we didn’t even go in her room

Poor Mom.  She was so confused and couldn’t figure out what that noise was. We were in the hallway giggling.

She thought we were both sick ‘cuz we NEVER wait for breakfast but this morning we did.

Mom told us that she was confused all day.  MOL!!!  Readers, we have to warn you not to tell Mom what we did and why we did it.  We don’t want Santa Paws finding out about it.

Santa Paws?  Is he that big fat red kitty who brings us catnip and toys?  Is he coming here again????  I thought the turkey was coming first.

The turkey is coming first, but Santa Paws will be here before you know it.

Oh great!  You helped me be naughty.  Way to go Big Brother!

 

Summer Means Vacation

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Hemingway, do we get a vacation?

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Steinbeck, why are you asking such a question?  Mom would quickly tell you that every day is a vacation for you.  Mom has to go to work and I have to stay home and take care of you.  That means all you do is sleep, eat and play.

Is that a vacation?

Well, it can be.

Is that what Mom did when she went on that vacation last weekend?

Not really.  Mom was busy running around with her girlfriend, checking out neat restaurants, looking for fun things to buy and playing with her girlfriend’s dogs.

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Trust me.  Playing with dogs is NOT a vacation!!!  What did the dogs look like?  Were they as cute as I am?

Give me a break.  Here’s a picture.  Each dog has a favorite toy as you can see.

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MOL!!!  I see what’s wrong with them.  They both look like you!

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Mom………on your next vacation……….I’m going with you!  I know I hate to ride in the car but taking care of Steinbeck is getting harder and harder as he gets older.  I need a vacation!

 

A Normal Night

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We spent all day waiting for Mom to get home.

Steinbeck, you were sleeping most of the time.

That’s how I do my best waiting!

Mom finally got home and gave us supper.

That’s why we wanted her home.  Oh……..and of course we wanted to see her, too.

Black and white with red

Then we started playing.  At least I started playing.  I found this red feathery thing and I thought it looked so neat against my white and black furs.  Notice how white my fluffy tummy is?  Steinbeck doesn’t have a white tummy.  That’s how you can tell us apart.  MOL!!!

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That’s a nice toy you have there, Hemingway.  Are you going to let me play with it?

Will you shareSteinbeck, can’t you go find your own toy?  Why do you have to have mine?  (By the way readers, do you notice that Steinbeck doesn’t have a white tummy?)

Can I have it now

But see how nice it looks with my furs?  It really blends in.  Please let me play.

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Fine.  I know Mom likes us to share and play nice.  We should do it for her and show our readers that we do get along.

Thanks, Hemingway!

 

Help Wanted

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Mom said we are little piggies.

She said, you’re the little piggy, Steinbeck.

All I wanted was this special toy.

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So I closed my eyes and started digging.  I used this foot first.  Then I just kept going.  I noticed that you came over to see what I was doing.

I couldn’t believe the mess you were making!  Look what you did!!

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Now Mom says we have to hire a maid to pick up after us ‘cuz she’s getting tired of doing it and we seem to forget to do it.

How do we hire a maid?  Will the maid take catnip as pay?  I don’t have any human money stuff.  I don’t even know what a maid is.  I’m going to go play with my toys.

Readers, I live with him all the time!

 

Mr. Mellow Celebrates Monday

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Howdy, Readers!  This has been a fabulous day for me.  When Mom got home from work she was kind of acting funny.  She was being super nice to both of us.  Wait, that sounded wrong.  Mom’s always nice to us.  However, I was thinking she was up to something.  I was right.  Next thing I knew I was in the car and we were heading to the doctor lady’s house.  Mom kept telling me not to worry.

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Here I am trying to melt into the chair in the waiting room.

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Here I am trying to melt into the scale.  Would you believe I fell asleep in here?  Mom was real proud of me ‘cuz I’m down to 19 pounds now so I’m a slim, trim, dude!

Doctor Lady

Here’s the doctor lady looking at where my tooth used to be.  I let her do that without any problems.  Mom told me I was real good.

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When I got home, Mom said there was a surprise for me.  I actually got something in the mail!  Steinbeck thought it was for him, too.  However, it was just my name on the envelope.

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Here I am protecting my mail from others!

Tooth Faiy Gifts

These are my neat gifts from the tooth fairy.  Of course Steinbeck thought he should check everything out as well.

Steinbeck pouncing

Here’s Steinbeck “pouncing” on one of they toys.

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Here I am protecting one of the toys.  If you notice on my leg, that’s where they shaved off my fur.  It’s growing back nicely.

So that was my Monday.  Not bad!  I hope all of you had a super Monday, too.

 

A Day in the Life….

Categories Brotherly Love, Cats, Hemingway and Steinbeck18 Comments on A Day in the Life….

Yesterday morning I had eaten a good breakfast, made sure all my furs were in place, settled down in a comfortable position to wait for Mom to leave for work, when……….

Here I am!  Can I lie down by you?  Can we measure and see who’s longer?  Did you enjoy breakfast?  Is Mom going to that work thing again?  What are we going to do all day?  Are you listening to me?

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Humans, do you see him over there? He’s right next to me!! He’s pretending to be good but he just asked elebenty billion questions!

Mom!!!  Hemingway is ignoring me!!   Again!!!!!

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Hemingway! Pay attention to me!!!
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At least my toys will listen to me. I love my toys!!!

 

Friday Fun

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Mom didn’t go to work today so she got to see what our normal day is like.

Of course we didn’t show her all the naughty things we do.

What do you mean we?  Seems she’s always saying, “Steinbeck, NO!”

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Of course we spend lots of the day playing.  I like to think I don’t cost Mom much money ‘cuz I love to play with empty boxes, empty bags and of course the stay pieces of paper things I may find.

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After Steinbeck dumps all of toys out of the toy basket, I like to grab my favorite carrot and play with that.

Of course most of our day is spent with me trying to defend my rights as King of the House!  The little one thinks he can beat me up, but obviously he has lots to learn.

Wanna bet?????

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After our “slappy paw” dances, we usually settle down for a long nap so we can be ready to greet Mom when she comes home from work.

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I try to find a spot by myself so I can get some good zzzz’s in!

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I’ll sleep pretty much anywhere…..as long as I can keep an eye on things!!