Christmas Times With My Furry Babies + Happy Holidays to YOU!
Merry Belated Christmas! Loved all these pictures! Both my parents mail us gifts for our kitties (they are their grandbabies).…
First of all, I want to wish you all a lovely holiday. I know it sounds cheesy but I really do love you all and when you visit Brooklyn Farm Girl it gets me so excited I just want to grab a snowman and dance. I hope it’s a special holiday for your entire family (including furry ones, especially furry ones!) and you smile alot and eat many cookies. Here’s my holiday photo.. from me to you (shown here our 2 stuffed frogs – names are The Grandpas!). We got this taken at the local mall where I grew up in Pennsylvania when we were visiting last weekend. :D)
This year’s Christmas morning is going to be different than our past 10 others. This will be our first Christmas without our cookie bear Essy. On Christmas morning she was sassy (how we love her), ready for her catnip treats and mentally preparing herself for her favorite time of the day, dinner. There she fell in love with every turkey we made and after eating a bowl (or more) she would purr on our laps with happiness.
Essy was the Queen of the house and all the other cats respected her age. At the age of almost 20 last year, she continued to keep the cats all in line. Occasionally she still let us put a bow on her.. even though it would only last for 8 seconds. 🙂
Xanadu is probably the most wild on Christmas morning. She’s in and out of the wrapping paper, chasing bows, trying to open your presents for you, diving into open bags. She lives for opening packages and finding out what’s inside of them. Every year my dad spoils her entirely with so many toys.
Let me see what’s in this bag..
Letting us dress her up a little bit because she wants those treats in her stocking.
And there’s that year that my Dad got me a Xanadu sweatshirt. Xanadu is our star.
Brother Bear is naturally relaxed. He’s more of a guy who just likes to chill. You’ll show him new toys and he’ll just nod in agreement saying “I might play with that later”.
What he really wants though is some yummy food and to take a nap afterwards. Preferably on my side of the bed leaving my pillow with black fur all over it.
FiFi Bofinkles is more like Xanadu, a wild woman. She wants to sneak into presents and if she gets a sniff of catnip, she’s going to begin scratching that present until it’s hers.
She’ll also peek at you under the tree to make sure you’re being good.
What Bofinkles provides on Christmas morning is plenty of hugs though. She’ll be on my lap for at least half of the day. She’ll also try to share any holiday cookies with me that I’ll be eating. By sharing I mean she will steal them.
Now this year there is a little change, it will be Goblin’s first Christmas. Goblin is a crazy little guy who is just like Xanadu in terms of running around, getting into everything and wanting to explore. I know when sees that first wrapping paper crumbled up on the floor he’s going to think it’s the greatest day ever. I’ll be sure to take plenty of pictures for Goblin’s first Christmas.
He also loves passing out under the tree after breakfast.
What makes a great stocking stuffer? (Oh yeah, all the cats have their own stocking!).
Food of course. Besides the wrapping paper and boxes they’ll be attacking for hours, you know they’ll work up quite a appetite!
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What are your Christmas traditions with your pets?
Have a great one friends!
(Can you spot Goblin?)
Aw! I love your cats! Merry Christmas! 🙂
Merry Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful holiday. Our cat gets to excited by boxes and wrapping paper. She did something the other night that she’s never done before — pulled pieces of ribbon off a present under the tree, ate the pieces, and then threw them up. I’m hoping she learned her lesson on that one…. 🙂
Merry Christmas Pamela, I know exactly how you feel. It will be my first Christmas in 13 years without my sweet Izzy. I am having a hard time with it. Best wishes to you all, your beautiful furry friends too, have a fabulous Christmas and tremendously successful, healthy and happy 2015.
Big hugs to you Suzanne! Have a great holiday, let’s make it a deal to finally hang out in 2015, ok?!
Zac (dog) from Rachel’s Kitchen NZ wishes you and your cats a very Merry Christmas Pamela – as I do:)
Your kitties are adorable and they must think this whole holiday is for them. After all you put up this new climbing tree with pretty dangly toys on it just for them to climb and play, right…wink wink…? Happy holidays to you and your family!
Pamela, love the photos especially the ones of Essy. I know what you mean about Christmas being different this year. Maybe Essy and Little One are enjoying Christmas together. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas. 🙂
I sure hope so Mason.. I know they’d be buds. Big hugs!
Aaw, I love your holiday photo with Santa! So so adorable! I’m so sorry it won’t be the same without Essy this year but hope Goblin enjoys his first Christmas! Merry Merry Christmas to all of you! *big hugs*
Such lovely and cute photos of your cats! They make me smile. Your cats seem to be having loads of fun this holiday season!
Awwww. Your furry babies are all sooooo cute, Pamela. Your kitty cat photos are as stellar as your scrumptious food photos =) Nice photo with Santa, too!
P.s. It’s a Christmas miracle that your kitty cats allow you them to clothe them for even 8 seconds!
P.s.2. Our family tradition with our Kiku (the precious white princess) and our tabby Tou Tou (little dog in French) is giving them the preferred and more expensive can of Kitty Chicken =)
Hope you had a lovely Christmas with your fur babies!
Hope you had a great Christmas! I usually get my dogs a large bone each to enjoy 🙂
Happy Holidays Pamela, your cats are so sweet, love their personalities, so sorry about Essy……
Yes, yes, I can!
Aww what sweethearts! Hope you all had a fabulous holiday!
Sorry you won’t be able to spend the holidays with Essy! You have so many cute cats – this was such an adorable post! 🙂
Happy holidays!!
Aww, I love all these photos with your babies! Hope you had a very merry christmas!!
OK your cats are the cutest!!! I love all these photos!!
Pamela, I always love when you feature your furry babies! They are truly spoiled…with lots o’ love. They’re so luck to have you as their mom! I also enjoyed seeing all of your holiday decorations. I have missed your blog and am so happy to be back blogging after several months of being ill. Thank you for sharing, my friend. I hope your Christmas was wonderful. Best wishes for a fabulous New Year! xo
Whoops! I meant to say, “lucky”. 😉
Merry Belated Christmas! Loved all these pictures! Both my parents mail us gifts for our kitties (they are their grandbabies). We wish our kitties were interested in our presents, but they seem to just wander off and nap. We also buy each other gifts FROM the kitties because – you know – they get an allowance and like to buy us gifts. They are so thoughtful! 😉