Holiday Thoughts

by SassyJazmine

Holidays at our house are filled with fun, happiness and stress, lots and lots of stress. People are coming and going, meowmie is working extra hours, Jeffie is home more because he is off from school, and there is lots and lots of olympic activities. Like Gift Wrap 101, the Bow Snatch Sprint, and the always popular Christmas Tree Climb.

But the closer to the holidays, the better I like it, I always help with the gift wrapping, if you find a pile of paper, be careful! I am right under them.

Jessie steals bows and runs like the wind, usually with meowmie in hot persuit right behind her.

Right is always into everything, but good ole Left, Mr. Good Guy, just lays on his rug and watches from a safe distance.

The boyz and I are the same age, well..... they are 10 days older than I am but Mom calls us the same age. Any you would think by now they would learn to stay out of Meowmie's way at Christmas, but no, they don't learn.

Now you want to talk about Holiday Fun! Lets talk about the day when the Christmas Tree comes out of storage. Meowmie has two sets of ornaments, her beloved Victorian Ornaments, and "Our" ornaments. She makes the bottom third of the tree just for us, all decorated with soft "Kitty Proof" ornaments, some she made, some she bought, but all non-breakable and kitty proof, no harm done if I accidentally happen to knock one off as I go strolling by, which unfortunately happens whenever I am near the tree.

The top 2/3 of the tree is done in her fru fru Victorian stuff. We aren't allowed into the room without human supervision because someone always tries to climb the tree, usually Right, but Jessie and I have been known to take a little stroll up the tree ourselves.

I don't know what I like about the holidays the most, the big dinner, the gifts that I love to open (doesn't matter whose, I just love to open them) or the work that goes into wrapping them. Usually by the end of the gift wrapping session I have been locked in a bedroom, Meowmie has a tendancy to loose her patience with me after a while because she says I am too eager to help. If I'm not sitting in the middle of the gift wrap, I am laying inside the box with the gift ( I love boxes) or Jessie has stolen another bow.

Ah yes, I love the Holidays..........