Monday, May 16, 2011

Springtime Playtime!

Mom was a little under the weather (nothing serious, she was just a little worn out today) so Abby and I got a lot of backyard playtime today. And Abby is ready to play 24 hours a day. Seriously. This girl could be the answer to world's energy problems. I'm just saying...


But if the wee beastie wants to play, as an obliging older sister, the least I can do is, well, oblige her.

A little frisbee time...



A lot of bitey-face time...






Don't let those picture make you think Abby is smacking me down. I've got the psychological advantage... Heehee.



She thinks a little showing of teeth will intimidate me, but she would be wrong...

I prefer to sink my teeth into her, rather than just show them to her...

Heehee.

But I love my sister.

Really. I do!

I can't imagine bitey-face without her!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Springtime Bitey-Face

Some of you mentioned that our last post was weird because a) we weren't biteying each other, and b) we had no snow. Not much we can do about the snow - it was bound to melt at some point....

Uh, Mom. Is that all that's left of our snow?

Really? It's all gone?!?

I guess we have nothing do but move on to Springtime bitey face!

And, of course, we coupled the bitey-face with some zoomies...

We also took the opportunity to make silly faces at the camera.

Heehee.

And you know how we really know it's Spring? Flowers! (They'll probably last for like 3 days, so enjoy while we got 'em!)


Speaking of flowers, Abby wants to remind everyone to take time to stop and smell the flowers! (Or eat them, depending on your preference...)

Heehee!

Happy Spring every one!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

PeeEss: Can you believe that when the backyard was Super Muddy, Mom wouldn't let us bitey-face each other? *sheesh*

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Happy Mother's Day!

Abby and I want to wish a very happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the world, but particularly to our Mom!

And we want to wish happy Mother's Day to Granny, too, because without Granny, Mom wouldn't be, and without Mom, we wouldn't be. So Happy Mother's Day, Mom and Granny!

Here are Mom and Granny, way back in the Dark Ages when Mom was a puppy (she was 10 at the time). Mom and her entire family were in the wilds of Arabia, and in this particular picture, Mom and Granny are on an old Turkish train that was blown up by Lawrence of Arabia in WWI. (Just like in the movie!)

We also want to wish a Happy Mother's Day to Dad's Mom! We haven't met in person (yet), but that doesn't mean we love you any less! And any friend of TaiChi's is a friend of ours!

Happy Mother's Day to all of you!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Mud Season

Hiya!

Like I mentioned in my last post, I won't be around Blogville as much as I have been; I'm not vanishing, but Mom is busy writing, Dad is busy with work (and has the sickies), we're starting to go on long walks again (something about the backyard being all muddy and not optimal for bitey-face... I don't understand that....), and Mom has been mopping up muddy footprints. Why is Mom looking at me like that? It's all Abby's fault.

*ahem*

Anyhoo, I'll try to catch up with everyone as best I can - if I haven't said hi in a while, it's not that I don't love you, but that Mom is being a computer hog!

Heehee.

*double ahem*

So, Spring may have finally arrived! Most of our snow has melted and while parts of the yard are a wee bit swampy, the fear of flooding (for us) is mostly gone, and now we have lots of glorious mud!

If you biggify, you can see the 'swampy' part of the yard. We have to dash through the swampy part to get from the snow to the dry part, and apparently that makes our feet muddy. Really?

Heehee. And look at Abby's feet - all the muddy footprints in the house are TOTALLY her fault. Besides, she's got Crazy Eyes, which makes her guilty of everything, right? Yeah, I thought so too.

Oh, and while Mom didn't get any pictures of it, there are rumors that Abby may or may not have been smacked down by someone (who may or may not have been me) this morning and got Super Muddy. (No pictures because Mom was too busy with towels, a brush, and muttering HBO words...)

Today, BTW, was a glorious day. It got up to 60 degrees, we had clear blue skies, a slight breeze, and Mom and Dad took us on two walks today!!! Seriously, does it get any better than that?!?

Definitely a reason to do zoomies!

And bitey-face in the mud is kinda fun (even if Mom grumbles about it...)
Seriously, Mom, what's the problem with a little mud?

And not to worry, we've still got enough snow on the hillside that we can get in some mushy snow zoomies!



Anyhoo, that's the update. We're doing well (other than Dad; the doctor thinks he might have giardia too, from cleaning up water from the flood - he's on meds now, but it took a while for him to see a doctor - when Abby and/or I are sick, Mom gets us to the vet the next day, but when Dad gets sick, he waits until he's CERTAIN he's sick.... silly human!). If Mom gets some spare time, she'll help me go visit everyone! In the meantime, Abby and I will enjoy the mud!


Goodbye, snow! And I have no idea why Abby looks smaller than me in this photo. She officially weighs 10lbs more than me. I think she's just slouching in this photo. Heehee.

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus