Our Secret Paw Gift from Over the Pond!

We got to meet a new blogger we'd never known before - it's Kizzie Cat and they live in England! We're so excited to meet a new friend!!

See? It has a Royal Mail stamp on it. And Faraday says since his name is first, he calls dibs.

CLEARLY my name is first.

"Wait, Maxie, I get to go first!"

Maxwell: "Look, they hope we all enjoy the season. Isn't that nice?"

Our presents came in this way cool fish! Is this a British tradition?
We like!

Allie: Pardon me while I snag the PINK toy...

Mommy, look! It matches my eyes!

"SQUEEE! String, too! I totally see why you love it, Kizzie!"

That's close enough. This mousie is not for humans.

Faraday: Look! Allie, you have a pink hat. And it moooooves....

Mousie agility test: PASS

Mommy got these cool Keep Calm Hanukkah magnets. She LOVES them!!

Maxwell: Since chocolate isn't good for kitties, this must
be for you, momma. How nice of Kizzie!

Thanks doods! I even love the wrapper they came in!

We thank Kizzie and her humans so very much for thinking of us and for their gracious gift.

Three kitties (and their mom) are loving all this largesse!

Purrs, Maxwell, Faraday and Allie -- and Lisa, too :-)

We're RICH - in Awards

Hello everyone, Maxwell here. The Responsible one in the fambly.

Did you know that two weeks before Thanksgiving the critters over at Jan's Funny Farm gave us this award?? It's truly shameful that it's taken us this long to thank them and announce it.
*shakes head sorrowfully*

It's the "Honey I Shrunk The Pig" award, and it recognizes all the hard work and love that goes into running a multi-pet family.  We're not quite sure what that has to do with pigs per se, except that it originated at Kevin Bacon's blog...? Get it, bacon? (yes, we get it Maxie)

Oh but it gets better...or should I say worse.

To highlight our mom's laziness, allow me to point out that Raven, Tux & Snowie over at the Indulged Furries also gave us this award during the Thanksgiving weekend. I may have to change my name if this continues.

And...and...and...

It does. Continue, I mean.

Right after Thanksgiving, the Cherry City Kitties - Harry, Dexter and Tipp - gave us this nip-tastic "Bring on the Nip" award. (Come to think of it, considering how neglectful momma's been, I feel a distinct urge to partake of some nip right now...)

But WAIT! There's MORE!

Livia, Abbit and Ateret over at Musings of a Crazy Cat Lady (they're the cats, not the lady, in case you wondered) were sooo Super Sweet to award us the Super Sweet Blog award that I'm simply speechless.

And...and...and...oh horrors will it never end...?

Faraday: Maxwell's truly overcome. Verklempt, even. He may never show his face in public again.
Which could pose some serious problems at V-E-T time. But I digress.

Anyways...I'm taking over.

Where were we? Oh yes...!
Iza, Ayla & Marley over at Mark's Mews gave us the 2012 Blog of the Year Award...
Then on Dec 4th, Whisppy gave us another star for that same award...
And then on the 9th Nerissa gave us our THIRD star... and on the 13th Jetty gave us out FOURTH star!
[Allie's swooning at all that bling. Seriously!]

:::AHEM:::

May I call your attention to what day it is?
And the name of this award?
Do you see the problem here, Mommy?
Well, do you? *taps paw impatiently*

We're tellin' ya, we're RICH in awards, friendships and goodwill ...even though we may have a poor, slacker typist of a mommy.

Seriously, we couldn't be more thrilled with all these awards.

(Except for the part where our human's a bit lax in the Keeping-Up-With-Things Department!)

Thank you, thank you - and let us know if we can sling a star or two in your direction to finish out your set before the year ends...which is, like, tomorrow. *meaningful look at mommy*