Ready To Ring In 2011

We humans have had a rather quiet night thus far. We have been cuddled up on the couch, watching movies and eating popcorn. All of which the Chihuahuas have joined in on too. It's what we do every year. Nice and calm and relaxing.

The change for this year was pleasantly surprising! The kids got beanbag chairs for Christmas and they have remained in the living room ever since. The kids have turned them into their very own private seating for movie time. While up filling the popcorn bowl as we get ready to watch the ball drop, I came back to find that Ace likes the new arrangements so much he kinda took my son's over. He totally has the right idea!

We Are Now 1 in 12

Listening to a story on NPR inspired my husband to pick up a gift for me that never in his wildest dreams would he have thought to buy. Mostly because we have poked fun at them for the last two years. The Snuggie is now owned by close to 25 million people – that’s 1 in 12 – so to add to the joke, he bought one for me. Little did either of us know that we would have more record breaking temperature lows.
The low 30′s last night and again tonight! It only reached the 40′s today! OUCH!!! And guess who saved my day? You guessed it! My kitschy, pink Snuggie!!! It actually kept me and six Chihuahuas cozy warm!

Santa Was Here...

...and he left a new toy under the tree for each of our dogs.  Each year they are allowed to rip right into the wrapping paper and chew out their new treasures. It has taken a while to teach them when they are allowed and NOT allowed to chew paper but I have never had to teach them the different between new and old toys. It is so interesting to watch how even in a huge pile of dog toys, they can sniff out and find their new ones and only play with those. I see many happy dog playing hours in our near future!

Happy Halloween

As we humans prepare for the night's festivities, I thought we should all get the dogs geared up too! We have a stockpile of costumes and every time we add a new ChiChi to the crew, I always seem to forget to find a tiny costume for puppy sized Chihuahuas. We didn't have one for Chicatoo to wear, but the rest we all pumped up in their new get-ups.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Perhaps we need to let off fireworks year round to desensitize them? Not that as a human I would enjoy that but I swear, these poor dogs cowered for a two straight hours as our neighbors let off continuous fireworks. As the night went on, they did loosen up a bit but Dude shook the entire time. That poor boy. He does it at thunderstorms too - Our only one that does.

Dewey braved the noise and went out in the backyard for a bit but he was clearly still a bit uneasy. Ginny had it totally right! She laid in the doggy beds in the kitchen, looking out the window to enjoy the light show. She apparently shared the experience with Mimosa. She was the only one that didn't seem to be bothered one bit! It must have been all of those thunderstorms we had here was she was a young pup.