Mancats are Tired

The mancats are worn out after having mom gone for so long...we think we'll let her blog this week about her trip.  We hope you enjoy the pictures of Japan.

 The first day we were in the country, we attended an event called Jump Festa.  It is a big anime event, promoting new releases and what I would consider a customer appreciation event.  It was fun.  We knew several voice actors from the convention we work with in Raleigh, and they helped us get special staff badges.  This was really nice because the line to get into the event was at least a three hour wait!  We walked right in with our badges and started our day.  There are many anime with cats in them, so I focused on those...this little red kitty was having a good time!

 This grey kitty was a bit disgruntled about appearing with so many people...he tried to be a good sport though...

 This stuffed kitty caught our eye...you could pre-order him, but they do not ship to the US...we were out of luck!  We are going to try and find a way to order him though...he is too cute!

Here's a closer shot. 

Tomorrow we'll have some actual scenery, as we visited Kamakura and Yokohama...enjoy!

Secret Paws

Our Secret Paws package arrived while mom was in Japan.  We bugged her the minute she arrived home to open it...she caved in and we opened it yesterday!  We were all excited to see who sent our gift to us...it was Laila and Minchie!!  

 Tanner was most excited about the nip nanner!  He loved to lick it all over...

 The fevver balls were a hit too...they really fly across the room!

 Devon loved the nip nanner too when he got a turn...

 Cousin Sophie loved the treats and the mice...

 Tanner took a nap with his fevver ball...

 Devon tried to squeeze into the box...he was too big.

 Smokey chowed down on the treats...Beachside Crunch is his favorite!

 Hey, I'm all out over here...I need some more please...

I'll get in this box if it's the last thing I do...

Thanks Laila and Minchie...we love all our gifts!!

Christmas Garden

 This is the tree in the living room...where we all spend most of our time.  Our Chalet is tucked next to it, and we love to lay on the presents underneath the tree.  Some of the packages are quite squishy, like a blanket or something...

 This is the tree in the study...Smokey's tent is behind here...he enjoys laying  in the forest. 

 In the Christmas Garden, you'll find many animals...like this orange cat...looks a bit like Tanner!

 Black cats...this one is round on the bottom, sort of like Devon.

 Crabs...our mom loves blue crabs and can't get enough of them when she's at the coast!

 Pretty red birds...

 Even some birds wearing sweaters!

 A long skinny black cat...this could be Smokey

 Tanner's weight loss inspiration...a skinny orange cat :)  Maybe we'll attach him to the cabinet in front of his food bowls for the new year!

And finally a peacock showing off her feathers in green, blue and purple...

We hope you enjoyed a look at the Christmas Garden this year...

Wordless Wednesday

Two on Tuesday

The first two shots are Devon and Smokey...Auntie put this blanket in the bed that stays on the ottoman, and the boys loved it!  Smokey was in it, and when he left, Devon took over.  Devon enjoys being covered up, so Auntie laid some blanket over him.  Smokey went over and laid on top of Devon! 

 Smokey is not one to go and lay with someone else...so this was a special moment!  I am not sure he realized Devon was there :)

 Devon is like, get off me man!

Tanner was enjoying the action and a nice snuggle with mom.  Mom is trying to get in extra snuggles this week because on Friday, she leaves for Japan for 18 days...returning on January 3rd.  We may not be blogging much during that time, unless she can get some stuff scheduled.

Mancats love Christmas

The mancats have been busy over the last few weekends helping get the house and yard decorated for Christmas.  It is less than two weeks away now!

This is the black tree, used for Halloween this year, and moved into the dining room and decorated for Christmas!  Nothing like a good multipurpose tree!  Mom thought she was clever putting the snowman hat on the top!  You may need to biggify to see it better.  We decided to mainly use color our ornaments on this tree...Purple for Smokey, Blue for Devon, Green for Tanner and Red for Mojo.  Mom loves to buy sets of ornaments in our colors and is ultra happy when she can find one for each of us...see below.

Smokey

Tanner

^Angel^ Mojo

Devon

Here's our family ornament for 2011...mom got it at the beach this year...we love fish!

We have two other trees too, normal green ones...mom forgot to take a picture of them, but we'll try to get her working tonight :)

Foto Flashback

Devon is the craziest of the boys...he also enjoys wearing clothes at times, especially a pretty scarf.  I had this small tree skirt for a tiny tree for my office, and wondered what it would look like on him. 

Devon looks so pretty in his fancy collar!

Great job modeling the tree skirt Devon...you look very festive!

Wordless Wednesday

Toes on Tuesday

Tanner and Auntie show off their toes...

Thursday in the Garden

Today we are back in the garden...this time at mom and Auntie's family home...enjoy!

 ::Meowwww::

 

 Thanksgiving day was beautiful in the foothills of North Carolina.  The ground was covered in leaves and pecans!  Auntie is driving the tractor over to one of the trees to give it a good shake.

 Before the shaking begins though, the leaves need to be raked and the pecans on the ground already picked up.  Mom and Aunties parents, L and M, are working hard...

 This is one of their dogs...Samson. He is a treeing feist.

 L is shaking the tree now...you would not believe how many pecans fell off!  They were everywhere!

 In the end, we had 5, 5 gallon buckets full of pecans....and more trees to collect from.  Thankfully the sun was going down, so we didn't have to pick up any more :)

 Here's Auntie raking more leaves...

 L is picking them up to put on the truck...he's going to take them to the blueberry bushes as compost.

Just a cute shot of a calf with it's mom...aaaawwwww.

Check out more fantastic gardens over at Jonsie's place.