The boys love to wrap (and unwrap) presents,
something is so tempting about the crinkly paper.
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Tanji happily sniffs the wrapping paper.
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Sniff, sniff.
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T loves to nestle on paper, and he is getting sleepy.
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Vladi has found one of his favorite things, a gift bag.
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Here's another one!
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Someone wants to be taken for a ride.
In a one-room house, it can be hard to hide gifts
from the boys. Les ended up hiding in the bathroom
to wrap their goodies, with T & V howling outside the door.
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For Tanji, we have a snuggly cave he can sleep in.
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For Vladi, a new scratching box (he loves them).
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And for Uschi, a (hopefully) quiet lure toy.
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"Can't we open these now?"
The boys will probably like their gifts, but it is a
guarantee that they'll love the ribbons.
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Tanji can't resist ribbon.
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Very funny, Mom.
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He is such a beautiful boy.
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Here is another beauty.
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"What about me? Make this ribbon go, please"
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"Mine!"
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Uschi is so patient, he lets Les dress him in ribbons.
"Gift Cat"
2 comments:
I can't believe I have missed *three* days of Bengals! Life is crazy here. Quick comments:
1) Today's post -- LOVED IT! You made me excited about Christmas, which has escaped me for the most part with the crunch at work.
2) Lucky, spoiled boyz! If I were Tanji, I would never come out of the cat sack. (And did they REALLY howl outside the bathroom door because they couldn't see what was going on??)
3) Happy anniversary!
4) Could I come over and make some snowflakes with you?
5) Vladi's dirt angels --HA! HA!
Thanks for the wonderful pick-me-up that your posts provided.
Yes, the boys were yelling outside the door. They hate it when they aren't involved in things.
Happy Holidays.
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