Fun with Mulch

     Yesterday was a long day. I woke up at 5 a.m. to the sound of Mojo throwing up. 

     The bathroom where he sleeps wasn't covered in vomit so I went back to sleep for an hour, until the alarm sounded. When Matt woke up to take Mojo outside, Mojo promptly threw up all over the carpet. Apparently he'd eaten some bad mulch. We cleaned it up and didn't think anything of it, until it was time for bed. 

    It was actually past bedtime when Matt finally peeled himself off the couch to come to bed. We did our "tucking in" routine and realized Mojo was trying to clean up some leftovers from that morning. (His toy buffalo had been concealing the stain on his bed).  So we were up until almost midnight cleaning up stale dog vomit. Oh the joys of parenthood.

Sunday afternoon

Katie and Mojo spent Sunday afternoon napping on the couch. Katie was cuddled in the blanket and Mojo (all 37 pounds of him) was perched on the back of the couch. Can you guess where mom had been napping?

Say hello

We all know that this is how dogs say hello, but who knew goats do it too? 

Dog meets goat

One of Mojo's very favorite things to do is to go to the park by our house. There's  a couple of playgrounds, where he can dig in the sand and sniff all the good kid smells. Back behind the playground there's a small animal enclosure with a frisky goat, two fluffy sheep, several chickens and some of the most adorable bunnies I've ever seen in my life.

Mojo just loves going to visit the goat. The goat will come running right up to Mojo, they'll sniff each other (through a fence) and depending on its mood, the goat will sometimes do a cute little hop. And the goat and sheep will always tell Mojo bye when he leaves.

Is it playtime?

This morning my darling Katie decided to wake me up at 1:30 a.m. She started by meowing up a storm and when that didn't rouse me, she started pouncing on and clawing my butt. She had brought me shoelace (her favorite toy) because she wanted to play. Katie has a habit of bringing toys (and brushes)  into the bed in the middle of the night. I don't think I got up to play with her then. But here's an example of playing shoelace from earlier this summer. Enjoy!

Cutest kitty in the world

Katie is undoubtedly the cutest kitty in the world. Here she is lounging on the papasan chair (while mom wastes too much time on facebook).  She's a 2 1/2 year old tabbico (tabby stripes + calico colors). She likes snuggling, playing shoelace and making the dog jealous.

First entry

It's the weekend before Thanksgiving and Mojo and Katie are both happy their parents are going to be home all week. Katie's been giving mom lots of love and Mojo has been smiling from ear to floppy ear. It's going to be a good weekend.

Bonding

Mojo snuggling under the blanket with Matt. 

Give that dog a bone

Puppy Mojo looked awfully cute chewing on a bone in the his grandparent's backyard. Those brown eyes, those fluffy ears. Sigh.

Playing ball

We tried to teach Mojo to play Fetch today. Not entirely sure he grasped the concept, but he sure tried hard.

Staring at the ball. (He just got fixed, that's why is leg is shaved.)

What now?