Marley's Birthday

MARLEY:   I am 14 today!  And since we just had a big fancy birthday for Lori, I want ta do something different.  We will go mousie-hunting in the big safe backyard today.  And while we Mews call any little rodent "mousies", TBT says that includes voles and moles and shrews too.  We sure have plenty of each and plenty of places to hunt for them!

So all guests are welcome to go out safely and catch as many as they can.  And I am not forgetting the guests who are not used to the outside.  The outside hunters are asked to bring every 2nd mousie to the deck door and drop it in a slick plastic bucket.  TBT will bring it inside and dump them in the bafroom tub fer the insiders to play with.  

We did that before once, an I decided it was time ta do it again.  So come by and help me celebrate my birfday with a Grand Mousie Hunt!

An since this is also Flashback Friday, here is an older pic of me catching one.

I even caught 4 in one day (that I brought up ta the deck door)...

Birfday Pawty!

 MARLEY:  Today is my 13th Birfday!  And I feel GREAT.  OK, maybe I hop more than run these days but "running" around the yard really isn't important.

And Lori turned 2 on the 3rd.  So we are having a mutual Birfday Pawty!

TBT said he would provide a lot of food.  So there is a whole lot of deboned boiled chicken (no nasty spices), some shrimps, and some chopped up bacon.  And we have a lot of fresh Nip.  

And TBT will have a pocketfull of treats ta toss around every now and then ta suprise everycat.

There will be games and ladders and boxes too of course...

And for "new or nervous climbers"...

And toys galore!

And if any of you are OK outside, I and Laz will show you the best backyard spots to explore fer mousies.  We have a lot of them.

Lori and Ayla will manage the inside.  Though Lori might join in the mousie-hunting some.

TBT will make the 4 litterboxes are clean and that there is plenty of good foods aside from the special ones.

Pawty starts at midnight and goes to the next midnight.  But if you are too worn out ta telport home, there are the trees ta nap in.  

And we have a final surprise!  The TV will be showing "Cat-Sitter" DVD all day.  Mousies, birdies, hamsters and you can paw at the screen all you want!

Ayla's 15th Birfday

 AYLA:  I turn 15 today.  So it is time we had a REAL PAWTY!  I insisted we do it "right".

There will be foods.

There will be games.

Ladder-climbing...

Box-jumping...

Bags:  

There will be toys.

There are the cat trees.

There will be outside for cats that are used to it.

Or the deck for moderate "outside"...

TBT will be tossing treats around randomly.  

There are many clean litterboxes.

And home-grown fresh NIP!

So don't miss the pawty...

It's My Birthday!

LAZ:  I'm 4! TBT says I am in the prime age of my life.  So I deserve ta have a PAWTY.  

I don't care much fer toys or games, I'm meowing about FOOD!  I asked TBT about MEAT and OUTSIDE and he obliged.  Because I love both so much...

(No spices)

(TBT wll smash the shells away)

And more shrimps!

And we have Nip and treats all over the house.  But they are hidden, so ya have ta find them.  It is part of the fun...

And OF COURSE we have games.  But MY games...  (well, I'm new at this)  We will paw into the puzzle box fer treats and whap the egg thing where Nip falls out iffen ya hit it hard.  And we will run around hard.  

Wand toys for those who love them (I just like ta chew on the strings)

TBT says I "hurl myself through life".  I don't quite understand that as I almost never toss up what I eat. But I do crash around a lot and even bounce off his legs when he walks along the hallway.  Well, what can I say?  He just gets in the way of me sometimes.

So come ta the pawty.  It is sure going to be a wild time.  There are many ways ta arrive.  The long tunnel is set up, the TV is on but set to  no channel, the dryer door is opoen for those who prefer that, and TBT is watching the deck door  (between keeping the litter boxes clean and spreading bowls of food around) for anyone who misses the inside by a few paws...

At daylight, those who feel OK outside are welcome ta join Marley and I outside.  The fence is high and safe.  We have mousies all over the place.  But yer welcome ta stay inside too.  Ayla will be hostess inside.

LET THE PAWTY BEGIN!

I'm 14!

 AYLA:  Wow, I've been around a while...

So lets have a PARTY!

Lots of boxes!

Lots of bags!

And of course treats. toys and ladders...

It will be a GREAT 14th.  I hope you will come and join me and us in the celebration.  Each year is happier to experience than the one before.  Like, this year Laz is kinna new and friendly than last year.  

BTW, the best places ta teleport out are the big flat screen TV, the computer monitor, and the empty kitchen cabinet near the stove.  I don't know why about that last one, but it is empty, so mebbe nothin ta land on badly.

An we have 78 cans of stinky goodness an a WHOLE BAG  of Meow Mix Crunchies  (we newly love those) and 4 litter boxes fresh-cleaned.  And TBT is on scoop detail.  

So come  one and all!

Thank You

 LAZ:  I just wanna meow to all those who attended my Gotcha Day Pawty...

    

It was TOTALLY excitin!

Laz's First Gotcha Day Pawty!

 LAZ:  Its OFFICIAL!  It has been a YEAR since I arrived here.  So I am getting a pawty today!  It's my 1st one.  Yeah, I'm 3 but I never had a pawty for ME before.  I'm so thrilled I could hurl socks.  Don't worry, I won't.

TBT promised me, and Ayla and Marley told me about pawties, but this is sure new ta ME.  

We have birdie TV fer everykitty ta watch.

We have BOXES...

We have BACON!

The Turbotrack is assembled again...

We have wand toys!

We have boxes of toys (this is just one and all will be opened fresh for the pawty).

We have cat trees ta climb ta yer claw's content...

We have a HAM!

We have ladders!

We have SHRIMPSES!

There are games...

Lots more toys...

This is my first ever Gotcha Day in a Forever Home.  I've done my best to be here.  It has been a journey.  Please come and enjoy the pawty and wish me many more here!

The pawty starts NOW!

And I will add the TBT has picked many fresh NIP leaves...  Some of which will be packed in the "egg with holes" and some of which will be put in the puzzle box. 

And May The Fourth Be With You...

The 14th Blogoversary Party

We had to let TBT explain our past yesserday, but today is PAWTY TIME!   We are hoping it will be The Best EVER!

We have arranged to have multiple tunnels!


 SCRATCHERS:

Rip them up.  We have more.





 TOYS: 

FOODS:



I think we have enough, and there is more in boxes.

NIP:

We have LOTS of Nip!


BOXES:

We have LOTS of Boxes that TBT will bring out...


LITTER BOXES:

Ya cant have too many with a crowd...

 No, it won't be like THIS!


It will be a dozen nice ones set a few paws apart.  And cleaned every hour.  More if required.  Ayla will tell TBT when.  She is the fussiest.

LADDERS:

There will be more ladders than usual.  Ayla and Laz say they want higher ones.  OK...

And for "new or nervous climbers"...


 HUNTING: 
Though we kinna used up the supply of mousies on Marley's Birfday Pawty, Laz has discovered crickets in the basement.  He will show you where to look.

And you might find a skink...

So we will add pictures of us The Mews...

The PAWTY starts NOW!  Let it be a day ta remember...  We don't get a 14th Blogoversary every year!