Christmas!

Christmas is over. We know this because Person told us when we asked her. We are a little sad about this. To cheer ourselves up we will tell you all about our Christmastime.

Showing Person the best places to hang the ornaments.

There were lots of things that we needed to help Person with to get ready for Christmas. First we helped her decorate the tree. Next we told Person that we needed to bake some cookies for Santa. She said we would have to wait until right before Christmas to do this. This was very confusing and we got upset. Finally it was close enough to Christmas for cookie making.

Don't worry, we tasted every cookie to make sure they were yummy!

We think we were very good this year so we were excited to see what Santa would bring us.

Here is confirmation that we were very good!

On Christmas Eve, Person took us to see lights. This was very fun and we think lights should be up all winter. 

We have a very nice view from here!

After looking at lights, we helped Person make Christmas cake. This year it was chocolate cake with satsumas and ginger. 

Important cake analysis in progress!

Person was not happy that we tried to put our paws in the cake before dinner. She didn't understand that we were trying to make sure the cake is safe for Persons! We don't want them getting sick from cake that is too rich! 

Since it was Christmas, Person gave us a very big slice!

After that, we tired very hard to sit still but we were so excited that it was challenging. We looked at the pictures in our Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer book for a while. 

Elsie thinks she can read but the story is very strange!

Then we decided to watch for Santa from the front window.

It's too dark outside to see anything.

Finally, Person made us go to bed. She didn't understand that we had lots of important questions for Santa. The next morning we were up very early. We know we can't open our presents until Person gets up so we made lots of noise to help her wake up.

There are lots of presents for us!

Lots of things in our stockings too!

Santa left us lollipops and little packages in our stockings.

Oh, I think it's a tiny, toy bunny!

Santa brought these presents all the way from Japan!

A new little bunny for each of us!

Person's gift to us was little Sugarplum Fairy tiaras. We think these will give us superpowers to grant wishes!

Person, who is smarter than he looks, helped Person make these lovely tiaras for us.

 

Person's Person had also sent us packages. She made lots of beautiful things for us and the little Christmas hats that we are wearing. Person gave us the hats early but we had to wait until Christmas morning to open the other gifts.

We like these presents very much!

We made some earrings for Person for Christmas. After giving them to her, we decided to take them back because they look better on Elsie. Person says this is not how it works and that we can't take her present back but we did it anyway.

See! The earrings look very good on Elsie!

We made a very big mess from opening all our presents and Person made us clean up before we could eat Christmas cookies.

We wish we had a cleaning robot. Making messes is fun but cleaning is not!

We had a very happy Christmas and are already making lists and plans for next year since we realized that Christmas is either here or it is coming. That means that as soon as one Christmas is over, the next one starts coming right away. This is a very important scientific discovery! 

Love from Julie and Elsie

Julie and Elsie's Christmas Gift Guide! 

Today we have important news! Elsie and I have a job working at Studio Lumio! Our first assignment was to write a gift guide about things that are good presents for stuffed animals. We did lots of research and worked very hard on our assignment.  The best part was that we got to use the computer a lot and think about things that we want for Christmas. The worst part was that Person said we can't post it here so you'll have to go to the Studio's website to see our post. We hope everyone will look at it because we are very proud of our work.

A Special Edition and Very Important 

Halloween Informational Update!

Today is a very important day because it is Halloween! This is one of the best days to get candy so you need to be prepared.  People just hand out candy to cute little ones who are wearing costumes. Elsie and I will maximize our candy potential by increasing our cuteness quotient with extra cute costumes. We think this is a very good plan. 

This is Person's pumpkin.

Halloween is also a time for carving pumpkins! A few weeks ago, Person took us to the pumpkin patch where we all got a pumpkin to carve. Person's pumpkin is way bigger than ours which we don't think is fair! 

We can carve it ourselves!!!

Yesterday we were going to carve our pumpkins. Person said we had to wait until the evening when other Person comes home. We did not want to wait! We had already waited a long time since we got the pumpkins! When Person was working on the computer, we went into the kitchen and got out the pumpkin carving knife and got started! Person was very angry when she found us and sent both of us to time out. I don't understand why she got so upset. When other Person finally came home, we had to eat dinner. People are so slow! Then it was time to carve pumpkins. 

Halloween Eve is almost as exciting as Halloween!

Person carved a picture of us on her pumpkin which made us very happy! Sometimes Person is very sweet and sometimes we love her very much but not always. 

We need to light the candle inside so it will glow!

Early this morning, while Person was still sleeping, we tried to light our pumpkin because it is all pretty with the candle burning. Person found us before we got it going and was mad again. She thinks matches and knives are dangerous. We don't understand why she's allowed to use them and not us.

Can you guess what our costumes are?

This afternoon we were very busy making our costumes. We made them all by ourselves. Well, Person helped a little bit but only with unimportant parts like assembling them. We had the idea.

Where is the chocolate? That's our favorite!

We will be helping Person hand out candy tonight and by helping we mean that we hide some in the coffee table to make sure there's enough left for us.

Happy Halloween everyone!

This is such an exciting day and we haven't even had any candy yet! We hope you have all planned ahead to maximize your candy potential. If you need any advise on increasing your cuteness quotient, just let us know. We like to help except if you are after the same candy we are. We do not like to share!

 Bend Trip

We went on a fun trip to bend with Person last month. We were very happy to go because we had never been there before. We were less happy when we heard how long the drive was going to be. We really need to invent a faster way to travel or cars that are more fun. Maybe one with a little swimming pool would be good. 

These cups have bunnies on them!

When we finally arrived at the place we were going to stay, Person had to do some boring stuff like unpacking so Elsie and I explored in the cupboards. We found some little cups for us to use. The cups even had bunnies on them. Elsie was very excited about this. Person said that we could have some hot chocolate in them before bed. 

This is us at the Deschutes  River.

 After we ate our lunch, which was boring salad again, we went for a hike along the river. We saw some people kayaking which looked very fun. We wanted to hop in the river too but Person wouldn't let us.

Elsie thinks this is a rabbit hole!

We found some holes in rocks that Elsie thought friends lived in. I'm glad Person found her before she got lost. She should also know that it's not polite to go into someone's house when you don't know them. Not all animals are friendly to little rabbits. I'll need to keep a better eye on her.

There's a good view from this tree!

We climbed a tree when Person wasn't looking. We are now all sticky. Don't tell Person please or she'll make us take a bath.

Us on the trail.

The trail was very beautiful and we had a good time looking at everything. Person let us build a fort out of rocks and we had a chipnic (when you eat chips outside). We didn't want to leave but Person said she had to make dinner. She needs to create a dinner making robot so we can have more fun. 

Will you be our friend?

The next day person took us to the park where we met an otter friend. She was very happy to play with us. I think there should be another otter at the park so she is not lonely. Otters are very friendly animals.

You can do it Elsie!

Then Elsie and I did some rock climbing. Rock climbing is very hard and you have to be careful not to fall. We are getting practice for climbing up the table or into the cupboards so we can get things without having to ask Person. This will be a very useful skill for us. Elsie was scared but I told her it was important for getting more chocolate!

So many pretty flowers!

We wanted to ride in this wagon but person said that it didn't work and that we would need horses. I wonder why the car doesn't need horses.

Can we please go swimming!

Please! We're sure it's not too cold!

We were sad that it was time to go home but person says we can come back someday. Next time we want to rent us a little raft or kayak so we can play in the water. We also want to go to a toy store and get ice cream. We'll need to go back when it is summertime so we can do all these things. Although, playing in the snow would be good too. We really need a faster way of traveling so we can go more exciting places more often. We'll work on figuring something out. It can't be that hard. 

 

Camping Trip!!!

 This August person took us camping at the lake. When she told us we were going, we couldn't stop yelling, we were too excited. Person was not happy about this and says that next time she won't tell us in advance. We know about the calendar though, so once we learn to read better, we can be prepared for what fun things are coming up on our own. Maybe if we write fun things in, person will be confused and take us to the zoo or the park. 

 

Driving is not very interesting for us.

We had to drive a very long way to the lake and were very bored in the car. Person kept telling us to sit still and to stop asking if we were there yet. It wasn't a lot of fun and Elsie dropped her chocolate on the floor and I accidentally pulled Elsie ear and person wouldn't let us put our heads out the window... We thought the three hours would last forever!

Almost there!

When we were finally almost there, person let us look out the front window. The road was very pretty but we just wanted to get to the lake.

Our home for the weekend.

 Once we arrived and had picked out the perfect campsite, we helped person set up the tent by bouncing on the air mattress to make sure it was filled up correctly. Person said this wasn't actually helpful and wanted us to go play but we know she needed our help so we could get to the lake quicker.

Such a big, beautiful lake for us to play in!

After getting the campsite set up (This took a long time. People are very slow.), we all went down to the lake for a picnic lunch. Person had brought some boring healthy salads but she had also remembered chips so it turned out OK.

Playing by the lake.

We went on a hike around the lake in the afternoon riding in person's backpack. This was fun, especially since we found some chocolate in there and helped ourselves to a generous serving.

Having a campfire was exciting!

In the evening we had a big campfire and sang songs and drank hot chocolate. Person didn't bring any marshmallows so that was sad but we did have some sausages to roast over the fire. Next time we will check person's food packing inventory to make sure we have everything we need. Person says marshmallows aren't healthy but we think all fun foods are healthy because they make us happy.

Get up person! We want to go play!

After an exciting night sleeping in the tent, we woke up very early the next morning and wanted to go play. Person was sleepy and cranky when we woke her up but we eventually got her to get up. There was still a lot of boring person stuff for her to do like make breakfast but we eventually got ready to go play!

This is so fun!

The most exciting thing that happened when we were camping is that person let us get in the lake and float around! It was a little scary for Elsie because she was afraid we would fall in but I wasn't afraid. Person may be mean and silly sometimes but she always takes care of us.

We looks so tinny at the big lake.

We were very sad when we had to go home from our camping trip. We don't see why we can't live at the lake forever in the tent and play all day everyday. Person said some silly things about work and responsibilities but we weren't paying attention. Elsie had climbed onto a rock and I joined her. We were planning to refuse to climb down so we couldn't go home. It seemed like a good idea but person just picked us up and put us in the car. We weren't expecting that. Sometimes she's smarter than she seems. Person told us that we can go camping again next summer and we are so excited. We are already planning all the fun things we want to do next year!

Japan sightseeing! 

Person says this is our last post about our trip to Japan because we are out of photos. We don't understand how this is possible because we told her to take lots and lots of photos of us. Obviously she didn't take enough. I will be training George to take photos of Elsie and me in the future so we don't have this problem again. 

The cherry blossoms are so beautiful!

Person took us to see lots of temples and shrines while we were in Japan. They all had pretty gardens and flowers which we liked. 

It was raining hard this day. I got a little wet.

There were a few days were it rained but we had fun anyway. On one of the rainy days we took the train to Asakusa to go shopping and look at the temple. I enjoyed the train ride very much. It was fun looking out the window. Elsie was worried about the rain because she doesn't like to get wet so she stayed in person's purse most of the day. 

Person needed lots of help from me with the shopping!

Here I am helping person buy fabric for sewing projects and omiyage (souvenir gifts) for my friends and family. I found some very cute bunny stickers and ribbons to give to my zebra cousin, Michelle, and my bunny cousin, Lucy. It was fun to see all the pretty traditional gifts in Asakusa. Since person bought lots of kimono fabric to make things out of, I am trying to talk her into making me and Elsie little Kimonos! That would make good presents for us I think!

Tokyo Tower!

This is Tokyo Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Tokyo. We really wanted to go up to the top but person said no. We tried to sneak out one night and go there ourselves but person caught us while we were trying to figure out the train schedule on her phone. We were in trouble for waking her up. I think she was just being unreasonable because she was tired. Persons get like that when they haven't had enough sleep. 

Zojoji Temple

We went to Zojoji temple in Tokyo too. It was a very beautiful place. We looked at cherry blossoms, walked in the gardens and had some tasty chocolate snacks.

Elsie is going to become a Sumo wrestler!

Here we are at an outdoor Sumo wrestling arena. I think Elsie would make a good Sumo wrestler because she is kind of round. I plan on training her so we can enter competitions and win money to buy things that person won't get for us. Person doesn't always understand why we need things

Do you think this guy is friendly or scary? We're not sure.

We had so much fun in Japan and are sad that we are done telling you about it. We can't wait until our next trip! We are already planning ideas for what to do when we visit again. We have asked person to put some guidebooks on hold for us at the library. We want ones with lots of pictures. If we don't get our books soon, we may have to steal person's library card. Getting to the library may be a problem... we're still working on that part of the plan.