happy birthday ollie!!!

and the party is HERE

what else - but another party!

ollie and opus

RIP taylor

with heavy hearts we heard the sad news that our sweet sister-in-law taylor went to the bridge.
we will miss you!

niagara falls aftermath

remember yesterday - when we left the gang all stuck in barrels going over niagara falls?
you might wonder how that ended..... today you will find out.
it turns out that the first barrel going over which ollie saw from her room had karl and ruis inside!!! yes, it was poor me, karl screaming for help........

it also seems they were the only ones to get their barrel over the falls in one piece....
here are gracie and barney.

asta and stanley don't look much better.

and poor momo and socks were lucky that the maid of mist was close by to rescue them!

and judging by the looks on opus and ollie's faces they won't do this again anytime soon...

but wait - here is another unbroken barrel - and it looks as if minime is ready to go back up and ride the falls all over again!

the crew of the maid of the mist was nice enough to give us all towels to wrap up in so we wouldn't catch cold while we waited for the police....

..who did let us go after we pointed out that while they might have posted this sign it is posted at a point were you really can not see it FROM the falls, right?

picture by opus and ollie

over the falls...

on our second day at niagara falls ollie was relaxing on her bed when she suddenly heard a loud scream!

looking through the hotel telescope revealed this picture:


the gang decided to check this out more closely but when they arrived at the falls they saw that gracie and barney were already hot on the track of the mysterious barrel! they probably watched too much CCSI and thought they try there hands on being detectives, hahahahahaha

and then minime who must have been somewhere in gracie's luggage showed up in a barrel all to herself!

after that the rest of the gang could of course not stand by idly and off they all go down the falls....

to be continued.......

a valentine adventure

the gang - i, karl and my husband ruis, gracie and her friend barney, asta and stanley, momo and socks, opus and ollie - decided that valentine is as good an occasion for another trip than any! and what better and more romantic place to go to for valentines than - NIAGARA FALLS!!!
so we all gathered, picked up some barrels - just in case...

picture by gracie

and went to the falls:

picture by gracie

here is our hotel:

and it looked so sophisticated we decided to dress up while checking in...

picture by asta

then we inspected the rooms. first the boys room,

then the girl's room.

picture by gracie

after a short cat-nap (hahahahahahahahaha) we went on the famous boat tour!

picture by gracie

it was wet! but fabulous!

picture by opus

and what is a visit of niagara falls without a helicopter ride. we of course didn't need to do that because momo had thought of bringing the magic carpet!!!! much better!

picture by momo with editing by asta

then love striken couples went for some alone time - here i am with my husband ruis

and we finished the day with some super duper fireworks over the falls!

picture by momo

tomorrow we will have a fairly scary adventure - so make sure to come back and check it out!!!

more seuss landing and another aftermath...

this place was so much fun, we just had to do more rides! here we try the "force"...

picture by ruis

momo, gracie, asta and opus look a wee bit scared, don't you think so???

picture by ruis

but not me and ruis! and ollie is taking the picture to proof it!

but eventually it was time to go back home (to get ready for the next adventure, hahahahaha)

picture by opus

what gracie found when she came home:

what karl found when he came home:

and guess what? we will be on a trip again for valentine's!!!!! any ideas where we might go? something romantic and adventurous where we haven't been yet....

seuss landing

today we will explore seuss landing and do ALL the rides they have!!!

ruis, karl and opus contemplate if they REALLY want to do this ride...

picture by opus and ollie

but here we are on it - and gracie is very brave and sits right in front! go to gracie, opus and ollie, and momo to see more!

picture by opus and ollie

and come back tomorrow to see what else happened....

A TRIP!!!!!!!

opus and ollie had the fabulous idea to treat gracie to a surprise trip for her first birthday in relation to her birthday theme: we are going to seuss landing in orlando florida!!! and of course momo, asta, me (karl) and ruis as part of the whole gang are going too. here you can see us arrive in the MFV.

picture by opus and ollie

ruis and i retreat to our beautiful hotel room to freshen up before we head out for the fun. go to opus and ollie's or gracie's to see what we will be doing.

meanwhile at gracie's place:


meanwhile back at the cat realm:

it looks as if edna and coco put seuss blindfolds on mrs. OZ, tintin and notty to trick them into sleeping so that the two rascals could hide in my suitcase....

happy birthday gracie!

our new friend gracie has her first birthday today!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACIE!
do not miss this party - you wouldn't believe the food she has dished out!
and there is fun stuff to do!!!! here you can see all of us riding the "green eggs and ham train".

front cars l-r: asta, momo, mrs. Oz. barney, gracie, opus, & olive
back car front l-r: edna, notty, & tintin
back car top: karl, coco, & ruis
picture by gracie

we will see you there!

PARTY!!!

a few days ago we got this in the mail:

so we donned our hats and are ready to roll!!!

we hope to see you all at gracie's blog on friday for her first birthday!

Secret Paws

Our Secret Paws came perfectly on time: December 24! But of course we didn't GET the package then because the staff was "too busy" to take pictures.... And then today they decided they had time....









THANK YOU SO MUCH Halloween!!!