Thursday, November 11, 2010

Pedicures

We hate getting our toenails clipped. A lot. We mean REALLY hate it. A LOT. We squirm. We squeal. We scream. And still, Mommy tries to clip our toenails. Sure, we don’t like having long nails. They make it harder to walk, and sometimes they even hurt our pads. But, having our toenails clipped is much worse. Pooka squirms and fights so much that Mommy breaks out in a sweat. Emma bites Mommy's hands. And, Chloe just screams. Mommy says Chloe sounds like what she imagines a hawk would sound like if you were ripping off its wings.

But, Mommy got this new thingy that files our nails instead of clipping them. We really didn’t like it at first. But, then we don’t really like anything new at first. Especially something that makes a funny noise. And, most especially anything that touches our toenails. But, Mommy used it, and it really wasn’t that bad. Well, after we let her actually use it. After we stopped squirming and squealing and screaming. She let us get used to it by tapping our nails. And you know what? It didn't even hurt!

But, that still doesn't mean we like having our nails done. Now, maybe if Mommy painted flowers on our nails like some ladies get...that might make it better. Or butterflies. No wait...cookies. NO WAIT... CHEETOS. Yay, we could have CHEETO FINGERS! Then we'd let Mommy do our nails anytime.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Lucky 13

Chloe & Emma: Pooka turned 13 on October 19. She’s old. Well, she was already old, but now she’s just ancient. Mommy got Cheetos for Pooka’s birthday. But, we butted in and made sure we got some, too. But, oops, Mommy ran out before she realized it and we got more than Pooka. Sorry, Pooka. (Not really, but since it was your birthday, we kinda had to say it.)

Pooka: I'm not old, although my bones kinda feel old, lately. I like to stay in bed as long as I can because when I get up, I kinda walk stiffly. But, I've outlasted everyone's expectations. So, there! So, I'm lucky 13 now. But, I did get unlucky on the Cheetos. Getting gypped...ON MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

WE GOT TO SEE JENNA!!!!!!!!!!!

(Mommy took too long to post this. We saw Jenna several weeks ago.)

Emma: Mommy took us in the car…

Chloe: We thought we were going to the place where Mommy speaks into the box and then they give her coffee…

Pooka: Well, we DID go there (they said “Hi” to Jenna), but then we didn’t go home…

Emma: Right. So, then we thought maybe we were going to the…

Chloe: the puppy park, because it was a nice day, but…

Pooka: it was a very, very long ride…

Emma: ya, but we didn’t mind…

Emma, Chloe, Pooka: we all slept for most of it…

Pooka: But at the end of the ride…

Emma: Let me tell…

Chloe: No, I want to tell…

Pooka: I’m the oldest, I should get to tell…

Emma, Chloe, Pooka: WE GOT TO SEE JENNA!!!!

Emma, Chloe, Pooka: WE GOT TO SEE JENNA!!!!

Emma, Chloe, Pooka: WE GOT TO SEE JENNA!!!!

Emma: I saw her first…

Chloe: No, I saw her first…

Pooka: It doesn’t matter who saw her first, she picked me up first.

Emma: But, I saw her coming from her dorm…

Chloe: No, I actually saw her first…

Emma: Me, me, I did, I did…

Chloe: No, I did…

Pooka: It doesn’t matter, she picked me up first…

Emma, Chloe: That’s just because you’re old…

Pooka: Hey, who you calling old? I’m not even 13…

Emma, Chloe: Right, only for a few more days, oldie...

Emma: Well, I still saw Jenna first…

Chloe: No you didn’t…

Pooka: Let’s just tell the rest of the story.

Emma: We had to walk up three floors, THREE…

Chloe: But that was ok, because Jenna was there…

Pooka: It wasn’t difficult for me, because Jenna was carrying me.

Emma: And, there were all kinds of new…

Chloe: smells, lots of smells…

Pooka: Jenna smelled good…

Emma: but no snacks on the floor, that was kind of disappointing…

Chloe: but, it was still different…

Pooka: It was nice for Jenna to carry me.

Chloe: And, then we got to the top...

Emma: I wasn't sure I was going to make it...

Pooka: and then went into Jenna’s room…

Emma: and, then we went to Jenna’s new room…

Chloe: and, saw Anna, her roommate. She’s really nice…

Emma: …really nice…

Pooka: …yep, she’s really nice. And, Jenna was still carrying me.

Emma: She’s kind of stuck on that…

Chloe: …whatever…

Emma: But, you know what?...

Chloe: I know, you’ll never guess…

Pooka: …ya, what was up with that?

Pooka, Chloe, Emma: Jenna’s room was SO CLEAN!

Emma: Do you think something’s wrong?

Chloe: No, it’s probably the law there…

Pooka: Maybe someone comes around and says “clean up your room”

Emma: when there are clothes on the floor…

Pooka: I like to lay on the piles of clothes on the floor…

Chloe: Maybe they say “God damnit” like Mommy does…

Pooka: I think it’s because she has to share a room…

Emma: with Anna—she’s really…

Chloe: …nice.

Emma: I sniffed under…

Chloe: …me, too, I sniffed all around Jenna’s…

Pooka: …room, me, too.

Emma: Quit interrupting me, you guys!

Chloe: But you interrupted us, too.

Pooka: Ya, Emma, you're such a buttinsky.

Pooka, Chloe: BUTTINSKY!

Emma: That’s not nice, you guys, I was just excited to see...

Emma, Chloe, Pooka: JENNA! WE GOT TO SEE JENNA!!!

Emma, Chloe, Pooka: We miss Jenna.

Chloe: But, Jenna looks really good.

Pooka: And I liked her cool clothes.

Emma: And, she looked happy when I saw her first…

Chloe: No, I saw her first…

Pooka: But, did she pick either of you up? No, she picked ME up, so it doesn’t matter who saw her first.

Emma: And, then we got to go into another room…

Chloe: With two other really nice girls…

Pooka: Bronte and Dakota. They’re really nice.

Emma: And, then we went back to Jenna’s room…

Chloe: And, it was really clean…

Pooka: And, there weren’t any clothes on the floor for me to climb on…

Emma: And, then another girl came by to say Hi…

Chloe: And, she was really nice, too…

Pooka: And, then a boy came by—I don’t like boys…

Emma: But, he seemed nice…

Chloe: EVERYONE seemed nice…

Pooka: They liked to pet us, and then we…

Emma: left our dog hair on their clothes, and …

Chloe: on the rugs, and floor, and…

Pooka: all over, so Jenna doesn’t forget…

Emma: us, but she wouldn’t forget us, because…

Chloe: she has our pictures on her wall, so that must mean that…

Pooka: she loves us, but she loves me most because she picked me up, so there…

Emma: nuh uh, she doesn’t love any of us more…

Chloe: I think she loves us all the same, but I saw her first..,

Emma: No, I saw her first in the parking lot…

Pooka: But, you guys, what’s important, who saw her first, or that we all ...

Emma, Chloe, Pooka: …GOT TO SEE JENNA!!! WE GOT TO SEE JENNA!!!

Emma: I wish we could stay with Jenna …

Chloe: in her new room, but I don’t know how we’d get on the…

Emma: bed, I know, it’s so high, and…

Pooka: I’d never jump off it—I don’t even jump off Mommy’s bed…

Chloe: But, I can jump on Mommy’s bed,

Emma: Me, too…

Chloe: But, Jenna’s bed is too high.

Pooka: And, there weren’t any piles for me to climb on...

Chloe: But, that doesn’t matter, because, if I could…

Emma: I’d stay with Jenna…

Pooka: me, too…

Chloe: that’s what I was going to say…

Chloe, Emma, Pooka: We’d all stay with Jenna if we could!!

Pooka, Chloe, Emma: We miss Jenna!!! But, we’re glad she’s having fun…

Pooka: But she could have fun at our …

Emma: house, I know, she could have fun with us at…

Chloe: our house, but remember she went to college…

Emma: I thought it was cauliflower…

Pooka: No, it was collage…

Chloe: No, college—school for grown-ups.

Pooka: But, Jenna’s not old…

Emma: like Mommy…

Chloe: but you don’t have to be old like Mommy to go to college…

Emma: cauliflower…

Pooka: collage…

Chloe: C-O-L-L-E-G-E!!! But, if Jenna were home, she’d cuddle…

Emma: and take us out in the afternoon…

Pooka: and let us sit with her on the couch…

Chloe: and give us Cheetos!

Pooka: I love Cheetos!

Emma: I LOVE CHEETOS!!!

Pooka, Chloe, Emma: WE MISS JENNA!!! BUT, WE GOT TO SEE JENNA!!!

Pooka, Chloe, Emma: But, we still miss her.

Emma: But, she has so many nice friends…

Chloe: And, Mommy says she likes her classes…

Pooka: glasses? Jenna doesn’t wear glasses…

Emma: no grasses, Pooka, grasses, you know, like what we pee on…

Chloe: C-L-A-S-S-E-S, where you learn stuff.

Emma: Learn stuff?

Pooka: I like learning.

Emma: Me, too.

Chloe: You don’t even know what that means, Emma…

Emma: Well, I like it anyway…

Pooka: Me, too, because it’s what Jenna does...

Chloe: Did you see how clean her room was?

Emma: I know, do you think they make her clean it every day?

Pooka: Maybe they have glasses on that.

Emma: Grasses, Pooka.

Chloe: No, C-L-A-S-S-E-S

Pooka: Jenna picked me up. I liked that.

Chloe: Jenna picked me up, too and gave me a kiss.

Emma: Me, too. She picked me up and kissed me, too.

Pooka: Me, too.

Pooka, Chloe, Emma: WE SAW JENNA!!!

Pooka: (sigh)

Chloe: (sigh)

Emma: (sigh)

Pooka: Chloe, Emma: We miss Jenna.

Pooka: (sigh)

Chloe: (sigh)

Emma: (sigh)

Pooka, Chloe, Emma: We hope she’s having fun…and, that we get to see her again soon.

Pooka: (sigh)

Chloe: (sigh)

Emma: (sigh)

Pooka, Chloe, Emma: But, WE GOT TO SEE JENNA!!!