Cold babies

So Ori and Molly have gone on strike due to cold weather and inclement walking conditions.  Nick took the girls out this morning and apparently by the time he got to my car in the parking lot Molly was screeching bloody murder (her screech is blood curdling by the way) and Ori was a bi-pod.  Nick said he picked Molly up (and she continued to screech!) and Ori was laying on the ground looking up at him like "why won't you pick me up?!?!?"  So Nick finagled Moo in one arm and Ori in the other and walked back to the apartment.   

This evening I took the girls 1 at a time on their walk.  I thought O and I would go around the apartments, but we made it to the longer dumpster, she did her business and she high tailed it back to the apartment.  I couldn't convince her otherwise.  Molly did pretty much the same thing, but I had to almost drag her out into the parking lot to get rolling....  oh my girls are so spoiled.  We did go for a little walk after church this afternoon so Moo could do her business...good thing it's the only movement outside they really got all day!

They both did what they needed to do outside today and both are currently snuggled up on the couch right where I'm pretty sure they both know they belong.  (until we move to the bedroom and then they'll think the same thing about the bed!)

They've got it good, that's for sure!

Long Over Due Winter Pics

Ok, so it was really hard to get pictures adequately depicting the snow we got down here!  But these are the pics that we did get last week...

The view from our balcony....there really is a field under the sea of snow!!

Icicles

Our snow coral that works nicely as a potty rink!

The snow is way over Molly's head--it was probably almost 3 feet at one point

Hurry up and take the pic--it's COLD!

What was a garden last summer, you can't even see the tomato cages

the neighbor's patio furniture

and Moo true to form, waiting to go in at the WRONG door!  Good thing we love her!

And apparently more snow is on it's way tomorrow?!?!?!  But only 1-3 inches!

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow...

...Unless your name is Tinker, then you're singing, "let it melt, let it melt, let it melt!" I dropped her into what was the backyard until a few inches of snow came through and she acted like she was shot out of a cannon! I was thinking things through though as we were walking this evening and I wonder if, in addition to hating the wet and cold, Tink hates the snow because it takes all the smells and her landmarks away. She walks around a little more "confused" or blank, but is just because she's annoyed or if she really can't tell where she is because a new blanket has covered them. Who knows? Just something to consider...

I was also reminiscing the first winter we brought Tink home (3 years ago!) She did not let us know she hated the snow so vehemently that first year. I recall wandering around the greenland apartments in the cold and she appeared to enjoy the smells and the excerise in a new world that lay before her. Now a 3 short years later, she appears to prefer the couch or being the resident dishwasher (which by the way, saves us much soaking time on pans! She spent a good 20 minutes cleaning out the hamburger/cheese/pasta concoction we had this evening- she was determined to get it all!)

We do our best to make sure she gets moving a few times a day outside, but in this weather, even our best intentions fall short. We figure that taking her out to go potty and then having her walk up the stairs is at least a start in this weather! All in all, she remains pretty happy and healthy. I was just admiring her shiny coat this evening as she was standing in the frying pan licking it out : )

Oh it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....