Gilbert: Early Birthday Mail

 

There were two packages and one birthday card in the mail today.

The card had a party pig on it!

The first package we opened had another party pig and a present!

The inside of the card was really cool as well.

Candy!

Yum yum!

Sullivan thought our owner and I should open the next package.

It was roses and a card from our owners Other-Half and everyone else here. No wonder Sullivan wanted us to open this, he was in on it!

What a beautiful bouquet of roses.

Thanks E, A and G&J! 

We feel spoiled already.

Gilbert: Games, Fun, and More

 

We've been taking things easy, but we had to try our new game Komeet (Comet). So Sullivan and I played against each other.

It turns out to be a really fun and tactical game.

You get to guide animals to a cave to hide for the comet. Once in the cave they give you bonus actions, and points at the end of the game.

I thought I did really well and could smell victory, but Sullivan managed to beat me. We will definitely play this more often.

I received a Bus Bingo prize from Beanie.

A beautiful card and a mummy magnet!

Even the kitty wanted to see it.

Thanks, Beanie! 

I finished the 3D Dino with the help of Aidan.

Isn't it cool?!

As it is almost our birthday, my owner and me were invited to an early and small celebration by three friends.

They had cake, balloons, and presents!

We got these really awesome cheese dice.

And a dinosaur game!

My owner has wanted this game for a long time, so we were very happy to get it.

Her friends had aready learned the rules of the game by playing it online, so we could immediately play it.

It is a really good and fun game with cool artwork.

You have to create the most popular dinosaur amusement park to win.

There were also snacks.

Yum!

My dinosaur amusement park slowly grew.

I will confess we might have bought stuff for the park that was cool instead of stuff that would let us win.

In te end we lost, but we had lots of fun.

Another game we will play a lot more often!

Thanks, guys!

It was an awesome early birthday celebration.

A Big Package and More

On the last day of 2024 we received a very big package.

It turned out to be Miki's annual Christmas/Birthday Package!

She always spoils us with lots of fun and yummy stuff.

This one is for my owner's birthday and can't be opened just yet.

Look at all the yummy cookies and caramels!

And many new friends as well!

Thank you Miki!

We celebrated New Year's Eve with lots of yummy food.

It was a fun and cozy evening.

On the 3rd we took our first walk in the new year that wasn't to the grocery store, but just to enjoy being outside.

It was a beautiful late afternoon.

That evening there were early birthday books for Sullivan from Melliane.

I have to say it once again: 

Thank you to everyone who helped us out, spoiled us, sent cards, presents, and just in general thought of us. We are lucky to have friends like you!

I'll do my best to post more to keep you all updated on the stuff we do.

 

Fun Stuff and Outings

 

The days between Christmas and New Year's Eve we did some puzzling.

Went on some walks to the nearby shopping mall.

And we started on the 3D Dino kit!

Aidan helped out as well.

We divided the pieces in left and right side of the dino, and got out the glue.

We finished one side of the dino. We will do the other one soon,

Doesn't he look cool already?

Kitty Spam!

We also went into town and I spotted this elk!

The Christmas Fair was still going.

We met with friends for lunch and afterward we met another friend for a walk and we had hot chocolate with her as well. It was a fun afternoon.

More cards and treats arrived as well.

Thanks again to everyone who thought of us!

next: big package!

Gilbert: End of Year Update/Recap - part 2

 Time for a recap of December.

My owner had important stuff at the other side of the country. She had to check in somewhere early in the day, so we went a day early and stayed at a hotel.

On top of the world!

Well... Ninth floor anyway.

That evening we went out for dinner and my owner had duck.

I decided to stick with the Pornstar Martini.

The hotel had sugar bread for breakfast. Yum!

The next couple of days my owner was completely busy with her important stuff. I was close-by, but put a new friend, Aidan, in charge of overseeing things.

Luckily the important stuff was done in time to go home well before Christmas.

Family and friends spoiled us with cards, presents, and in one case a giant hamster!

Thanks for all those lovely well wishes, yummy treats, games, crafty stuff, books, and more, everyone!It's all much appreciated.

We managed an outing to the city center Friday the 20th..

And we had lunch at Grand Café Hooghoudt.

In the days leading up to Christmas we watched some Christmassy movies.

The last Playmobil advent present was a Playmobil octopus, which made Octo very happy!

The first day of Christmas we had a relaxing day with yummy food. The second day we were invited to play a game at a friend's house, and he had an army of dwarves.

We played Libertalia, which is a really fun boardgame with pirates!

There was a spider helping me, still we lost. But to be fair: we often lose at games.

Jurassic World LEGO spam.

An example of all the yummy things we ate.

And that's it for now ~Although I know more good things are coming our way, so I might blog again real soon. Take care everyone, and I hope you feel as loved and happy as I do.