The Kissing Monster!

I love to give (take) kisses! I love to lick mom and dad's noses and faces, I never bite them in the face, that's what evil dogs do! That's how I show them I love them, I cuddle up in their arms, and then give them kisses on their noses. Sometimes I try to eat mom's bugers, but she doesn't let me. If I'm really sweet, they give me treats! I didn't used to cuddle with dad, but he seems to think I'm not as evil any more, so he picks me up to cuddle too.

I love my mom and dad!

Vote Slinky and Ferret!

With all the hullabaloo these last two weeks with the political conventions, we've had enough of missing out on mom's attention. She only seems to have time to cuddle when she's watching the humans speak. So, we would like to announce we will accept your votes for us this fall! You won't see our names on the ballot, but please write us in ok? We're more qualified than most people running right?

Even if we don't win, there's a chance there could be a first ferret! (Check out #18) http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/27882599.html?page=1&c=y

We sure are glad mom and dad aren't in office, who would take care of us and give us treats for using the litter box or just being cute!

Goober it is!

Mom has a new name for me, it's Goober!

We went to the pet store last night, got to meet some kids who thought we were cool. According to the scale, I weigh 3.5 pounds and Slinky still weighs 1.5. I'm just putting on my winter weight!

My new obsession!

Ferret:

Well, mom helped her brother move away to college and of course had to buy things while she was there. She bought us a toy, it's a Gopher on a stick that when you wiggle it around supposedly sounds like a gopher, you're supposed to use it at the football games, but I'm determined to steal and destroy that thing! It's face will get chewed off when I get the chance. I hiss and whine because I can't get it away from them.

I'm so obsessed with it, I will try to climb on top of my sister so I can reach it. I want to kill it, gophers are rodents and I eat rodents! Mom doesn't like me destroying her school mascot, so she might try to find a Wolverine or Badger instead! Don't worry about me being too obsessed, I will stop my mission to destroy it for a treat or dinner.

What we did on our vacation with Mom and Dad!

Slinky:

We are not really used to being awake during the day, so we did a lot of sleeping. But mom and dad did a lot of exciting stuff around the house. They would leave us downstairs alone while they were doing work around the house, so to encourage them to not keep doing that, we would leave "presents" in the corner by the stairs.

I helped mom organize the office, mostly by pushing things off of the desk onto the floor. Mom got a basket to keep all the magazines in, and we of course had to help!

Dad cleaned the carpet under the couch, which means he had to empty out our nest. So instead of sleeping somewhere else, Ferret slept on top of the pile.

All in all, we were glad to spend extra time with mom and dad, but we are really glad to get back to sleeping in peace all day again!

Mom's a Slacker!

So, apparently when mom takes a vacation from work and stays home with us, she's unable to update our blog. And then she wasn't home because something with Grandpa B? Whatever. We'll be posting again shortly once mom gets her act back together, but in the meantime here's some new pictures of us, including Slinky's new favorite place to sleep.

Can you see me? I'm the bump in the middle. I like to sleep right in the middle of mom's side of the couch under the quilt. Don't think that because I'm next to you, that's means you should pet me! Nope. I slide down the couch onto the floor, glare at you, then climb back under there and keep sleeping.

I love chilling on dad's lap! He's so nice. I like to lick him too because he tastes nummy!

Our tent!

Slinky:

So we went to the pet store (Chuck and Don's) on Thursday night to get our special food, and we don't always get to go with because, apparently, we're hard to handle?! Whatever. Just ignore the scratch marks on mom's arms. We don't mind having our harnesses on, but getting them on can be a challenge because I often forget that I get to go somewhere when it's on, and mom isn't trying to be mean or anything. If she'd stop putting shirts on us we might not fight it! We get to ride in our carrier in the car, which Ferret just scratches and scratches at the door, as if he's going to escape! Hasn't happened yet, but that doesn't stop him from trying! We got lots of attention from the two girls working at the store, they thought Ferret was soooo cute, but then they saw me and ooo-ed and aaa-ed over how tiny and cute I was with my pink nose. One girl even said I was the cutest ferret she'd ever seen! They had a cat there, she was in a cage, but Ferret made her start to shake! The big cat was afraid on a dumb weasel! The girls working said that she never has done that before at any other animals. I think she was threatened by the cuteness!

They had things on display, like toys, collars, kennels, beds, etc. I found a tent that I really liked, I kept crawling around in it, being all cute playing with my face (that's how I get their attention). So mom talked dad into letting us get one! We have lots of fun playing in it, trying to kick each other out, etc. We also do snuggle up in it. See our pictures:

(Wrestling)

(Slinky helping Ferret relax by chewing on his scruff. This really does help us relax, it releases chemicals that me us relax. See the "Scruffing" term in the last post.)

(Ferret napping - more like sucking up for the camera!!)