it was a naughty - and nice - year

Not my usual post, but I thought I'd share some Christmas cuteness before the year is over.  I was at the mall a few weeks ago when I came across a lady selling homemade dog scarves.  Since my dogs love being festive 😆, and I like supporting small business, my dogs got an early gift of style.

I couldn't resist the naughty or nice scarves, especially since I have one dog of each kind; and everyone in my family knew exactly which scarf was for which dog, no questions asked.

Here they are, in all their Christmas cuteness:

(Yes, they are looking at a cookie being held over their heads.)

In case you are wondering what qualifies a dog as naughty to Santa, I have an illustration:

This is the scene we arrived home to a few weeks ago, after attending a Christmas concert.

Just like everyone knew who the naughty scarf was for - with no questions asked - we all knew which dog did this, whether we saw it or not.

That's Wizard with the broom.

You can see the innocent dog watching from the corner.  That's Shiloh.

We all knew she was simply an observer.

And naughty or nice, they both got a treat from Santa for Christmas dinner; 

some "crap from a can" mixed in with their kibbles.

They love the unhealthy questionable stuff as much as we do sometimes.

And finally, one last pic, just for cuteness overload:

The new kitten got some bells.

They lasted about a minute before we took compassion on her and removed them.

(They are loud!)

This is Nala.

Fingers are crossed that they all make it to the nice list this year: no running away, no destruction of objects and no pointless barking.  I imagine they'll make it about two hours.

And I imagine I'll love them anyway. 💕