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It is our first Christmas without Abbey.

You would think that this would be a quiet, calm Christmas with No Mischief b/c she isn’t here anymore. Please keep in mind that over the 11 years we had her, her favorite Trouble to Get Into during the holidays involved:

-trying to eat the glass ornaments (they looked like a tennis ball?)

-chew on one of Great-Grandma’s duck ornaments (Jewel had already eaten one so we are now down to 4 of the original 6)

-tennis ball under Christmas tree means the whole tree must fall over, thankfully it was caught by the couch

-eat the flocking on the real tree (no more real trees)

-tissue paper is a SNACK

-Ate the tissue paper, found the fuzzy socks for Mom, and was caught burying them in the backyard by mom

-Present smells like Food let’s Eat It (she got partway through the wrapping paper and into the cardboard, pretty sure it was clothes from a grandparent)

-we then had to store all presents atop the china cabinet or put them where she couldn’t easily get them

-the tree skirt was really a blanket in her mind and she chewed it all up (this was LAST YEAR)

-eat legos (almost every year)

-steal whatever stocking was closest to her and RUN (always caught before it became Demolished)

-the “you’re saving this pile of wrapping paper? For me? Oh you don’t want me to have it? I love this game.”

You get the idea. Snicklefritz was a Menace during the holidays and had to have Constant Supervision.

The past 2 years with Teddy Pete, he has been very calm and quiet. Abbey was the Hurricane of Chaos to his No-thoughts-Just-Bellyrubs. Now it’s just the Dingus and without Someone to cause trouble, he’s taken it upon himself. So far Tedboy has:

-Decided the fake tree was a Real Tree and started eating the branches

-the wicker thing to hide the bottom of a Different fake tree was Snack and now there is a Hole in it

-chewed up the new tree skirt

-almost got one of the duck ornaments, ornaments are back in storage

-last year he partially ate my sister’s nutcracker which we didn’t take as a Sign but it clearly was. We couldn’t find one arm.

-tried to eat the fake garland my mother put on the mantle (it has been removed)

-the fake tree on the stairs (with the wicker thing) has been moved to the family room b/c Someone with 1 braincell kept knocking it over when he got The Zoomies

Long story short I’ve decided that when the Holidays start, the dogs just become Troublemakers. Probably has to do with the short days and long nights. Less time to play outside. More shiny or interesting things inside.

#also Domino was Very Well Behaved during the holidays #only dog that had a perfect No Trouble streak #he’d take his Xmas present (a new stuffie toy) and quietly disembowel in while we unwrapped presents #Jewel got Great-Grandma’s duck ornament her first year #I’m pretty sure she did other things too but I can’t remember #Scout liked to stand under the Tree so it now a permanent tilt from 10 years of fatboy #he also ate wrapping paper and one year sat all morning on my mother’s lap and she couldn’t unwrap anything #and if your coffee was left unattended he would help himself #Abbey… was the cause of most trouble #and now Dingus is… well I think all the pretty lights are providing extra stimulation for his 1 braincell #OH and Scout had a deep hatred of a cardboard reindeer we’d put by the front door #he also almost got one of the Elfs on the Shelf

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