My Secret Santa

I have a Secret Santa! I don't know who it is - that's why it's called a "Secret" Santa. Mommy signed all of us bunns up for a Secret Santa gift exchange on Bunspace. Each of us bunns has a bunny pal that we are buying gifts for and somewhere out there is a secret bunny who has bought stuff for ME! It's SO exciting!

Mom mailed out our Secret Santa gifts today so some special bunnies will be getting their gifts really soon. My head is about to explode just thinking of what might be in my package! Maybe some treats? Or something to chew on? Or a fun toy to toss around? The possibilities are endless! I can't wait for it to arrive!

As you can see from our picture, Miss Binks and I are ready for Christmas! Mom put the tree up about three weeks ago - she loves Christmas so she got it done early this year. Our stockings are sitting under the tree upstairs just waiting for Santa Paws to come and fill them with all kinds of goodies! Our stockings used to hang by the fireplace in our room but then Mom noticed that somebunny chewed the glitter-glued names off the front - I have no idea who that could have been *ahem*, probably the Stupid Blankets, up to no good for sure!

Sometimes at night I dream that the mailman knocks on my door to deliver a huge box with "Fluffy" written on it! It's my package! And I get all excited and I run around and I binky all over the room! Then I attack it and chew it and try to get it open and then just as I am about to open it - I wake up. BAH!

So here I wait - waiting for my Secret Santa to deliver my package. I hope it arrives soon! I will keep you all posted!

Fluffy

My New Little Sister!

"Fluffy! Come meet your new little sister!"

Huh? When did I get a new little sister? Pretty recently, I suppose. And very much like my little brother Boo, she is a hamster as well. "Isn't she darling? Come give her a sniff!" Yeah, she smells like a hamster all right. Her name is Lucky. "Mom, why did you name her Lucky?" I asked. And here is the story mom told me...

3 weeks ago, two cages of hamsters were abandoned at a flea market. Luckily, a nice lady who is a friend of mom's found them and Rabbit Rescue decided to take them in and find them all new homes. Mom and Dad are still pretty sad about Boo leaving us, but they had both decided that when the call came in that a hamster needed a home, they would take one in - this way they left it to fate to decide.

Well, that call came in - 9 hamsters all needing homes. Mom and Dad knew they had the space, in their home and their hearts, so they decided to take one. Mom went to her friend's house to pick a hamster to take home and when she got there, she was told a tale of how, as the hamsters were being transported, one of them managed to escape it's cage and get lost inside the van they were travelling in! The search went on for over half an hour until the little rascal was found wedged in a corner of a drawer and a straw was used to spook it out so they could catch it. Mom said "Wow! Which hamster was that?" and her friend said "This one..." and Mom said, "Well, that is the one I will take!"

"...and that is why we named her Lucky. She is lucky to have been saved by Rabbit Rescue and lucky to have survived her escape in the van. She is so sweet, isn't she Fluffy?"

And she actually is. She still has some growing to do and doesn't quite have the hang of the exercise ball yet, but hopefully she will get better at it. And when she does, I will make sure I teach her how to park the ball against my forehead and groom me through the air vents, just like Boo used to do.

I miss Boo. He was my special friend. But I know Boo would have liked Lucky. She is pretty and soft and cute. And she is a rescue just like Boo was. We all know that Lucky can never replace Boo, but slowly she is worming her way into all of our hearts and making her own space in this crazy place we all call home.

Fluffy

It's Halloween!

THUMP! Take this redonculous outfit off me right now! "But Fluffy, you look soooooooooo cute!" I don't care! Off it comes! "Fluffy, haven't you always wanted to be a Super Bunny? It has a snazzy red cape and everything!" No, I don't recall ever wanting to be a Super Bunny! "But Fluffy, when you run and jump, the cape billows behind you and looks so precious!" I don't want to look precious! Don't give my Stupid Blankets anything else to taunt me about! "Okay, but you know, you sure do look like one Big Tough Lop in that costume...." Hmmmm......really? "Oh, yes! I certainly would NOT want to mess with you, no sir!" So I look tough in this get-up? "Oh, very much so, like a Super Hero Bunny who comes to save the day!" Well, I guess that's pretty cool. I don't mind being a Super Hero Bunny. "And you will look WAY more bad-ass than Scooter will look in his hot dog costume..." (Scooter is one of the bunnies that lives upstairs...) Scooter is going to be dressed up as a hot dog? "Yes, of course, unless YOU want to be the hot dog..." Uh, NO! I'll stick with Super Bunny, thank you very much!

Hey, wait...how did she talk me into that?

Anyway, tomorrow is Halloween and somehow Mom has managed to convince me and Scooter to wear costumes for when the kiddies come trick or treating. Okay, I think I can do that, especially if Mom promises me those extra raisins she said are in it for me if I do. I can look all cute and cuddly, and super-tough too! So my plan is, when I hear the door bell and Mom opens it, I am going to run really fast to show off my snazzy red cape! I must admit, it does look pretty cool.

And hey, it's better than being a hot dog. Especially one with ketchup. Mustard is WAY better!

Fluffy the Super Bunny

Hoppy Thanksgiving!

Let's all pause for a moment to admire my extreme cuteness..........

Okay, onto my post. Hoppy Thanksgiving! With today being Thanksgiving Day, I thought I would take this opportunity to reflect upon those things for which I am extremely thankful. Yes, I will start with the obvious ones. Miss Binks. I *heart* her and am so grateful to have her as my best bunny friend. Her ear licks are the best and she is so pretty with her one pink eye! And of course, Mom and Dad! I am very thankful I have such bunny-obsessed parents who spoil us rotten and love us so deeply! But surely there must be more to be thankful for, right? Well of course there is! And here are a few that deserve special mention.

The food dehydrator. The food dehydrator is where all of our yummy treats come from! Mom slices up apples, bananas and pears and puts them inside. She also does blueberries and grapes and if we are extra good, which of course is all the time, she even puts in applesauce! Then a few hours or days later, our treats are ready! The fruit dries up into yummy bite-sized treats and the applesauce shrinks up into fruit roll-ups! SO GOOD!

Our friends at BinkyBunny who created the Maze Haven! Still our most favourite house to hang out in, we love jumping around inside and Miss Binks likes to hide in there when Mom does the vacuuming. With two floors and a rooftop patio, it's a great place to relax and snuggle!

The person who invented the banana. What a truly magnificent creation. Sweet and yummy, this fruit is beyond perfection! If anyone knows who invented the banana, please give them my number and tell them to call me - I really must thank them personally. Nothing makes my bum twitch quite like banana!

Dehydrated corn husks. Mom brought these back for us from BunFest and they are super delicious! Nice and crunchy with a sweet taste, Binks and I love to nibble them until they are gone!

My stupid blankets. Even though they taunt me by calling me names and such, the enjoyment I get from digging and chewing them cannot be truly expressed. Whenever I need to feel like a Big Tough Lop, up on that couch I go to teach those blankets a thing or two. And you better believe they learn a lot!

The new coffee table. It's very yummy. Miss Binks and I have been working quite hard on redesigning the legs and I must say, we are doing a fabulous job! We are very consistent, making sure each leg is equally nibbled and gnawed to perfection. And it's a great place for Binky and I to hide and snuggle, too! Thanks IKEA!

And I must give a shout out to Mother Nature for blessing us with unbelievable weather this weekend! Mom opened the patio door and set up the pen outside so I could hop in and out as I pleased. Miss Binks lounged under the coffee table, contemplating her next coffee-table-leg-chew - she's not really one to hop in and out of the patio doors. It was so nice to hop out there and say hello to Nutters and Butters who stopped by for peanuts, to lift my head up into the warm autumn air and sniff till my heart was content. Certainly not the kind of weather you'd expect for October! And with all the pretty leaves changing to yellows, reds and oranges, floating ever so gracefully to the ground, I really had to stand back and admire Her work.

Good job Mother Nature, good job. Another reason to be truly thankful.

Fluffy