A blog for Meg and Dan by: Jack

Dear Mom and Dad,
I just want you to know that even though you abandoned me, I'm doing OK. While you are flitting around the world, I am having to suffer through not being fed whenever I want to be fed, hardly ever getting table scraps and having to watch Finchley get to go outside while I have to stay in. That last part REALLY makes me mad, so I usually jump him as soon as he comes back in again.

Despite these hardships, there are some positives to being left behind. For instance, there is a new afghan, upon which I enjoy spending my days. With Finchley outside most of the day, I get all the attention from the people. I also have been spending a lot of time sitting on the heaters. Additionally, it turns out that I actually really LIKE those organic aloe vera teeth cleaning treats that you got me, so every day I have a couple of those. Plus, I have learned that if I don't want to starve, I have to stay focused on eating my food so even though I feel like it's very dog-like behavior, I have started wolfing down my breakfast and dinner. If I don't then my sumo-wrestler of a roommate eats it for me.

So, even though I would prefer to live with you, life is pretty good around here.

Love, Jack

PS Here are some pictures of me from last night. Claire would like you to know that her butt is not really as big as it appears in the second picture. I don't know the difference between a big butt and a small butt, but I know a warm butt when I see one!

Now this is how Halloween is SUPPOSED to look

Hopefully Kate doesn't mind that I have stolen a few pictures from her most recent Picasa album to share, because she and Andy had AWESOME Halloween costumes that NEED to be shown to as many people as possible. They were Gonzo (from The Muppets) and Camilla the Chicken (his chicken girlfriend). Kate made their costumes and we are seriously impressed! First the quilt and now this! I can't believe that someone with so much artistic talent is related to me. Here they are in all their Halloween glory:

Camilla the Chicken attacks the woman from "The Birds":

I'm going to fly Kate over to London for Halloween next year so that she can make us glorious costumes and sprinkle some Halloween spirit dust over the city.