Like two peas in a pod...

Definitely brothers.

Obiee...is an...experience

So it's been a while since we got back from Italy, and we've been remiss to report on what the boys were doing while we were galavanting through Roma, Firenze, Cinque Terre and Venezia.

1. Torturing Gramma Nakamura. It seems the boys were a bit of a handful for Gramma Naks, particularly when she inadvertently got locked out of the house on her last day with the boys. In about an hour's time they chewed her slippers, a pillow sham and perhaps countless other things.
2. Getting into stuff. Thankfully we got the pocket door fixed before we left, so their getting into stuff was contained to the front room. This did not stop them from eating a bag of senbei (rice crackers) or tearing open a packet of silica gel dessicant in a package of nori (seaweed) on the kitchen table.
3. Meeting the neighbors. Apparently Mochi decided he wanted to play with Doogan across the street, so he just shot out of the garage before his gramma could catch him.
4. Playing shadow. Obiee loves to follow people around in general, and his grammas found this to be the case even moreso while mommy and daddy were gone.
5. Growing (at least Obiee). We upped Obiee's food right before leaving because he always seemed hungry. We came home to a bigger dog - both taller and otherwise... (Obiee went on a bit of a diet upon our return. We attribute his weight gain partially due to the lack of regular exercise, since it's quite a challenge for one person to take both boys out.)
6. Going to doggy daycare. After a restless start with watching the boys, Gramma Higgins decided to try taking them to her house during the day, where they hung out with Buddy, and Buster. This worked out so well that Gramma still occasionally takes them over to her house during the day. Spoiled dogs. :)

So upon our return, we hesitantly asked my mom how the boys were while we were gone. Her response? "Obiee....is an...experience."

Amen.

Obiee looked a lot bigger when we got home...From The Adventures of Mochi and Obiee

I'm not sheepy!

Mochi takes after mommy in so many ways...

(click the thumbnail to see the video)

From 2009_01_18

This is what mommy looks like doing her school reading sometimes.

Hardheaded

Finally a new post!

Talk about hard-headed...in greeting mommy upon her return home tonight, Obiee broke mommy's thumbnail by running his head into it! Crazy dog...

Stay tuned for more posts soon. We promise.

Obiee says, "Who, me? Hardheaded?"

Legal

As of the beginning of February, Obiee is now legal -- he is now officially licensed by the City. He was really, really happy to be legal, though disappointed a little to learn that he still couldn't vote, smoke, or drink.

(Mochi is happy for him too. He's saying "Yea!" Or trying to bite his brother. You'll never know...)

Ding Dog

So Obiee's incredibly clever when it comes to causing mischief, but he's not exactly the smartest dog on the block. A few examples of why he's our little ding dog (aka ding dong):

1. We now have to avoid making eye contact with Obiee if he's, er, doing his business. A couple of weeks ago I made that mistake and, mid-squat, Obiee decided he wanted to come in the house. Except he had a *dingleberry* attached. I turned away and let/made him finish his business before letting him in the house. He did the same thing about two days later too, this time making a deposit on the porch by our bedroom door. Nice.
2. No matter which door I let Obiee out in the mornings, he almost always waits at the opposite door.
3. He tries his hardest to outsmart us in the department of escaping our elaborate setups to keep the boys contained to the room we care the least about. Here's his latest move:
   

Why yes, that is Obiee scaling the new fence. Unfortunately, after discovering him trapped here, we found that this was his attempt to get back in the room. How do we know? Well, I didn't chew the placemat that used to be on the dining table, nor did I push aside the tablecloth and other placemats. And Ted was sleeping all afternoon today.

Oh, and Mochi's had his fair share of ding dog moments. Most recently, I noticed he was under the comforter wrestling with Obiee. But wait, he's not under it, he's in it. He somehow slipped in between the buttons of the duvet - and then his brother did the same thing about a week later. Seriously?

It's confirmed

Obiee's a poo eater.

Here's a picture...

unrelated to this post, fortunately.