Hanukkah!

So, we're right in the middle of the "Jewish Festival of Lights," which is the first time for Rozi (and the third time for Izzi). And, we have to say that we find the entire holiday fun, but terribly exhausting.

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First, there's the presents: even though we haven't gotten any "real" presents so far, we think that we might be getting one very very soon. But, before we talk about that, we should tell you about the presents that we have been - um - involved with. So, other people in the house have been getting gifts for the holiday (none of them were food, but more about that later, too), and these gifts have been wrapped up in some colorful paper and sometimes they have papers or other things in them for some reason (all we know is that the boxes don't rattle very much when the paper is inside, but we're not sure why. We're dogs with small brains, remember?). And, when these gifts are opened, there are boxes and colored papers and other paper all over the place that we can play with. Not that (for Rozi) this is different than any other day, but it's one way that we girls like to celebrate the holiday.

Now, as for gifts for the two of us: so far - like we've said - there have not been any. But, we think that we may get something tonight, because we heard the people talking and we think there's a special gift for us, something that is made for dogs and not just something that was left on the floor (like a slipper) that we can turn into a play thing. So, we're sort of excited about this, because we like when people give us things. Although, we most like it when the things that people give us are food.

Which brings us to the next part of Hanukkah that we love: the latkes!250px-Potato_pancakesRozi didn't know what they were but she loved them, and so does Izzi, who's had a couple of years of experience with these amazing treats. They're like very fluffy potato chips and both of us love potato chips, so.... And, they're also delicious when you put sour cream on them, even though we don't get the sour cream too often. But, when we do, we think it's just great. So, for the last couple of nights, our mama has cooked these great potato treats and we've had some of them. Izzi knows that there are six more nights of Hanukkah, but Rozi doesn't, and neither of us know how many more nights we'll get this great new treat.

The final thing that we like about Hanukkah is that there are candles that are lit every night. Now, we girls are afraid of fire because we don't understand it, but when the candles are lit and everyone sings or says the prayers, we like the way it feels.

Anyway, you can see why we're so tired, even though it's only been two days. It takes a lot of energy to play with the colored paper and boxes, and to try to get our heads unstuck from slippers (Rozi) or to chase the critters who want to be part of the Hanukkah celebration out of the back yard (Izzi). So, we're fortunate to have a little "down time" before everything starts again in just a little while.
 

Oh, and we also wanted to tell you that Rozi has decided that she's tired of having a poor basic knowledge of the womore-hanukkah-dogsrld around her. And, neither Rozi nor Izzi is really interested in watching the History or Science or Discovery channel, and neither one knows how to type questions into Google. So, Rozi has taken it upon herself to dig into the available reading material in the house. She has, quiet literally, been devouring a huge volume that she found on the floor. Oh, sure the words are small and the pages are big, but that didn't get in the way of our Rozi swallowing as much of it as she could. Sure, the down side is that her fur around her mouth turned a pretty shade of red (and some people thought that it had something to do with blood!), but it's from the long hours she's spent with her book. For now, it's been decided that the book should go to a higher shelf so that there's more of it at a later time. But, Rozi is pretty excited to be ingesting so much so quickly.

Anyway, we need to get back to our naps, because we heard that tonight they're going to spin a dreidel, which either means that a wooden top is going to be given centrifugal motion and dropped on the floor, or it means that someone is going to put treats into our spinny toy that you can fill with lamb treats! Either way, we need to save up our energy.

So, Happy Happy Hanukkah to everyone!

Yip, Yip, Yip, Arf,
Izzi and Rozi

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