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Wow!! Here we are at the end of the year already. This year has flown by and so many wonderful things have helped make it a very special year for all of us! Having the Fraggle boys come into our lives was the most incredible thing. They have brought much love, laughter and happiness with them. We find new things about them everyday that delight and amuse us. This year also saw Nugi come home. He is a special little man and still manages to amaze me with his varied and wildly different personalities. LOL. Vroo and Meef have come along, rounding out the year with their drama king antics and squeals of protest. I still laguh at Vroo when he whines about uncle Fergus cleaning his ears too roughly.

Losing Bottoms was the hardest thing we had to deal with. She was a special little girl and will be remembered with much love and very warm memories.

We hope that everyone has a joyous and very safe start to the new year. The boys all send love and kisses with wishes for a very prosperous new year!!!!!!

Vroo has settled in with the uncles…well sort of.

Vroo is a constant stream of busy and rarely leaves his uncles alone long enough to nap as they would like. I have yet to meet a rat as busy and nosey as this kid is! Fergus has decided he is a hassle and prefers to leave things alone as much as possible. They make me laugh with their antics and constant back and forth. I can’t wait to see how this trio develops as Vroo grows older.

The season is upon us and we’re blessed with what we have. We have two new boys to bring us joy and they’re really special babies. I’m personally happy that I have Meef with us and know that Anita and Adrienne are happy to have Vroo.

Everyone is settled in with everyone in their big cages now, although I’m still migrating my big boys into a cage with Meef–I didn’t want to unsettle him too much at first with the big boys of Odin, Chin-Po and Mushu at once. These three are pushing or over 500 grams in weight. So I have Chin-Po in with Meef for now in a spare large cage I had and they seem to be great pals so far. I didn’t expect anything differently, to be honest since Chin-Po is a really laid back boy.

In fact, most of my boys are fairly laid back. The only one that isn’t is Mushu, and it’s just spurts of bundled energy with him–racing up and down ramps for no apparent reason other than to play with some imaginary friend he must have. When he’s not playing with ghost rats, he’s all sorts of laid back though.

The only downer we’ve had is the loss of Sidebottoms. I still kick myself for not getting any pictures of her while she was with us.

I mention this simply because I have taken pictures of Meef and Vroo and put them in the gallery. I’ve also seperated the real Fraggle Rats from my rats and put them in a sub-gallery inside the Fraggle’s gallery. I think there’s some great pictures there.

I know personally that Meef is a riot. He enjoys playing tag with me–chasing my hand and zipping around under blankets and elsewhere when my hands chase him. Him and Vroo are very kissy, as well. They’re wonderful, adorable boys. Anita is quite correct in saying that rats are very much like having pets that are little people. Thanks a ton, Valerie.

I just wanted to take the time to say to everyone that I hope your holidays are filled with the same kind of joy we get from owning rats and the camradery they bring us.

I was looking at my fuzzies this morning and it struck me how much I love them all. It’s a deep love, full and warm. I realize what a HUGE part of my life they all are and it makes me smile. I sometimes let days go by, just caring for them, playing and making them happy, but then I sit and let the love sink in, fill me up. They have brought so much laughter to this house, it’s been amazing. They are little people in fur, always there, always ready to listen and sometimes even talk back (Fergus this is in no way directed at you!).

They have a gift, an amazing ability to somehow understand and at times it seems they anticipate where they will be needed next. I suspect I am wholly taken with them, consumed and will never be happy without a few of these little “people” around to cheer me up. They give so much more than they ever ask for.

Although I would like to ask Wembley if his attempts at a cuddle late last night was more of an attempt to get a bite of the strawberry vanilla yogurt I was eating. LOL

The last week has been rough, full of sadness and deep disappointment. We lost a very special little girl and the weight of that loss has been hanging over us here at Fraggle Rat pretty heavily.

We are trying our best to recover and enjoy the Holidays somehow. I’m sure things will be fine in a few weeks, when the grief has had time to settle fully, until then we just go quietly about the days and get things done as needed.

The boys are doing wonderfully, glossy and beautiful. The nephews have come into their own and are gaining weight pretty rapidly, they both top 300 grams now! It won’t be long now before they go into the big boy cages. I guess I will be doing yet another monster cage cleaning in preperation for Vroo’s transfer to his uncles care. LOL.

I imagine they will enjoy his company as much as we are right now. The nephews are very active, popcorning clowns and are hilarious to watch. Such energy and drive all of the time. Makes me tired just thinking about it!