Happy holidays!!!

We wanted to wish all our pals HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

We were super spoiled by our Secret Santa - the wonderful gang from "One Eye on the Future" blog sent us some AMAZING goodies!!

Ooooo look at how pretty!!

For ME!!!

Oooo this smells SO GOOD!!

Oooo the wrapping also smells SO GOOD! (you can see the cool
book we got in the background too - it's called 'I Knead my
Mommy' and it's poems! Rumblemum loves poems!)

And now it's Hammy's turn to have a play with the wrapping...

Hammy REALLY liked the wrapping

I let Hammy have some time with the kickaroo. That was my gift to him

Then it was MINE MINE MINE!!!

This, my friends, is why they call it a kickaroo!!

We hope that everyone is having a wonderful day filled with family, friends, and foods! We feel very lucky to have so many friends out there, and we want to send you all a big RUMBLECUDDLE today!

Zoomies!

It must be spring, cause me and the Ham have been springing all over the place!

Today has been a day of ZOOM!! I was chasing Hammy... then he was chasing me... then I was trying to climb the drapes... then we were both pouncing on our Under Cover Mouse toy!

And now, it is post-zoomie time:

That Ham likes to have a full-blown snooze once he's done zooming

I have a secret-hidden snooze. This is one of my
favourite spots!

I'm doing some RUMBLEPURRing now!

Hello my friends! I'm sure a lot of you have been worried that I have wasted away from my dieting, and that's why I haven't been posting so much...

Well good news and even better news... the good news is that I've lost some weight! Yeah that's right, I'm a lean, super-clean, cuddle machine! So far I've lost about 500g, which is halfway to my goal weight!

But the even better news? I've been getting some special TREATS! Yeahhhh... this ALMOST makes up for all the treats that I've been deprived of while on this 'diet' *gRumble*

We were recently sent some cool products to sample and review by a New Zealand company called Newflands... this is really exciting because it's not often that we see New Zealand pet brands! It's so weird, because NZ has so many amazing and natural ingredients!

One of my favourite ingredients is the Hoki fish - Hoki is an Australian/New Zealand fish that is SO YUMMY. It's also really, really good for doggies and kitties - because of the Omega Oils in it, it can help with things like itchy/scratchy skin conditions, heart and immunity issues, and arthritis! Hoki has been listed as having the potential to be an everyday, white fish alternative to salmon as it's so rich in omega-3 fatty acid. The Hoki that Newflands uses is called "Macruronus novaezelandiae" which is fished off the coast of the south island – often in the cook strait. It's Marine Stewardship Council certified - they are an independent body, and if you're interested in finding out more about them, here's a link :)

We were really lucky - our friends at Newflands sent us some freeze-dried Hoki, as well as some Hoki oil to add to our food, and some of their Health Treats (which have Hoki and chicken and beef... and are very nice as you can see from these photos of me eating every single one that I come into contact with)

Please notice that I am getting my treats served to me on the kitchen bench, in my special dish.
Kitties: this is how it should be! *high-paw*

Even though I am very, very weak from hunger I will ALWAYS have the energy to eat these treats!

​Hammy gets his treats on the floor (apparently to keep me from stealing them from him.
Please note that this tactic doesn't work)

Because these treats are good for us, they get a pass from the diet police... HOORAY!

We're going to update you on our progress while we nom the great goodies from Newflands, and we're also going to be holding a give-away so that one of you could win some of their yummy products! And best of all, it's an international contest! So our friends everywhere can enter for a chance to try some special New Zealand treats!

​Disclaimer: We were given free products to sample, but the opinions in this post are our own (and as you can see from the photos, we both really like the treats! The freeze dried Hoki was also very quickly consumed, but more by Rumbles than Hammy... probably because Rumbles pushed Hammy out of the way to eat his share and Hammy got all sulky about it :) ) 

Hammy time!

Hello everyone! This is HAMMY!

I know a lot of you miss seeing me and my regular 'Sunday Ham' posts... so here is a little mid-week Ham for you!

Drop some ham here, Mummy!

It's getting VERY cold here now. I like to keep warm by cuddling.

I also wanted to mention that our pals at Nip & Bones are having a BIG blow-out sale! Some select items are up to 60% off! If you're doing your holiday shopping early, you totally need to check this sale out! They stock Silvervine... kitties, if you haven't tried Silvervine, you must make your humans buy you some immediately!

I know what you're going to say...

I'm going to post this photo, then I'm going to hear a lot of 'Oh that Ham! He is SOOOO cute!' and 'Oh look at those TOE-HAWKS!'

Let me tell you, life with the Ham is NOT all cute and toe-hawk filled! Why just the other day he swooped in and nomed MY chick-hen! Can you believe that?

Yeah that's right, you lie flat. Flat and full of MY chick-hen!

A long while back I promised to post a photo of Rumbledad's Lego R2D2 - a Rumblepurr always keeps his word!

Beep boop bop beep (translation: bring me tuna)

The Ham and I

Sometimes me and the Ham like to hang out together.

La la la. Just minding my business. Washin' my paw

Hmmm, it appears that Hammy doesn't mind me standing
majestically over him

What's that you say? I should give him a POKE? Well... ok...
I mean, you guys do come and leave lovely comments. It's the
least I can do...

*poke*

*POKE*

"Why NO Hammy. I have NO idea who
just poked you. See how innocent I look?"

My innocent eyes have gotten me out of many the misadventure! heh heh heh...

Blurf

Blurf is the noise we make when we're SO FULL of yummy stuff we don't want to move! Me and the Ham both had lots and lots of turkey and ham... we're so tuckered out we both went to sleep on the cat tower at the same time! A Catmas miracle!

Blurf

Double blurf

I woke up when I heard that it was time for me to open my gifts! I say MY gifts, because that Ham didn't even open his eyes to look at them!

Our friend Miss Candy sent us this lovely nip-filled fishie! As you can see, I liked it (in a polite and demure way, as is my fashion)

NIPPPPPPPP!!!!

I love you little fishie!

Nothing will ever come between us

And I won't let that Ham drool on you

And a lovely card too!

 And our friends at The Poupounette sent us these beautiful gifts!

Oooo shiny! 

I'm going to be mauling you latter, little bug toy!

Merry Catmas to you all, and we're sending lots of cuddles and purrs to all our pals. 

Hey SANTA!

Look at how totally helpful we are!

What cha doin', Rumbledad?

I'm not so sure you're doing this right. Maybe you should put this
guy into a box first? Boxes are pretty awesome...

And this end of the wrapping looks like it's a bit too much. You should use
less paper

*sigh* That Ham has no follow through

Sometimes me and the Ham work together

Rumblemummy tries to be very sneaky when she makes the bed, because me and the Ham LOVE to help.

We've learned that if we stand on the sheets she's trying to take off, she will bribe us with Greenies and Orijen Tundra treats to get us off. If we nom them REALLY quick we can zoom back to stand on the new sheets she tries to put on the bed (and then we get MORE treats!)

Today she thought she would do the sheets while we had our dinner. Nice try Rumblemum, but I cottoned on to what she was doing and zoomed in to help. Hammy noticed my zooming, and he was right behind me!

So we both got to have appetizers before dinner! heh heh heh

And now, behold my handsomeness.

I am NightRumble - protector of the city and bed!

Wait - I think I hear a sheet being put on! I'm on my way!!

Unfairness in the House of Ham

Hello everyone, it's HAMMY here!

And a special hello to Miss Brulee!! *tee hee*

It's so unfair. I want to play with my toys, but I can never find them! Do you know why?

It's because RUMBLES likes to take EVERY toy from the fun, sunny living-room and transport them into the back bedroom!

Well hello toys. I've been looking for you.

I don't understand it. It is not a short trip either! He has to drag them alllllll the way down the long hallway...

Long hallway is long

And then it's like he just makes a pile out of them! He doesn't even PLAY with them, he just likes to surround himself with toys.

 Why can't I have my OWN toys. HAMMY toys?

Do you know what he says when I ask him? I bet you can guess... he says....

*innocent eyes*

Is it any wonder I look gruff sometimes?

Beware the gruff

That Ham... he has the nickname 'Gruff-puff' because THIS:

Bah humbug!

It's PLAY TIME!

RUMBLES! It's time to PLAY!

You can see the mischief in my eyes!

Not nap time! NO NO! It's PLAYTIME!

WAAAKKKEEE UPPPPPP!!

Sunday Ham

Hello everyone, it's HAMMY!! I know Rumbles posted some photos of the new tower a couple of days ago, but he neglected to post any photos of ME!

Welcome to Hammy Towers! 

We both love the tower, but it's a bit of a competition as to who goes where. Lately I've been enjoying being on the very, very top!

How's it goin' down there, Rumbles?

I'm pretty sure Rumbles doesn't mind me being the tallest kitty in the whole world. I think he quite likes it actually.

Hmmm... you know, if we broke through the ceiling, we could add another
level on to Hammy towers...