We have been taking it easy all week so mom’s elbow will get better faster. Mostly we have been staying indoors and having inside adventures. The duck keeps growing!

Also we have been going for walks. One day just as we got home there was a tremendous hail storm! It looks like snow but it is hail!

Another day we walked through the new housing development near where we live. There are houses there now. I miss the birds and rabbits that used to live here.

The most exciting thing happened today! Mom checked the mailbox and there was a letter from Auntie Darcy!!!  It turned out to be a newspaper article about stuffed animals who go on travel adventures! They stay at nice hotels and everything! The article says that sometimes the people can’t go on a trip so they send their stuffed animal instead. That is a brilliant idea! This is supposed to be a blog about travelling HINT HINT.

Best of all the envelope came with the most awesome TIGER stamp!!

Yesterday we went to Stevens Pass to snowboard with our friend Pat!  Here we are almost there. It is a really beautiful ski area.

Mom said I should stay in the car at first and then she was having such a good time she FORGOT me until almost the end of the day. She was about to come get me for photos but on the way she fell and hit her elbow on some hard packed snow and it really hurt! She could not snowboard after that. She was way up on the mountain it was too far to walk so they called the ski patrol!!!  they bundled her up and she got to ride down in the ski patrol toboggan!!!  with the handsome ski patrol rescuer his name was Kregg. And I missed the whole thing!  Mom got to hang out in the ski patrol medical unit. she was kind of in shock and shivering real bad.  The ski patrol was awesome and took super good care of her.

The ski patrol doctor said her elbow might be broken or the ligament torn and possibly detached from the bone. Ouch. So today we went to urgent care and they took an x-ray. It is really good news! Nothing is broken and the ligament is probably fine!   It is really bruised and swollen but in a week mom should be feeling a lot better!  Yay!  Her arm is all wrapped up and in a sling. Me and Taj are helping to comfort mom. She is going to be ok!  I was scared.  I wish I had been there to get a picture of the toboggan ride.

We  have been waiting for the duck to hatch! It is taking forever.

Me and Taj thought we would help it along a little bit.  Mom said hey put that fork down you don’t want to hurt the little duck it will hatch when it is ready.

It took FOREVER!  Mom said oops she read the package wrong it takes 48 – 72 hours.  Finally tonight the duck started hatching more and you could see it!  The instructions said after that to change the water.

Look at it now!!!  Soon it will be swimming! We will need a bigger bowl!

This weekend we took Taj with us when we did errands. I showed her some of my favorite places!  Here we are at the office supply store.

Then we went to the pet supply store!  We needed a new cardboard scratcher because Tabitha threw up on the one we had. Twice!  Yuck!

Here we are at the library looking at books.

After that we went to Fred Meyer. Mom said we could pick out a toy. I thought the nerf super shooter would be good but mom said to let Taj pick.

When we got home there was a rainbow!  that is special.

Here is the toy that Taj picked!  When you put the egg in water a duck hatches!

Mom says that according to the instructions it will take 24 to 48 hours for it to hatch.  I don’t know if I can wait that long!  mom says it is an exercise in patience.  Aaargghhh!

Today we took Taj snowboarding!  Taj is from India and had never seen snow before!!

We were supposed to meet our friend Pat but mom left the phone in the car, and both Pat and mom were wearing different colored jackets than usual so they did not find each other. Also it was very foggy again at Snoqualmie.

Here I am with Taj in the car. Everything is more fun with a friend! Her full name is Taj Sahira it means Jewel of the Mountain! You may have heard of the famous palace named Taj Mahal it means the Jewel or Crown of Palaces.

When we got home mom made a bandana for Taj!  And a new one for Dixie too!

Today we went to the Seattle Art Museum to see an exhibit of paintings by famous Impressionists that are normally at the National Gallery of Art.  It was crowded.  That is because the show ends tomorrow and mom procrastinated.

Here is a painting with a cat in it!  In case you are wondering it was OK to take photos as long as you did not use the flash.

This one is by Van Gogh. It was amazing to see these paintings up close in person. In Tiger. Each one told a story about how people lived at that time.

Mom says that these artists defied convention and their work changed how people viewed art and viewed the world. This painting by Renoir made her cry.

After the museum we went to eat at the Market Grill at Pike Place Market.  My friend Drew was back! Also I am here with Anita who is super beautiful!  Va va Voom!          And Drew is as handsome as ever.  It was a great day!

Mom does not check the mail very often but I have been checking every day for my plush tiger friend.  Mom said it might take weeks but today she arrived!!!!

OMG she is so beautiful!!!!  She is from India!

Look at her huge paws!  She is bigger than me.                                                          Mom says I am named Little Tiger for a reason.

Gosh she is so beautiful and so nice and came with all this great stuff like an adoption certificate and informational cards and photos. I am so HAPPY!

We went snowboarding today!!  This is me with Art he is in charge of traffic at Snoqualmie Summit. That is a very important job to make sure that everyone can get safely from the parking lot to the slopes.  Art is always smiling and is very handsome.

It was very foggy at Snoqualmie today!

I wanted to do the WildCat run!!!  Or Hog Wild!!    Ha ha ha!  but mom wanted to take the easy way down as usual. She is not very adventurous.

Oh wow we went hiking on some new trails and I was really hoping to see a cougar!

Look at this tree stump that has rocks in it. I think this is how the cougars leave messages for each other. The rocks hold the messages. Next time I will bring something to write with and leave a note.

While we were hiking it started to snow!

It snowed while we drove home and it is snow magical at home too!

Happy 2016 to Everyone!  First we celebrated with a chili potluck at work!  There were 3 kinds of chili and all kinds of stuff to put on like cheese and onions and sour cream and all kinds of chips and fritos!   OMG tigers love chili and fritos.

We were thinking about going to a party on New Years Eve but mom had to do some work instead. She said to give a big shout out to the Finance Department for that. But that gave me some time to research Korean Tigers they are called Amur Tigers!

Mom has been saying that I should not spend all of my Christmas money on myself I should donate some to a charity so I decided to donate to the tigers!   I will get an adoption certificate and also OMG this beautiful lady tiger OMG!!!  I can hardly wait!!!   We had to use mom’s credit card so I still have my Christmas money.

We wanted to go snowboarding this weekend but there were about a million cars at the ski resort we sat forever in the car just getting off the highway.  Mom was getting growly so we came home and went for a walk it is still very cold out.

Look at the special snowflakes I found on the walk!