Baby's got new booties

Lola Malu's Christmas gift arrived in the mail today, and I simply could not wait another moment to have her try on these stylin' new booties. After excitedly opening the package, we carefully donned the boots, all four of them. Lola was keenly interested in this ritual, and sat relatively still as I slid each paw into its boot. The funniest part was watching her walk, or I should say, prance about with the booties, lifting her hind legs higher than usual and looking very comical in the process.

The reason for the boots, which are suitable for indoor and outdoor wear, is to provide more traction for Lola on the new hardwood floors (which are already getting scratched up from her claws) and ease my anxiety when watching her and her sharp nails tear up and down the hallway. I must admit though, that all the animals (Lola Malu, Miss Mittens, and Dibbs Doolittle) have adjusted surprisingly well to the new pad, and don't appear to be pining for the wide open ponderosa where we used to live.

There's snow in the forecast, but once the coast is clear, weatherwise, I know we'll be spending a lot more time outdoors, as we did before!