Holiday celebration with the Cle Elum Seven
December 25, 2008 by Diana -
Happy Holidays from the Cle Elum Seven. They thank you for all of the gifts, wishes, and support! It was a great day full of gifts, goodies and gratitude. Lots of photographic proof below:
Burrito with gift bag
Burrito using his foot to help open a gift box
Foxie, a blur with her new big pink-haired troll
and with her special Mrs. Claus troll
Jamie investigating a purse full of gifts
Jody deciding that the decorations are as much fun as the toys
plus you can wear them!
Missy surrounded by gifts
Negra in Christmas sun – it was sunny all day!
Annie with handfuls of Field Roast and mashed potatoes
Jody getting full on mashed potatoes, carrots and celery
Missy with a cup full of cranberry sauce and a piece of Field Roast
Negra, from behind, with Field Roast
Burrito loves mashed potatoes!
And watching their new TV!!! We showed them “all about chimpanzees” Burrito was mesmerized. He watched it about seven times.
Jody and Foxie were also really interested. Here’s Jody’s reaction
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Woohoo! What a party! It looks like they had soooo much fun. 🙂
OMG! These pictures are wonderful! It looks like they all had a blast! How fun it must have been to watch them tear open gifts then eat, probably grunting, the foods they love. I would love to see them watch their new TV and hoot and pant with the chimps on screen. It was certainly a wonderful first Christmas for the Cle Elum Seven. Thank you all to all who made it possible!!!!!!
Thank You soooo much Diana for making my Christmas Day this is it ..this is all I wanted was to see the Cle Elum Seven having a Wonderful First Christmas! My furbabies had mashed potatoes too, they love them!
Merry Christmas!
Thanks for the pictures. I love the Mrs. Claus troll, Jody wearing the tinsel, I couldn’t believe Negra wasn’t wearing a blanket. What is field roast? The seven seem to really enjoy it. I agree with Burrito mashed potatoes are good. To the Santa who gave the t.v., good for you. I’ve been checking all afternoon for today’s blog, it was worth it.
Been waiting all day in snowbound western WA and am totally thrilled. Looks like a great party. Jodi’s play face while watching TV – priceless!! Now they can watch themselves and their favorite videos!!!
What a great party. We have something to live up to next year!!! What fun. I can’t think of a better holiday present than seeing such happy faces enjoying life and the special day.
FANtasTIC! I adore this. And that they were mesmerized by the TV program!
NOW my Christmas is complete! Just arrived home from a wonderful early dinner and rushed to the computer because I knew the photos would be posted by now………I can spend the rest of the evening smiling, thinking of the expressions of pure pleasure and happiness on the chimps’ faces!
Love Foxies Mrs. Claus troll….Negra looking so completely content in the sun, all the “gift shots” and Jody’s reaction to the chimp movie. So much fun!! Meeerrrrrry Christmas!
Here’s a link to Field Roast:
http://www.fieldroast.com/products.htm
— purveyors of vegan ‘meats’ (go figure!)
Diana — Thank your for giving us the gift of being able to see our chimp people enjoy their bounty. 🙂
Hey, Anna thanks for the web address on field roast.
We have thought of the chimps from first thing this morning until now when we were able to see the great photos and read the posts. WOW! These folks know how to celebrate! JOY JOY JOY to the chimps and their companions. What great holidays. We love you. Karen and Margaret
these pictures have MADE our holiday!!!!!! Love the watching TV shots!! What a wonderful day you all gave them!!!!
YAY! Just got home from holiday with the in-laws in Olympia and I couldn’t wait to see the blog. I knew it would be worth the wait and it was! Fantastic pictures. I love that they love the field roast! I have to agree it is fantastic. Chimps with very good taste 🙂 They all look so content and engaged. It was great to see them so interested in the video.
Thank you so much for posting so quickly and making my holiday complete!
Anna and Jill ~ thanks for your posts on the field roast, sounds like something I’ll definitely be interested in trying!
I was unable to get to the blog until just recently and the wait was definitely worth it. Oh what joy to see the chimps thoroughly enjoying everything about their first Christmas. Thank you Diana for the posts. It was wonderful!
Cindy, I have to rub it in just a little… I just finished sitting outside in the hot tub and the temperature of the air was still hitting 68 degrees here in San Antonio! Last night we were at a dinner party and sat outside until about 8PM. Oh the joy of being in t-shirt and crop pants weather!!! (Actually I miss the snow!)
wow. the watching video shots.
pics are still awesome, 9 months later <3 these guys.