Vi demonstrates our latest piece of safety equipment
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Vi demonstrates our latest piece of safety equipment
The neighbour's cat enjoys having the neighbour's tree pruned back off our shed.
Tags: cat
Our kids get to play with Lex inside, and a variety of local cats outside. This mottled tabby is our most frequent morning visitor.
We love our simple small house. It's got a great floor plan and a spacious bathroom, which is big enough for the litter box to wedge into the space between the toilet and the bathtub.
Tags: cat, home management
Forget all the nice things you've heard about me. I need a holster for my water pistol.
Training two kittens and a ten-month-old child about the finer points of domestic life à la E is a stretching experience. Sharing is good. Swiping is bad. Food on the table or counter is for humans. Food on the floor, even in bowls, is strictly cats-only. I have only one lap (until it disappears) and Nikki gets first dibs.
For the first few days I thought I would never sit down again without being overrun. Then I realised the cats feel the same way when Nikki is in the room. We all move around, a lot.
Nikki giggles more, and she roams farther and wider. She craves my company less when there are kittens to chase. Life is less peaceful, less predictable, but more interactive and interesting. It is a good arrangement.
I think I can keep my moniker, blissful. But I'm going to need to refill this water gun.
Training two kittens and a ten-month-old child about the finer points of domestic life à la E is a stretching experience. Sharing is good. Swiping is bad. Food on the table or counter is for humans. Food on the floor, even in bowls, is strictly cats-only. I have only one lap (until it disappears) and Nikki gets first dibs.
Speaking of my precious daughter, here are a few pictures of Nikki in the adorable outfit sent to us by Zach and his wife Laura, rightfully known as the Domestic Goddess . Welcome to the blogosphere, lovely Laura!
For the first few days I thought I would never sit down again without being overrun. Then I realised the cats feel the same way when Nikki is in the room. We all move around, a lot.
Nikki giggles more, and she roams farther and wider. She craves my company less when there are kittens to chase. Life is less peaceful, less predictable, but more interactive and interesting. It is a good arrangement.
I think I can keep my moniker, blissful. But I'm going to need to refill this water gun.
For my birthday, Ben has given me an early gift of kittens! They were born on or around 4 March, and their names are Freckles (male) and Greta (his sister). Originally, Ben intended to give me only one cat, but the lady who rescued these convinced us of the benefits of having two: they play together and keep each other company when we travel or they are in quarantine when we move away from Egypt.
Freckles is an orange and white tabby, and Greta is white with black blotches, a black tail, and black hearts behind her front paws. They are Egyptian cats, with short hair and very friendly. Each of them purrs up a storm, and they also are calm and confident around Nikki, with her pointy finger and sometimes gentle, other times grabbing hands.
Nikki loves to watch the cats play together and to get involved in their play time. I think that these frisky kittens might mean that I will at last be able to count on a consistent mostly-distraction-free quiet time each morning while Nikki is busy with her furry friends. Kittens - the gift that keeps on giving!
Freckles is an orange and white tabby, and Greta is white with black blotches, a black tail, and black hearts behind her front paws. They are Egyptian cats, with short hair and very friendly. Each of them purrs up a storm, and they also are calm and confident around Nikki, with her pointy finger and sometimes gentle, other times grabbing hands.
Tags: cat, months 10-12
