Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!

When Grandpa Pat and Grandma Suzie came to visit a few weeks ago, they brought a Big Surprise with them. Three new kitties have joined our household!

They are growing fast, and getting into everything!

Meet Charlemagne, the littlest kitty with the biggest name.

We mostly just call him Charlie.

This is his big brother, Moriarty. He is the biggest of the three, and the most mischievous.

We call him Mori, usually because he never sticks around long enough for us to get his whole name said.

And this is their sister Irene. She's just a bundle of cuteness.

(I'm looking forward to having fewer mice around here...)

Cat Math

First there were three.

We added a redhead to match our redhead, so then there were four.

A week ago we lost one, and were down to three again.

We lost another one on Saturday night, and then there were two.

(Now the cats sleep in the garage at night...because the coyotes don't.)

The Name Game

Once again, this is Isaak with Sammy...

...but the vet has confirmed that Sammy is a girl!

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(Isaak wanted to change her name to Suzie, but Sammy she has been for weeks,

and it's proving hard enough to switch to using the appropriate pronouns,

so Sammy she will remain!)

Redheads? What Redheads?

Isaak and Sammy, the latest addition to the family.

I Like Cats

I like cats.

I like taking pictures.

So I took some pictures of our new cats.

And, since this is MY blog, I can post those pictures of our new cats if I want to...

and then YOU can decide if you want to look at them or not.

Everyone's happy this way!

Maria

(She's the only girl, and Anya picked her name. I've been singing "How do you solve a problem like Maria..." - from The Sound of Music - for days now.)

Tommy

(I know, a tomcat named Tommy doesn't sound very original, but Macey named him Tommy in all innocence because she likes the name. I'm not going to enlighten her.)

Billy

(I have no idea why Jaela picked the name Billy.)

Grocery List

Mike's parents and one of his brothers are here this weekend, so I went into town yesterday morning before they came to get supplies to make homemade ice cream.

On my grocery list:

milk

cream

eggs

free kittens?!?

cat food?!?

Hey, it was MY list!

Anya and Maria, Macey and Tommy, Jaela and Billy