Kitty Tidbits

1. Kitties and ice cubes:
cb put an ice cube into each kitty water bowl and fun ensued. Arn found it first and investigated it with his nose, tongue and other body parts. When we picked him up his paws were damp and cold along with his nose. Then we watched Foof fwap it then shake her little paw vigorously.

2. Arn and the pants:
mom found Arn in her room on her bed, sleeping sweetly on her pants. He was Striped-Man on mom's striped pants.

3. The lump:
When we got back from dinner Audrey came up to the loft to visit. cb put her under the pink fuzzy blanket. She parked and purred. After a bit we put Arnold under there. He investigated and Merp oozed out.

4. Kitty togetherness:
When we got back from dinner there were two kitties curled up on mom's bed --- all snuggled together and looking ever-so-cute. We poohed them and they purred.

5. Merp:
Merp mer-ed at cb this morning at 4:42am. She leaped up onto the top bunk all by herself! Well, she sort of scrabbled... but she made it to the top bunk.

6. Merp again:
Mom picked up cb at ballet then went to dad's to pack. When we got home Merp was sitting sweetly in the foyer, waiting for us.

7. Merp, yet again:
cb went to the potty and Merp sat outside the door and YAKKED at cb! We didn't know what, exactly, she was saying... but she had a lot to say.

8. Merp, as usual:
Merp just mer-ed. She's sitting under the other table in the loft giving us a killer look. Now she just did a Halloween-kitty stretch. I mer-ed at her and she mer-ed back. cb will now pick her up and pooh her. Then we will go to bed.

The Mysterious Black Paw Strikes Again

Just when you thought it was safe...

I was poohing Arnold, who was sitting in a box on the floor, while sitting on the flowery chair when, ALL OF A SUDDEN, a mysterious black paw fwapped my pink slippers!

I was so startled!

Then I fwapped the paw right back and it was startled. So there.

Sweet Kitties

Some thoughts on the kitties:

• Merp's new favorite napping place is under the two-people couch in the loft.
• Unless I'm on the computer (like now) ... then her favorite place is on my lap.
• Arn has had a serious need for poohage today - he's stuck near me all day, parking wherever I settle down. This afternoon he even curled up all nestled in my pook to nap while I watched tv.
• I had a hard-boiled egg for lunch today and Arnold was fascinated by the crumbs left in the bowl. I think he would have eaten them if I'd let him!
• Last night both kitties sphinxed on the back of the fliving room couches and peered intently at the front door. Very cute.

A Short Conversation With The Kitties

Mom?!
I'm upstairs in the loft!
I have my sock!
That's great! Would you like to bring it upstairs?
Sure! (noise of up-merp-with-sock-in-mouth)
I'm here!
Yes you are.
Hey, what's this?
That's Arnold's sock.
Hmmmm. Very interesting.
Pooh me! Pooh me! Pooh me!
Me too! (collapses on left side)

Double-poohage ensues. Kitties purr.

Arnold The Brave (part II)

I heard the protective/serious Arnold growl coming from the loft. Foof was parked on top of the couch watching him so I figured he wasn't growling at her. It sounded like he was protecting the family.

Well... he was protecting the family from a hair dealy.

See --- grandma had collected a bunch of hair stuff from boxes in the loft and put them all in that little green halloween bag and left them on the table. The bag had been knocked over and its contents spilled over the table. Except for one hair dealy that was on the floor... The one Arnold was protecting us from.

(you know... I'd been finding hair dealies all over the house and I'd been wondering where they'd come from...)

Arnold The Brave

Aunty Karen and grandma came over on Saturday to help unpack boxes and get organized. When the doorbell rang Foof dashed right up to the loft and dove under the two-people couch. Arnold, however, was deep asleep and was too groggy to move. He determined that it seemed safe enough so he stayed on the chair and napped the whole time they were there!

He even came over once and rubbed against grandma's leg toward the end of the day.

Foof, however, was nowhere to be seen. I peeked at her under the couch once but I promised I wouldn't reveal her whereabouts to the others.

Kitties and Halloween

The kitties did VERY WELL at Halloween. I had the door cracked open so we could hear people as they came up the front walk.

When the kitties heard people Foof DASHED upstairs, almost even before the doorbell rang. Arnold got braver, though, as the evening wore on and he got to where he'd stand by the stairs and look at the door. He was ready to dash upstairs if he had to... but he was kind of interested in what was going on at the door.

BAM!

I was going into my bedroom this morning to put something away in the bathroom when... BAM! something crashed!

Foof dashed out of the bathroom lickety-split but I was in the doorway by then so Arnold couldn't dash out. He didn't know what to do so he jumped up onto the sink then jumped out of the bathroom as soon as I'd cleared the door.

Turns out they had knocked the bottle of SoftScrub off the side of the tub. Nothing serious.

Foof

Dad came over last night and helped me set up my "new" Burton tv. When we were done we were standing outside and chatting and Foof came up to the door and started yakking away! She even stood up on her hind legs to get taller to look at me and say whatever it was she was trying to say.

I think she wanted to eat but I kept telling her it was only 8:30 and not time to eat.

but cb feeds me!

But it's not 9 yet. You'll have to wait.