We weren't actually totally alone that holiday week. We had seven little visitors for the week. My friend Michelle was "fostering" a pregnant cat for a local shelter. The cat ended up having six adorable kittens a few weeks before Thanksgiving. Michelle and her family were planning on going to Florida for the week for the week of Thanksgiving and needed someone to watch all the kitties while they were gone. Spencer volunteered (he was motivated by the $50 Michelle said she would pay). Tucker was all for it because he had come to Michelle's house with me one time and met all the kitties and was totally like a little kid about it. So we had the kitties from the Saturday before Thankgiving until the Monday after--basically 8 days. Long enough for all the boys to get attached (well mostly Tucker & Cooper). They even named all of the kitties. These pictures are of a couple of the kitties in Tucker's vest pockets. The striped one they named Doug.
This one may or may not be Tolouse, Thomas O'Malley or Simba. There were three gray kitties (two that were identical--born in the same sac), and a tiny black & white kitty (Marie). Yes, most were named from Disney's Aristocats movie which Tucker & Tae had recently watched.
My personal favorite was Marie because she was the smallest. They were extremely cute, especially when they were in a feisty mood. We also had the mama kitty which we called Mama Kitty. They stayed mostly in the downstairs bathroom but we boxed in a section of the hallway outside the bathroom when we let them out to play. We didn't want them all over the house, mostly because they were major pooping machines. Cooper made the mistake of feeding them some milk one day--boy did we pay for that one in a major, runny way! So yes, the downstair smelled a little poopy, okay alot poopy, but it was still fun to have the kitties for the 8 days.
And no, we did not end up keeping one despite Cooper's fervent wish that we could. Despite their awesome cuteness, kitties become cats and we just were not into having another one! It was fun while it lasted though. Well not so much for Spencer as he was on kitty litter patrol everyday, plus he was afraid of Mama Kitty for some reason. For the rest of us though it was fun--even Dennis on occasion.
5 comments:
Man the poop would certainly take any delusions I'd have about keeping them!
Nice reality check for the boys.
I note you were only allowed to show pictures of the cat, no people?
Fun Turkey day. Sounds like a good time. I wanted pictures of Tuckers girlfriend.
I too love kittens, but don't enjoy the cat. I wish they stayed kittens they are soooo cute. It is a good thing there are cat people in this world.
I suppose I COULD have taken pictures of people w/the kitties, but they are so small that it is hard to get people and kitties. I will work on getting a picture of Tae to share. Spencer took some pictures for her sorority so I will see if he has any good ones.
I LOVE the place cards Mr. Spencer devised! Clever beast. 8 kittens and one mama cat does NOT sound like fun to me- especially with the milky poop factored in. glad it was your house not mine. Mine is already messed up enough without any kittens. but, glad y'all enjoyed their visit. They CAN be pretty entertaining I know.
Sounds like a fun T-day all round.
Cute kitties. Love the place cards. That boy is very creative
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