Cats On Tuesday: Ellie’s First Week Of School

Ellie is fitting in very well with our homeschooling.  She’s been very busy with her school work.

Checking the school supply shelf.

Emptying out the contents of ds’s magnetic letters and counting cubes containers.  (She takes this task seriously and performs it many times a day.)

Watching as ds explores our ocean theme (she’s on the bottom right.)

Naptime!  We really lucked out, getting a kitty that matches our furniture so well.

We’ve had Ellie for over a month now and boy has she grown.

Then                                                                             Now

Pretty soon she won’t fit in the bed.  Sigh.  To see more cute kitties visit Gattina’s and Happy COT!

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Sweet Ellie continues to be the focus in the cat world at our house.  (Although right now “sweet” Ellie is in a time out in the back bedroom because she was too crazypants this morning lol.)  Katy tolerates the kitten fairly well, but Mimi continues to despise her.  She will, however, eat the kitten’s wet food, which is weird because she normally never touches wet food.  She also growls any time she sees the kitten, including when she is eating the kitten’s food.  It’s quite funny to hear her growling and munching down on food at the same time.

You can barely see Ellie’s ear around the corner as Mimi growls and eats.

She works up the nerve to creep out from behind the couch.

She makes the mistake of actually looking at Mimi.

Run, run!

Hiding behind the fan on the other side of the room.  One day I predict Ellie will actually be bigger than Mimi and the tables will turn.  ;)

Aw, isn’t she adorable?  She loves to pose like this for the camera.  Visit Gattina’s for more kitty fun, and Happy COT!  I want to add, I do visit all the participating COT blogs, but something is wrong with either Blogger or Google because on some blogs it won’t let me leave a comment.  Please know I’m not ignoring you (especially if you leave me a comment) but that I am unable to leave comments on some blogs.

Cats On Tuesday: Ellie Belly

 

 

It’s an appropriate nickname.  ;)  For more kitty fun head over to Gattina’s and happy COT!

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Are you tired of seeing kitten pics yet?  Hope not, ‘cause here are some more!  :)

I swear she poses every time I bring out the camera!  Little Miss Ellie is settling in with the family so well.  It’s officially been a week and it feels like she’s been with us forever already.  She spends her days exploring the house top to bottom, eating plenty of kitty chow and cuddling with anyone who is sitting still.  She has a very sweet disposition and loves to be loved.  Her favorite thing is our daily cuddle on the loveseat by the window while I (attempt to) do a little reading.  Of course she does her best to turn my attentions to her instead of the book, and she succeeds most of the time.

She is quite the explorer, and sometimes we all have to check all the little hiding places in the house to find her.  I couldn’t locate her last night and she turned up all cuddled on the bedskirt next to dh’s side of the bed.

There she is posing again!  She loves this little cat bed thing that none of the other cats would mess with when I bought it for them last Christmas.  She plays in it, sleeps in it and loves to climb it.  It’s funny to think how soon she won’t hardly even fit in it lol.

She is so people friendly.  At any time of the night I can look and find her cuddled with someone in their bed…she doesn’t play favorites yet lol.  Well, you can tell we are smitten with our kitten.  Katy has come to tolerate little Ellie, but Mimi still won’t have anything to do with her.  Mimi spends most of her time outside now which is breaking my heart.  I go out and play and cuddle with her and can get her to come in for a while, but once she spots Ellie she is outta there!  Dh and I both thought Mimi would be the one who would really love a playmate, but we were mistaken.  I am hoping things will improve as time goes on.

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Ellie

Okay, here is the story on our new little kitten.  I had really been wanting a kitten for a while and finally sweet talked dh into the idea.  Our search was not easy, as everyone we contacted had already given away the kitties they advertised.  Then I asked our vet if anyone had mentioned having kitties for adoption and bingo, someone nearby had a litter of about 7-8 week old cuties.  Dh insisted we get a female and luckily there was one in the bunch.

This one.  :)  I swear she actually poses for the camera.  She has spent the last few days firmly planting herself in our hearts and lives.  And tearing up our brand new furniture.  She has so many colors!  Her legs are white on top, but stripes of all colors underneath.  She is tiny but with that round kitten belly.  She is very friendly and cuddly and loves to be handled.  We kept her in a box the first night or two, but already she is going to the litter box and finding her food bowl all by herself.  The only bad news?  The other kitties hate her.  And because of that they hate me!  Mimi hasn’t had anything to do with me since Ellie’s arrival and I am heartbroken.  I really thought Mimi would like a new kitty, someone to play with and all.  However, you can’t stay heartbroken for long when there is such cuteness in the house.

Ds4 keeps saying the other kitties have grown since Ellie’s arrival…they feel bigger after carrying Ellie around for a while lol.  Sigh.  I know that all too soon she will probably be bigger than Mimi.  But right now we are all in kitten heaven.

Oh, update on the last post…my handy dandy super skilled dh fixed our a.c. problem and we are back in the comfort zone lol.

Cats On Tuesday: New Girl In Town

This should be an exciting and long winded post but instead it will be short and sweet.  Our ac went out yesterday and we are suffering lol.  Seriously, it’s not even 7am and it’s already 80 degrees in the house.   But I had to spread the news.

We got a new kitten!  Just picked her up yesterday.  She’s about 8 weeks old and very colorful.  Right now we are all just in adjustment mode.

Katy sniffed the kitty and went on about her business.

Mimi investigating the box.  She is less thrilled with this new addition so far.

The boys have picked the name Ellie.  We’ll see if it sticks.  Now I’m off to stake out my spot in front of the fan.  Check out more cute kitties at Gattina’s and Happy COT!

Cats On Tuesday: Turf Wars

There is a window right next to my desk that the cats all love to sit at and get my attention.  Mimi is so spoiled I actually let her in and out through the window.  Now Mr. Fluff, the neighbor cat, has been visiting the window and even enjoying some petting now and again when I am at my desk.  Mimi has discovered this and is none too pleased.

Mimi notices Mr. Fluff behind her on the window sill.

“Mom, Mom, quick, let me in!”

Mr. Fluff is expecting his morning scratches.

Mimi is not having it!

“What is wrong with that little cat?  I can never understand women.”

“Get out and stay out!”

Poor Mr. Fluff.  Mimi will play with him in the yard, but is very protective of her home lol.

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Cats On Tuesday: I’ll Take Him!

Mr. Fluff, the next door neighbor cat, came to visit one morning.  We noticed something on his tail.

See the little orange thing?

A little blurry here…

It’s a sticker that says 50cents lol!  His family was having a garage sale and I guess he must have rubbed up on something and the sticker got stuck in all his fluff.  :)  I have to say, he’d be worth every penny. 

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Remember we got new furniture?  Well, dh is not too fond of kitties on it so he told me to buy the cats their own beds.  Now, I know my kitties.  They just aren’t the “sleep in a cat bed” type of cats.  They’ve tasted the freedom of cuddling with Mom wherever she may be and they aren’t going to change their ways.  But, we gave it a try.

Look, Katy, a new bed just for you!

She took one look at it…

and promptly cuddled up on the shoe laying nearby.

Mimi investigates the new bed next.

She thought it over,

and cuddled up on the recliner (at least it’s the old recliner, we haven’t yet gotten a new one of those lol.)  And just how did my foot get in the pic?

Then one morning I tossed the cat bed on top of ds3’s bed, walked by a few moments later and lo and behold…

 

Katy was in it!  Success!  Well, success as much as the cats will allow lol.  They do occasionally sleep in the bed, but mostly still prefer the human beds and furniture.  But I guess it’s a start.  :)

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