Friday Fun

Our friends Star and Leo over at Celestial Kitties blog gave us an award this week.

The rules tell us that we are supposed to list six of our favourite things.  Since we are five kitties and one woofie in this house we will all take a turn.  So here goes...

1. Casper:  I love running water either from the tap or my water fountain...mum says I always have a wet head!

2. Benjamin:I love my Daddy most of all and sometimes I perch on his shoulders

3. Archie:  I love my bathtub but if mum or dad is in it, the sink will have to do!!!

4. Jimmy: I love to give my mummy nose kisses and licks and I do it EVERY day...hold still mum I'm zooming in for a smooch!!!

5. Kip: I love our woofie Rio, she is my best friend!

6. Rio: Come rain or shine, winter or summer, I love my ball!!!

Well there you have it, everyone's favourite things,  Thanks to Star and Leo for including us in the fun :-)

Wordless Wednesday

Mancat Monday

It is sooo difficult to get all five of my boys in the same picture.  Sometimes the best I can do is four at a time.  Here are Casper, Ben, Jimmy and Kip watching bird TV about a week ago,

and here are Archie, Ben, Jimmy and Kip in pretty much the same scenario on the weekend.

I love a challenge though and will try my hardest to get all five mancats at the window together :-)

Friday Funny

My cats are not accustomed to closed doors.  They have access to every room in the house and always have the option to come and go as they please.  Similarly, Robert and I are oblivious to sleeping with cats walking or lying all over us, attacking our feet under the covers, jumping on and off the bed and playing thundering herds in the middle of the night.  So imagine the cat crisis which arose when my Mother (who was not that thrilled with their midnight mania) stayed at our house and actually SHUT THEM OUT of her bedroom at night!!!!  They hung around her door looking bewildered and incredulous, how could it possibly be that a) this door is shut and b) someone does not want us in there with them?  Casper was quite persistent and did his best to try and lure my Mother out by being especially cute and vocal....

um, excuse me this door seems to be closed

in case you don't know I'm out here I'll stick my paw underneath so you can see it

if I can just get a little more leverage I'm certain I can get this door open

I can see you walking around in there

::waving paw under door::  hello, hello?!?

maybe from a different angle

come on out, I'm showing off my tummy!

I ask you, who could resist those efforts :-)

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Ben hates to be left out of the action.  If we are sitting on the deck, he goes crazy at the door and the windows of the sunroom trying to get us to come back inside.  He will scratch at the glass and push his body up against the screens and generally carry on until I come inside and pay some attention to him.  Here is a little sample...

The odd thing is he really doesn't want to come out but wants me to come in because as soon as I open the door he runs away into the living hoping I'll chase him and play. 

I feel a little bad that I was laughing at him, but I couldn't help it he's such a funny boy :-)

We're Baaaaaack!

Hello friends,

It's been a while since I've posted regularly (other than birthdays and gotchas), I took a longer break than originally anticipated.  I am five months into my recovery now, feeling very good and looking forward to getting back to blogging!  I have missed interacting with all of you so much and have thought about you often during my absence, please forgive me for being gone so long. 

Just in case you've forgotten what the boys look like, I thought I'd start off with some recent pics of the gang :-)

Here's Casper playing with a new mousie, I'll post about where the mousies came from later this week.

Ben the other day giving me one of his cutest poses...actually I think he's daydreaming about his lovely Clementine

An extreme kitty close-up (EKC) of Archie's beautiful face.

Jimmy with eyes transfixed watching birds outside the bedroom window.  Jimmy is one of the loudest "chatterers" we have in the house.

Kipper on top of the fridge with the kitchen pig.

We're looking forward to catching up on the happenings around the CB and reconnecting with all of our friends!!!