Grandpa and K "singing" a book together.

Kathryn LOVES to feed the kitties treats!!

Our neighbour's son recently got a new bed, and they offered us his bedframe for Kathryn. We were very excited to get a bed like Patrick's for Kathryn and all we needed was a matress. We finally got it all together this past Monday and this morning I finally got pictures!

Here is K's new bed! We have ordered her taller rails for both sides and will pull the bed out from the wall because there is a gap... it is currently filled with stuffed animals, but we'd like a rail for now. She's still quite the squirmer and tosser!

The blanket on the bed is one that Gramma Fessy made (or bought - not sure). It is definetly hand-made and I have kept it in my cedar chest for years in hopes of giving it to my little girl someday.

We also re-arranged Patrick's room. We got him a double set of rails, and moved his bed more to the center of the room. He was under the window before (placements are limited due to the door/closet/floor vent locations) and he was laying across the top of the bookcase headboard to look out the window! It made me very nervous even though we always locked the window if he was going to be in his bed. This makes me feel that he is much safer.

I got suckered into a trap today. We went out to run some errands at Home Hardware and then Shaun insisted we drive by Ports Pets to see what their hours are. He had been suggesting for a few days that we 'go and see' what they had in the way of kitties.

Well.. you know I am a sucker for kittens. There were 3, all sisters - two that were Charlie-wannabees (Charlie is my parents cat, he is all black except for a few white hairs on his chest) and the 3rd was grey. We looked around at all the animals, and the kids enjoyed that, but this little grey cat just was such a suck. I knew I was hooked when I picked her up. After talking with the owner, we all agreed she would be a great pet for us. We decided to take her home!

Going with our Egyptian god theme, we have named her Isis. Here she is!




She is very affectionate and purrs a lot. She loves to snuggle in your lap! She is not afraid of the kids at all, although Kathryn has already had a time out for being too rough with her.

Ramses took the addition quite well. I think he felt obligated to growl a bit, but he was not agressive. In fact, he's more jealous and pouty than anything else.

They had a good sniff of eachother. Isis has her own food bowl and cat box, so there will be no sharing - everyone has their own 'stuff'. We figure it will take them a few days or so to get used to eachother.

So we are now back to a balanced household - 3 females and 3 males, one in each category of adult, child and cat.