The twine!

Audace absolutely loves to play with the twine - a length of about 6 feet of regular, plain ol' ordinary twine tied to the tail of a toy mouse.

I can't believe how a non-store-bought toy like this can keep his attention for weeks and weeks.

We now have two of these things, so that Grace and Ruse can play whenever they feel like it - but mostly it's Audace. He just lives for this type of play. Gotta get a movie of this!!

Happy Birthday, ML!

We all wish ML a very happy birthday today. ML worked with Deb to establish this blog and get the word out (two years ago, almost!) that Momma Grace and her babies needed forever homes. We love ML for all her work -- and mostly because she's such a wonderful, caring lady!!

HAVE A HAPPY, ML!!

After a visit

Grandbean Kira came to visit us last Saturday. She worked on a project for school; she played games on my computer; and she played with Grace, Audace, and Ruse with their toys, especially the twine tied to mouse tails. She had a great time, and all the kittehs were wide awake during the entire visit.

Here are some photos that show what Grace & Company were like after Kira went home!

We've been busy!

These last few weeks of school, we've been very busy helping our bean's grandbeans get all their projects and studying done. Actually, our bean is most helpful; Grace & Company mainly snoopervise. Mother's Day was fun, too!

We should be back to normal soon ... we think ... maybe ... if all the planned summer trips don't get in the way too much!

Here's a cute cartoon to let you know what our (retired English teacher) bean thinks (but rarely acts on!) in her spare time; click to biggify it:

Momma's Day

Our Momma's Day gift from the grandbeans is this wonderful little envirascape fountain. It's all set up on the kitchen island (taken over by the three kittehs in this house for their food and water dishes). Ruse looked on as Grandbean Austen put it together. And there's a movie below showing how all three reacted when he first put water in it and plugged it in! Fun!!