Kitty grass

Ruse and Audace really love their new treat -- kitty grass on the kitchen island. Well, it's the only thing that can be kept on the kitchen island these days; they'll knock off anything else, even each other sometimes!

Grace inspected the grass, but doesn't seem as taken with it as her boys do -- and of the boys, Ruse is more likely to go back again and again.

Funny kitties!

Tummy Tuesday!

Here's Audace, snoozing under the being-decorated tree. Needless to say, while he was snoozing, everyone stopped decorating and left him alone!! He needs his beauty sleep, you know!

Kitty Movie Monday

Here's our entry for this week:


Usually it's Ruse who finds a new box to play with, but this time it was Audace. They're making sure they're not predictable, I guess!

on Thanksgiving Day

After a strenuous day running up and down the stairs and all over the place at Austen's house, the kitten-cats had to hide and snooze. (If they don't hide to snooze, then the younger kids find them!!) So here they are, hiding (they think) under the partially decorated Linehan tree!

They also partook of some turkey, but they're still figuring out that they can make a whole meal of it, not just a tiny snack!!

Helping to decorate

Kitten-cats and children ... helping with the lights and garland!

Minds of kittycats!

Grace and Ruse were relaxing on top of the couch the other day, when suddenly Grace turned around to watch something. It was Audace, who in turn was very intently watching something outside. Who can ever understand the minds of kittycats? Surely, not I!!

Kitty Movie Monday entry

Here's our entry for this week's Kitty Movie Monday. Other entries can be found at http://blogs.chron.com/catcall and http://www.youtube.com/group/kittymoviemonday

Fun way to start the week!

Recovery

It's taken all week to get this computer back together. My son-in-law, Ken, ran the recovery CD which essentially wiped out everything on the hard drive and reinstalled Windows. Then of course, Windows had to update itself umpteen times -- and one nice result is the installation of IE7. I like the tabbed browsing feature best of all! Then Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday were spent getting all the programs re-installed --the ones I care about, that is. I also was praying that all the data backed up on my Seagate external drive would work -- and it all did. Hooray!

Audace and Ruse had to help, of course, and Grace just kept her distance! Audace (above) was inspecting all the nice noisy things in the closet in this room (strictly an office, cannot serve as a bedroom without MAJOR changes!). Ruse (below) is fascinated by any open window, so that's where he settled himself. For once, it was Audace who was getting into stuff, and Ruse who was being the nice boy!

I'm sure happy to have everything back ... and cannot thank Ken enough for his patience and know-how.

Big crash!

On Monday, this computer crashed -- completely. Ken got it all working again by using the recovery CD (the only option since the hard drive was totally unaccessible). So I've spent the past two days putting on programs and restoring data from my back-up drive. I found out today that my last back-up was on October 24. Memo to self: Back up more frequently!!

I lost some cute pictures and one movie that didn't get uploaded to YouTube. So I'll start over today. I got a couple that may be worth posting -- how the kitten-cats were "helping" me while I've been restoring stuff on this computer!! LOL =)

Helpful when visiting!

While Audace and Ruse were visiting the Linehans yesterday, they were very gracious about helping to sort out some Christmas garland -- shredding, biting, and just generally spreading it all over the floor in the dining room!




And by the time they got home last night, they were two tuckered out little kitten-cats. Their mommy joined them as they all curled up together for hours of snoozing. Whew! What a day!!

Major playtime!

Yesterday around noon, all three cats were having a ripping good time, racing around the living and family rooms, in and out of the play cubes, up and down the climbing toy. They were VERY funny. In the first photo, you can just barely see Ruse's face as he peeked out from under the red cube. His little toy is right there, too.


In the second photo, Grace is just waiting for those boys to come tearing back. Throughout this whole play session, she mostly stayed inside one cube or another, and the boys were running around and through the cubes. It was very entertaining!

I have a video of this posted at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex1rokuWNLA

Enjoy!

Kitchen time

After eating and drinking, Ruse and Audace make themselves quite at home on the kitchen island -- which can no longer be used for food preparation unless these guys are absent for some reason! They do like to hop up there and relax and clean up after a good snack!

Grace is graciously sharing the water bowl. She still has her boys' best interest at heart, although lately the "play" has been getting a bit rough. I'll have to glue my camera to my wrist so I can get some photos of those little tussles!

From October

Grace and boys LOVE open windows, until neighbor-cat Henry Jack (another beautiful ginger cat) comes around and tries to claw his way through the screen in order to visit these three!



Audace likes to be in contact with someone while he snoozes! Ruse, however, usually likes to be nearby, but not touching -- unless it's his mommy or brother! Funny guys!!

September

Audace and Ruse learned lots of things in September: where to find a nice private place to take a nap (high on top of the kitchen cupboards!), where their food came from, how to play on their multi-level scratching-and-jumping toy (Austen was teaching them!), how to play in the water, and how to play with and in a box until it's in shreds.





What active little boys! And what a patient mommy they have, not to mention their servants!

Wow! It worked!

... and with photos, now, too.

Here's another test -- this time with Ruse and Audace baby pix! (Ruse above; Audace below.)

Quandry

I love the looks of this blog -- thank you, ML, for setting it all up! -- but the inability to post, with or without photos is becoming VERY frustrating. I'm looking into typepad.com and squarespace.com as alternatives, but I'd really rather have this one work and not have to switch.

So this is a test. Will Blogger work today??

Last June

When the kittens were first with us, they had many new people and things to become familiar with. It didn't take them long!! All these photos were taken between June 6 and June 16. Fast learners, these little guys!

Tummy Tuesday

This is Audace's favorite snoozing position -- toes curled and tummy up!

It's hard to resist patting that nice, soft, white little tummy. And he doesn't even wake up!

August

In August we introduced the cats to the Cat-Sitter DVD. At first only Ruse seemed interested, but eventually both of the kittens seemed to think it merited a passing glance. Grace was never impressed!

Audace is interesting, though, because he reacts to sounds he hears during regular television shows -- animal and bird sounds, doorbell or telephone ringing, things like those. You just never know what's going through those developing brains!

Hmmm...

More problems -- Blogger isn't letting me post photos today. The rats!

What's up with all this, anyway??