Here are our little kitties. I've wanted to have kittens every since we moved into our house and Jara was almost 2. I figured cute, fuzzy babies were much safer than the killing machine named Icky my mom boards. Two years later I have finally weakened Jed into accepting that our children NEED pets and cats are easier to care for than dogs. So, may I introduce...
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Here they are at the tender age of 6 weeks old. I don't think I have ever brought home kitties this young. They were teeny tiny and slept all day. Jara would push them around in her dolly stroller and they'd snooze away wrapped up in a blanket. I have pictures of it but you can't even see the kitty because all he wanted to do was burrow to the bottom of the blanket and sleep. Each cat's personality is true to his distinctive name. They are opposites in every way. Dr. Jekyll you will notice in most of the pictures because he is more cooperative and thus easier for a 3 year old to manage. Dr. Jekyll is white=good, Mr. Hyde is black=the dark one (his name was smoke monster for awhile for all you LOST fans.) They are both a Siamese mix but the distinct coloring is only obvious in Dr. Jekyll, his bright blue eyes are beautiful if not a little googly.
Here are a few of my favorite "CAT" moments:
1) Every morning Jara calls to them "Breakfast, everyone up, hurry, hurry." Can you tell she loves the Cinderella movie?
2)Jara "dyed" Dr. Jekyll's fur with a marker, that is why this post has been dubbed the pink Siamese. I couldn't figure out why the cat was pink until I saw the tell all sign of discarded crayola magic moments marker. Magic moments indeed!
3)Jack calls them mowww's. He likes to pick them up by the tail and the neck. Thankfully they don't seem to mind too much and have survived. You won't see Jack and the kitties in very many pictures because they know to steer clear of the giant boy. Jack, even though he likes to inflict pain on the mowww's, is very concerned when they inflict pain on each other. Mr. Hyde, true to his nature, likes to beat the crap out of his fellow feline, with precise cat kicks to the face and tail biting. This behavior greatly disturbs Jack who will cry and say "no mowww" and try to save (I use this term loosely)Dr. Jekyll.
4)As soon as the sun comes up so do the cats, they go into loco mode. One morning about 5:30 Jed nudges me and mutters "throw those damn raccoons out." (They sleep in the laundry room.)They do have to be put out or else the whole house wakes up. Mr. Hyde enjoys practicing his pogo moves on the washing machine.
5)Dr. Jekyll likes to purr when he eats and he gets going so loud he is vibrating his whole body and almost levitating.
6)Mr. Hyde ended up in the dryer today. I think he had some assistance. I hear MEOW MEOW normally I ignore meowing because Dr. J is a whiner but when it continued unceasing I decided to have a look and realized the noise was evident but the cat was not. After a quick look to the side and behind the dryer I realized where he was. He was so traumatized after I pulled him out he allowed petting and even produced a minor purr. That's gratitude coming from Mr. Hyde.
Jara with her pal Dr. Jekyll. One day she came in with him in a bag around her neck. A convenient cat carrier.
I love the look on Jara's face in this picture. AND I love the look on Mr. Hyde's face in the other picture. You can see his true spaz personality reflecting back at you. Did I mention Jack tries to take the kitties for rides on the trike? Not so fun for the cat but he knows life will be easier if he cooperates.
An innocent baby Mr. Hyde happily snoozing away. If only he would have stayed this way.
