Kitten Love

The kittens are now 2 weeks old and looking more "kittenish" by the day. They are starting to bat and play.

They wander a bit further from Mama Cat...


But they still like being in a group best...


Well, I think they like cuddling with Mama Cat the best...

How cute are they?

Fun in the Summer Sun

We had a great time yesterday, getting together with "internet friends", friends who I'd met on an internet site and have corresponded with for years. The kids all swam and laughed and the gals just had a blast chatting it up.


The weather was great and everyone had a great time.

They concede

"They concede, they concede" is what I thought my husband said as he came running from the bedroom. "Who conceded?", is what I asked.

Uh, no, he was saying, "They can see"....the kittens eyes have opened up. Here's the proof.

Beach time!

Great weather, good friends, what a great day!

Kitten update

The kittens are now a week old and growing day by day. They have started purring, which is so cute. As they suckle at their mama, you can hear the little purrs and it's very sweet. There eyes should open sometime in the next week.

The black and white one is the most mellow of all the kittens. You can hold him and he could care less. He's also the biggest. The little calico is the smallest.

Kittens!!!

Kids today, what are you going to do with them? (Note the one on Mama's head.)


It began last night, around dinner time. The Mama cat, her name is Princess Daisy (named after the Mario Kart character) was excessively licking herself and didn't want to let me out of her sight. Ok, I knew that meant it was nearly time.

Well, all night long it went on. She was purring, cuddling, restless. I dozed fitfully and finally fell into a deep sleep around 3 am, Mama on the bed with me. Around 6 am, she woke me to tell me it was time. The first kitten was delivered around 6:30 am and the last at 9:am. In all, she delivered 5 kittens, with one being born still. All the surviving ones are mostly black, one is black and white and one is calico with black being the predominant color.





Mama and babies are doing well. Marielle and Rico are very excited. They can't wait for the kittens to be old enough to play with.

Skin Color and Michael Jackson

Being a mixed race family, we often have discussions on skin and hair color. Sometimes the kids want us to all be alike. For a while, they insisted that Daddy was brown, like them. Then Rico announced that he was, in fact, peach like me, not brown skinned. I usually just let these ideas play out and don't give too much input one way or another. Let them find their way in our family and in our world.

So today, I was a bit surprised when Rico came in, followed by Marielle and asked me, "Mama, Marielle says that when Michael Jackson was little, he was brown, not peach. Is that true?" I said yes, that is true. Then Rico asked how he went from brown to peach. I told him I didn't really know for sure, but cosmetic surgery was involved and maybe other stuff like creams to lighten his skin.

Then Marielle said, 'Mom, he looked so much better when he was brown. When he was peach, he....he....he just looked weird".

Ah yes, a learning moment! I told her she was absolutely correct. We talked about how sometimes, people don't like the way they look, be it skin color or hair color or shape of their nose or whatever. And they try to change it. Sometimes, they look better because of the change. But sometimes, well, they just look a whole lot worse. And maybe, it's better to just be happy with the way you look because that's the way that you look, than to try and change it.

I hope the lesson sunk in.