Day 3

Wake up. Reassemble and re-place plastic pointsettia.
Restring garland in window.

Notice completely destroyed-by-puppy slat on brand new Futon. Does not bode well for Christmas tree.

Hide chewed sofa with blanket.

Pull out boxes containing Christmas decorations.

Put up artificial tree. Make quick run to pet store to buy bitter apple to spray tree and discourage chewing.

Decorate tree. Before decorations complete, Jack climbs 1/3 way up tree. Remove cat from tree. Remove broken string of beads that cat got stuck on.

Take picture of mostly intact tree (with new living cat ornament).

Day 2
Wake up and pick up pieces of plastic pointsettias and reassemble plants. Re-place on shelf.

Today's agenda is to progress decoration process with some lights in window. Two battery operated candles held on by suction cups are placed at top of window. Strings of lights are detangled and plugged in to check for outages. All systems are a go. Husband begins attaching lights to window with more suction cups, but Benton starts chewing on light string before it's up. Sight of the cat with entire Christmas light bulb in mouth is alarming, to say the least. Lights are taken down and re-packed.

Agenda modified. Will string plastic bell garland up in bay window instead.

Garland is up.

Cats discover wonderful clinking sound of bell against window.

Hourly restringing of lights necessitated.

Day 1
Since this Christmas season finds us with four new companions, one dog and three Siamese cats, we will begin the Christmas festivities with some test decorations.

First, we put out the plastic pointsettias (real ones are toxic to cats). There, those look nice.

The day passed uneventfully. I have hope!

Happiness is a warm chair and a cat blanket!

I love my brother ...

We are surveying our kingdom and we are not amused!

What'd you do today, Jack? Uh, just hung around.

Hey, this smells good. Hmmm, Siamese cat on coffee. Could be interesting ...As a matter of fact, I am very comfortable.

First, I jumped out of my bed. Then ... it attacked me, but it ended up on its side. Foolish bed! Hey wait, I can lay in ... wow, this is kind of comfortab ... zzzzzzzzzz.

I said NO PICTURES! ... Darned Catparazzi!

Secrets of the Detachable Tail Trick RevealedNo, no Benton. You have to stay down so nobody sees you. They're supposed to think that my tail is hanging down.

Art AppreciationLook at me, I'm starting to get my grown up cat shape!!! I'm also claiming this spot right in front of the heat vent as mine.

15 Weeks

All the meezers engage in play!Let's see, she moved this little thing-a-ma-bobby up and the magic water appeared.

I am Benton, master of sinks and other water thingies.

This is Benton coming to you live from New York on station K-A-T. Today, the delusional tabby Fred announced that he will take over not the World, but the Universe!And they thought I wouldn't reach the sink for another three or four weeks ... silly humans!!

If I want the web page updated, I'll have to do it myself. Now, where is that ASP.Net book?All work and no play makes Jack a naughty boy. Hiccup.

I am Jack, fierce hunter of artificial feathery things on twangy strings! Hey, give ... it ... to ... me, pinkie! Come on, you can do it ... let go of the stick thingy. Well, if you wanted me to use the litter after you put in the litter box, why didn't you say so? Pfft. Humans are never satisfied.

12 Weeks

... So the bartender says, it's because you're a dog! Get it? A dog!
Ha ha ha, good one! Okay, my turn, so a Himalayan, a Persian and a Manx go into a bar ...

Hey! Cats sleeping here!

Benton and Jack, 11 weeks

I love the Window channel!

What an exhausting day! Think I'll just close my ... eyes ... for a few ... min ... zzzzzzzzzz

Benton and I are fierce hunters. We have killed out first feather duster and are now looking for new prey.

Jack, 9 1/2 weeks

Hmmm, so this is what warm laundry feels like ...
If my stunt kitty thing doesn't work out, I think I'll pose for Cat House Magazine.

Benton, 9 1/2 weeks

Hmm, this is cozy. No wonder the humans always crawl between the sheets!

Sometimes I just stop and contemplate things, for I am Cat.

This is us playing at 9 weeks. Those curtains were always getting in the way, so we started to shred them. Mom took them down.