First day blues...

Today was the first day of school for us. Stickyfingers was delighted and upon waking him this morning the first thing out of his mouth was "School!" I made him practie writing his new last name a few times for good measure.

I took this photo on our front porch. His younger brother is a bit sad though...he wants to go to school too. I tried to explain that daycare was more fun than school, and he seemed ok with that.

In other news, we got a new cat yesterday. Or, a kitten actually. We've been wanting another cat for a while; since our beloved third cat, Chester, disappeared. Now we have three again!

We've had Agatha for 7 years (she was adopted as a tiny kitten in Kentucky), and we added Barnaby (he was a very young stray from the streets of Buffalo) 3 years ago, and then took in another stray (whom we named Chester), 2 years ago.

Chester was fantastic. The most laid-back cat I've ever met in my life. He loved to be on your lap too, and would often curl up around my neck while I was reading. He and Barnaby were perfect for each other, as Barnaby gets lonesome and Agatha won't have anything to do with him. When Chester disappeared, we were heart broken and so was Barnaby. He just cried and moped for days. Barnaby is completely blind although he has INCREDIBLE hearing, and when he can't hear another cat near him he gets upset. He doesn't like to be alone for too long.

So this new kitten was long overdue in coming!

We realized sometime after taking in Chester, that unknowingly, we had named our animals in alphabetical order. When we explained that to our 8 year-old, he decided he wanted to call this kitten Dodger. So Dodger he is!

We put him up in Barnaby's tree house so see if they would get along...

Looks like things will be okay! I had forgotten how playful kittens are though! I'm trying to make lunches this morning and this little guys is attacking the backs of my legs, trying to wrestle with my feet and jumping at the hem of my nightgown! Argggh.