We've been doing a fair amount of hiking over here. The exercise seems to be helping Piper's sleep issues.
Though the wicked cold she's had, and shared, didn't help.
And basic playing in the dirt has filled our days.
And once and awhile she'll even let me do her hair and clean her up!
We've been hanging with "baby Saoirse," Aoife and Yoda. Good times, and Piper has come to adore Saoirse. Even lets me hold her!
She knows where we stand... So she can share.
So when we adopted two 8 week old kittens...
Well, she was clear she wanted to name them both Saoirse.
I mean they're cute and little- so of course she would name them after her. But cute as that is, we couldn't go with it.
Once she catches one, which isn't that hard - they make themselves very available - she hikes them up the stairs to her room. She tells me, "we fine Mommy you go" which is toddlerese for, " I'm smothering the cat with love and I don't want to to take it away." The last week has been rough. Between toddler induced meltdowns and two kittens I'm trying to keep alive ... Well ya. Who's idea was this???? Ohhhh Josh's. the guy trying to catch up with work now that his hand is on the mend.
But I'm happy to report progress is being made with operation keep kittens alive.
A break for another hike, complete with butterflies ...
And the kittens may just make it.
Propensity to compromise is important. A trait we want to instill in Piper by example.
So while our previous life found us with cats named after influential artists. ..
we'd now like to introduce you to Oscar and Abby. As in Oscar the Grouch and Abby Cadaby.
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