One of the biggest perks of having three cute baby animals running around is that there are three cute baby animals running around who are always available for cuddles and entertainment (watching the kittens trying to jump/climb onto various objects can occupy an hour easily). One of the downsides is that, every morning between six and seven I get woken up by a chorus of hungry baby animals who are all much more wide-awake than I am...and pretty good at confusing me. This morning, for instance.
I tossed all the animals outside when I woke up because we were out of xima and I didn't want to deal with their screaming while I made more. Making breakfast took about ten minutes, when it was ready I let the babies back inside. However, only two of the three ran inside. I just figured the other one had wandered off to adventure, so I dutifully fed the other two. Once that was done I went looking for the third, because I could definitely hear him meowing, even if I couldn't see him. Pre-caffeine me was pretty confused. Then I realized that the meowing was coming from above my head. One of the kittens hand managed to climb up the grate over our back door and ended up in the gutter...but he couldn't figure out how to get down. After a few minutes of fussing, he was back on the ground, safe, and eating breakfast. Epah. Kittens.
The puppy we named Matope, which means 'mud' since he's about the same color. The kittens are Meningue and Gil.
No comments:
Post a Comment