Mimosa suddenly thought to herself “Hey, I’ve got things to do.”
And 4 of the 5 kittens wondered what had happened.
The 5th kitten – Clover – tried to follow the milk bar and nurse, but it didn’t quite work out for him.
Mimosa ate a little, then went to the other side of the room and licked her lips. Kudzu and Hollyhock spotted her.
Hollyhock decided the trip was too far and turned around, but Kudzu made it all the way to Mimosa, and got a few licks as a reward.
Hollyhock sat by the crate and had deep thoughts.
Bramble found a toy and said “Oooh, feathers!”
Can you believe these kittens are 4 weeks old today? FOUR WEEKS OLD! In the past week they’ve learned to leave the crate (they still return to it to sleep), have ventured longer and longer distances across the room (but only for a few moments – they return to the area around the crate pretty quickly), have discovered toys, have begun checking out the litter box (no one has used it yet, but it won’t be long), and are trying out their climbing skills on the inside and outside of the crate. Oh, and they have teeth! They gain new skills every 10 seconds, it seems – by this time next week they’ll have all started using the litter boxes (usually once they start using it, they get the hang of it pretty quickly), might start checking out Mimosa’s litter box, and I imagine they’ll give climbing the cat tree a try, too. I also won’t be surprised if they decide to abandon the crate in the next week as well.
They are growing WAY too fast!
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Charlie in his beloved ham-mick.
And keeping an eye on the birds on the front porch.
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr) yesterday.
Bramble and Clover would like you to know that Hollyhock makes quite a comfy pillow.
No surprise, Mondo’s the first kitten to start following Mimosa around the room. She’s thrilled, as you can imagine.
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Hollyhock climbing the crate, tussling with Clover… later there’ll be some nursing, a little exploring, a nap or six. The girl keeps busy!
I don’t know what Mimosa was saying here, but Hollyhock was listening verrrry intently.
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Kudzu gets lost. Mimosa called Kudzu over to her, allll the way across the room. Then she just left him there (to be fair, she was coming to see if I had any food hidden on me, and stayed for the petting) and he couldn’t figure out how to get back to home base. (The abrupt ending is when I decided I’d just get up and go get him.)
Kudzu’s all “Tryin’ to nap here, lady.”
Good night innernets.
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Previously
2021: Their faces are killing me.
2020: Pile o’ cute.
2019: No entry.
2018: Torvill’s got the crazy eyes.
2017: A few weeks someone asked for a refresher on Emmy.
2016: (4 weeks does not equal one month. No it doesn’t. No it doesn’t. NO IT DOESN’T.)
2015: “Oh, nice view. Look at all that green grass and sunshine. I think I’ll haul all 1700 of these kittens in my belly up to this shelf and look outside for a while.”
2014: No entry.
2013: “You are being a very bad babysitter, lady.”
2012: They are so SHARP, those tiny little teeth!
2011: I think she’s got a moose herd in there.
2010: “Well, goodness me, no,” says Reacher. “I am but an innocent passer-by who prefers not to get involved.”
2009: I weighed the kittens yesterday.
2008: No entry.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.