Cat on a Leash

Avery came to visit this afternoon, intent on seeing the new kittens~ so intent that he had absolutely no interest in his new little fiddle! No matter, there will be plenty of time to play music together :) Since the kittens were HIS focus, it became ours too!

This is one of the favorite lounging spots. For actual sleeping and napping, the kittens choose to be under the bed or up underneath the living room chairs where they're well hidden.
The photo above gives some scale to how tiny Jeff and Libby really are (yeah, we've already got them nick-named)... They are quite comfortable around the instruments, and people. On Friday, we had band practice, and Sandy brought her dogs Barley and Beezie... the kittens were totally at ease with being sniffed and followed by canines.
We showed Avery how to shake the cat string so the kittens would engage and play with him. He did a good job shaking the string, but also thought the kittens should be able to "play" with a specific piece of the string. The kittens were not quite as cooperative as A would have liked :) They're definitely on their own program!
Jen loved the new kittens too :)

The kittens have been at ease with dogs and people, but were not quite as gregarious with Avery. This seemed strange until I realized they'd grown up with two little girls in the house who were probably running around chasing them and picking them up... and they might have formed an opinion about that! It was still fun to watch them running around, and having Avery pat them and say in his little I'm-so-amazed-voice "They so soft!".

Cat on a Leash comes from the Portland Collection.