This is Iris, otherwise known as Kitty. She's been with us the longest. She's made two major moves with us and has even gotten to fly on an airplane. Aaron and I adopted her from a shelter when we still lived in Texas. She's pretty low maintenance and boring. She doesn't go outside often, she doesn't come around guests and she won't acknowledge that our offspring are here to stay. She's stated her position on small children and dogs quite clearly... they're all afraid of her. With the boys she's hissed when cornered and has growled a few times. Now when we send the kids to another room for something and they see her at the end of the hall or sitting on some furniture they'll refuse to go any further. "Kitty's in there!" It's a similar reaction that one would have to a ghost. We recently got a dog (see below) and when the dog was sniffing innocently around our upstairs loft the cat came tearing out from behind the couch and chased him downstairs. The dog and the cat have an understanding now.
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| "Watch you're step tow head." |
Last year I thought it would be fun for the kids to have some fish. So now I have some gold fish to feed and change the water for. If I tell them to they're happy to feed the fish and Ben has found a new job in catching them in the net for a water change. Here we have Bert and Ernie II. The first Ernie lived a long time for a goldfish but unfortunately never had his life documented. He rests in the potted dogwood tree in the backyard....
