Cat Bento

Otherwise known as I was diagnosed with strep throat today and had a temperature of 100.9 after motrin and antibiotics and cats sounded "doable" when everything else felt like too much work. But hey, I tried and lilith LOVES cats so I'm hoping she'll get a kick out of it even if I didn't put too much time into todays bento... Hello kitty PB&J, pea pod crackers, mixed nuts, sliced bananas, peapods, apple sauce, cheese kitties, and chocolate covered berries
Lilith had a negative strep test thank goodness!

I bet the cats are grateful that we have Lilith!

She is the one that has to wear all of the silly hats now instead of them! Just look at Sootys expression. You can almost hear him thinking, "oh, I hope I'm not next!"

Sooty was jealous of Baby kitty's cool bed

It's rare but Sooty and Sandy really do show that they love each other

Lilith gets presents in the mail from New Mexico

Lilith woke from her nap to find a box from New Mexico. As you can see from the photos above, she liked the plane it contained very much. I think this is partially because it is pink (she is MY daughter after all). Last Saturday while I was testing(for 4 hours!), Will took her to a park near the testing site that has a little lake in it. Will said a little girl was having her birthday party there that day and Lilith ran up to the present table yelling, "presents! presents!". Of course it is very hard to explain to a just barely two year old that not all presents are for her. The morning after her birthday the first thing she said when she woke up was, "presents". Then she ran out of her room to the living room to see if more presents had appeared overnight on the coffee table that I had set up with presents the night before. It was cute and a little disturbing at the same time. She likes the whole present thing a lot. I have already started planning her Christmas. I have to as so many companies won't ship to Alaska, it takes research to find ones that do. I am getting her a big girl bed (she has been in a toddler bed since we arrived in Alaska)but of course it isn't just ANY big big girl bed, more on that later. I tried to order her some play food from Amazon but the company won't ship to Alaska! Yes, a 6 piece play food set and they won't ship here. Now beds and huge play kitchens I understand but fake food? See why it takes some planning.

Family nap time

I caught Sandy in mid yawn. Sooty was on the bed looking at me wondering why I wasn't sleeping with Lilith and him. He is my baby kitty so he usually naps on the bed with us everyday. E.D. sleeps in her pink house. Poor Sandy is such a clutz and so heavy, he usually ends up sleeping on the floor.

Lilith and Sooty enjoy watching the birds in the backyard

sooty and sandy like halloween also

Driving to Alaska