This morning, Tu was ready to continue the games.  Moo was not so convinced.  She’s a little slow-moving after breakfast.  She normally likes to play about the time I’m ready to go to bed.  They did punk each other back and forth a few times.  It’s great to see them interacting.

They still seem to be figuring each other out.  The definitely have their disagreements, but I’m so thrilled to announce that they are both still trying to reach out to each other.  What good little punks!

I’m on a mission to get this on video now.  I was so overwhelmed by the cuteness that I didn’t grab the camera.

They are able to eat together hiss-free and growl-free most of the time. And usually, Tulip would get a few seconds of lead time to get to her bowl, with Miracle following close behind. Being that Miracle is over-weight, she would finish eating before Tulip. When she finishes, she stands back a couple of feet away and behind Tu, waiting patiently for Tu be satisfied enough and walk away with some crunchers left behind.

Today was the second day with feeding them three times. And to Miracle’s disappointment, Tu has finished every single bit of her crunchers. Miracle is a good sport about it, though. She doesn’t complain but just hopes that she will get more by being the very last one to leave the kitchen, even after Renee and me have gone.

Miracle likes to climb (and climb up on top of) things. She apparently didn’t have any trouble getting up into the crow’s nest. You can view more photos of her kitty tree adventure in the FlickR photo stream to the right. For some reason FlickR puts the photos in reverse order, so you’ll have to start at the bottom and work your way up.

Mama! I found a new basket, but it’s too small.

You can see the rest of these pictures in her FlickR photo stream to the right.

I had heard of Feline Pine before, but only knew of the original version that looks somewhat like pellet rabbit food. Being blind, I wasn’t convinced that Tulip would take to the texture of it. However, I found out recently that they have a scoopable clumping version, so we went out and bought some last night.

I have to say I’m happy with it so far. It smells a lot better since it contains nothing but recycled pine. Every time I smell it, I have visions of summer camp. When it gets wet, you can really smell the pine. The texture is like sawdust, which is exactly what it is. It’s still a little bit dusty, but not nearly as bad as the clay.

Kitty was very curios about the new smell. She got in there and proceeded to kick half the box of sawdust all over the bathroom. Not exactly what I had in mind. It’s extremely light-weight, so I’m hoping she’s just getting used to the fact that it doesn’t take a lot of force to move it around. She was perfectly content to use it. I was a little concerned she might not like it and look to take care of business elsewhere.

It looks like everything is going to work out fine. I’m very happy to find something cheap, clean, recycled, and biodegradable.

Last night I set up the camera and put the package down on the floor. Eve coaxed kitty over to it with her birdie toy. Once she realized the package was there she was smelling it, rubbing her head on it, pawing at it. It was adorable. Then Eve helped her open it up. Tu was running around, jumping in and out of the picture. At one point she was in mid-air. It was hilarious. Her present was a package of Greenies which are kitty treats. Eve took one out and put it on the floor. Kitty grabbed it and ran off with it, stopping to chomp it down in 2 bites.

I was SO thrilled we got all of that on camera. We could hardly wait to watch it. Eve came over and I hit Play on the camera. Only to realize that I had never pressed Record. We missed the entire thing. *siiiiiiiiigh* That’s about right.

I wonder if that ever happens on movie sets?

All ready for a slumber party now.

Finally, I can scratch without getting yelled at!

Look at me way up high!

I have a trapdoor.

We hope everyone else is having as great of a Christmas as we are! Happy Holidays!

As we sat around talking, we pretty much ignored kitty. She stuck her head out from behind the couch to “have a look” at Caprice. Then she came to the other end of the couch to investigate from there. Then she came out an flopped herself on the rug by me, listening in on our conversation. Finally she decided it was safe enough to start showing off for Caprice. She was rolling all around on the rug. Then it was up and over the arm of the couch. Then she was on top of the subwoofer for the surround sound. What a ham! She let Caprice get as close as a touch on the nose. Not quite as much as I had hoped for, but her behavior is interesting. She is certainly opening herself up to people a bit more. One of these days she’s going to make friends with someone. I can hardly wait to see who she chooses.

Must set up video cameras all around the house…