just another morning here

I’m trying not to be a kitten bore, but I decided I would try to add just one photo of Suzie to this post each week, until I get bored or start forgetting! She’s already grown loads, I think – and since she’s decided to eat (after almost four days of not eating when she first arrived!) she’s looking quite chubby really. We’re all absolutely loving having her in the house

First day in our house – 9 weeks old

End of the first week – 10 weeks old

Nearly 11 weeks old – rubbish photo but shows that Suzie has learnt how to get attention in this house! She was printing something very important (luckily there was no paper in the printer at the time!)

12 weeks old – the children adore her but she’s definitely got a mind of her own, and she LOVES being outside … if the door is open she’ll be out there!

And another month has gone by … she’s just over 4 months old now. Desperate to be allowed free reign outside and still racing around the house like a lunatic quite a lot!

Oh, and the children will still pose for a photo if Suzie is in it too

This morning I got up early as I need to finish a few things off at work before the Holiday Club use my classroom, so at 6.30am I was in the shower.

While I was there, Steve came into the bathroom banging on the shower door to tell me some tale about how our primadonna cat was turning her nose up at her kitten food and pawing the empty bowl where a sardine had been the night before (we’d been trying desperately to get her to eat solid food, turned out she was just being picky). He was laughing at the cat. I, meanwhile, just burst out laughing at him.
He would *never* normally volunteer to get up at 6.30am for anything other than a hillclimb. And he always said he didn’t want pets in the house – but I got out of the shower to find said kitten in our bedroom. There was a cup of tea on the side for me, too, so I’m not really complaining, but it is very funny

Suzie is now racing around the upstairs of the house (music room door and lounge door are still firmly shut, mind) and has clearly already learnt how to wrap people (well, Steve) around her little paw.

In one week’s time I will have completed my first year of teaching (woohoo!). As a treat for myself (and everyone else!) for getting through the year relatively unscathed, we are looking forward to bringing home our new kitten, Suzie. We’d started Narnian pet names with the guinea pigs and felt that we really ought to carry on the theme, so ended up choosing between Susan and Lucy, and settled on Suzie as a compromise!

We’re very excited! Actually not sure Steve thinks it’s a treat but the rest of us do. There’s lots of kitten related retail therapy to fit in this week, as well!

I’m so looking forward to the holidays at home with the children and the kitten too

We went across to our friends’ house this afternoon to meet our new kitten! All four of the kittens were super cute, I don’t think I’ve ever held a kitten that young before (they’re 3 weeks old). The children didn’t want to leave!

Timings are going to be perfect; we’re going to bring our kitten home in the first week of my summer holiday. Still not entirely sure if it’s a girl or boy, so name is yet to be decided – current names for the two that we’re choosing between are Tigger and Squizzles, but we’ll see whether we keep those or not!

I had a cuddle too – they really are gorgeous