29 August, 2007
24 August, 2007
Larry's notes on life with Bernie
1. Always let him wear himself out with a toy if that's what he wants to do.
2. Teach him that there is more fun to playing than just grabbing a toy and chewing it. Last night he learned to WAIT and WATCH and then CATCH the TOY as it goes by.
3. In general, I WATCH HIM while he plays and I hold my toy. If I don't hold my toy, he takes it. Mommy and I play later or as he gets tired.
4. He does get tired.
5. I really love him, but I miss Henry so much.
6. He's very sweet and he just wants love. He's pretty easy to love. I love to watch him play, eat and sleep. He's so cute. And he always wants to be with me. Always.
7. He's fun to run with. He's a great snooping partner, too. We spent an hour snooping on a couple of aunts on the windowsill and decided they were fun to watch and we'd just keep doing it till dinner.
8. He needs a lot of love. We want to give it to him.
9. He's getting fat.
2. Teach him that there is more fun to playing than just grabbing a toy and chewing it. Last night he learned to WAIT and WATCH and then CATCH the TOY as it goes by.
3. In general, I WATCH HIM while he plays and I hold my toy. If I don't hold my toy, he takes it. Mommy and I play later or as he gets tired.
4. He does get tired.
5. I really love him, but I miss Henry so much.
6. He's very sweet and he just wants love. He's pretty easy to love. I love to watch him play, eat and sleep. He's so cute. And he always wants to be with me. Always.
7. He's fun to run with. He's a great snooping partner, too. We spent an hour snooping on a couple of aunts on the windowsill and decided they were fun to watch and we'd just keep doing it till dinner.
8. He needs a lot of love. We want to give it to him.
9. He's getting fat.
22 August, 2007
The family that acts together
Well, folks, I wouldn't have believed it had I not seen it...
At about 5:45, Bernie and Larry staged a fight to wake me up.
I was starting to wake up and I caught the two walking quietly out of the corner of my eye toward my bed. I was really sick so I had managed to get them to stop fighting over who would stay in bed with me by simply banishing all the healthy from my presence.
The two looked at each other. Larry took a step back. Bernie nodded. Larry made his usual, "Ack" = you've pissed me off noise, Bernie made his usual "Mrrreeoww"= I'm just a kitten who's going to sneak attack you in a minute. I woke up.
They got quiet WAY too quickly.
I looked at the clock. Indeed. 5:50. Close enough to 6:00am breakfast time.
I went to get their plates.
They followed me, POLITELY and IN TANDEM.
Oh yeah, they were just fighting...
Well, they get points for cleverness. Henry used to just paw my mouth or cuddle me, which Larry has done recently as well. Henry never needed to be clever because there were no games going on between him and me or anyone.
Directness takes time, however.
God, I miss you, Henry. So does Larry. So does Bernie. He can't find the ball after he kicks it so he can't practice for soccer by himself. And you know Larry can't. I practice with him and he is learning to kick the ball BACK TO ME and about TURNS and I know you are secretly helping him because he's not completely getting it with me. Keep working with him on your visits from cat heaven, man. And I am trying to remember how much Larry was like this when he was little like you said I should...
At about 5:45, Bernie and Larry staged a fight to wake me up.
I was starting to wake up and I caught the two walking quietly out of the corner of my eye toward my bed. I was really sick so I had managed to get them to stop fighting over who would stay in bed with me by simply banishing all the healthy from my presence.
The two looked at each other. Larry took a step back. Bernie nodded. Larry made his usual, "Ack" = you've pissed me off noise, Bernie made his usual "Mrrreeoww"= I'm just a kitten who's going to sneak attack you in a minute. I woke up.
They got quiet WAY too quickly.
I looked at the clock. Indeed. 5:50. Close enough to 6:00am breakfast time.
I went to get their plates.
They followed me, POLITELY and IN TANDEM.
Oh yeah, they were just fighting...
Well, they get points for cleverness. Henry used to just paw my mouth or cuddle me, which Larry has done recently as well. Henry never needed to be clever because there were no games going on between him and me or anyone.
Directness takes time, however.
God, I miss you, Henry. So does Larry. So does Bernie. He can't find the ball after he kicks it so he can't practice for soccer by himself. And you know Larry can't. I practice with him and he is learning to kick the ball BACK TO ME and about TURNS and I know you are secretly helping him because he's not completely getting it with me. Keep working with him on your visits from cat heaven, man. And I am trying to remember how much Larry was like this when he was little like you said I should...
19 August, 2007
Meet cousin Bernie
Well, we heard the awful news about Henry and the family over on the other side of the borough sent me with my suitcases to bring condolences and, um, they said, "a cheerful distraction" to the Kay household. I was roaming around for a while until this nice Veterninary technician found me and thankfully she just happened to be Henry's old technician! So, she cleaned me up (I did a LOT of roaming...I'm only 8 months old so I can't read) had me "fixed" (all I know is when I clean up things don't look the same) took all sorts of care of me then called up Henry and Larry's mommy and she came and got me. I'm moving in with them! What do you know? That's good because we don't have a roof over our heads on our side of town, just the suitcases, which I lost while roaming.
Larry is a great cousin and I want to be exactly like him--but I don't want to take all of his things--well maybe this blanket and that toy...he lets me have a lot of stuff and he never does more than swipe the air around me and mildly hiss at me. We spend a lot of time playing together and he sat with me on the big windowsill in the kitchen for hours yesterday talking to me about Henry. He misses him so much but he says I am very much of a distraction. In fact, he called me a "tornado" -- "in a good way" he said.
My new mommy says I'm a "little wizard" and also a "trickster". She likes to pet me and Larry at the same time to teach us not to be jealous of each other.
By the way, I'm named Bernie after the great actor Tony Curtis -- who was born Bernie Schwartz.
I'm home!
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