Does He Think He Rules the House?

This is my napkin basket on the table. It's not like he even fits well. But, this is where I found Rex the other day when I walked back in the house from the yard. I wonder what he does when we're not home?

A bit of this and that...

Summer is right around the corner. Time to pull out the cotton. In the past, I've knit quit a collection of dishcloths at the park. These seem to be the perfect take-along project for summer knitting while the kids play. These 2 I knit awhile back...and they were in my stash of knit dishcloths. On Monday, they cried out to be mailed off to a friend. They're in an envelope...on their way to...

...you'll just have to wait and see.

Rex has been trying to spend more time outside. Sometimes he's good and will just lay in a patch of sun. They other day he took off for a bit. I hate when he does that since he doesn't have claws. I don't want to see him get in a fight with a squirrel. He did come back home though, and we found him trying to open the screen door with his paw. Silly kitty. Rex wants more blog time...I might just decide to join Whiskers on Wednesday. At least for now...I've got a kitty on a Wednesday post.

Rex doesn't want me on the computer...

...my lap is for him.

A gift from Rex...

He must have gotten out when we were leaving for the library the other day. This really upsets the kids since they know we signed the paperwork to keep him inside (he was declawed before we got him from the Rescue). Anyways, several hours later my mom was over and I was cooking dinner after the library and a playdate...and she screamed when she saw Rex wanting to come in the sliding glass door with a tail hanging from his mouth. Can you see it here?

He really didn't want to leave the tail outside, but I convinced him to let me throuw it over the fence. Poor lizard. We're not sure if he only caught the tail...or if he actually ate his prey and then brought us the souvineer. Aren't cat's wonderful.

Kitty Kitty

The kids think Rex needs a friend, so there's usually a stuffed kitty that join Rex where ever he is. Wonder what they're looking at?

Can you see the birds now?

What's his name?

We've tried so many names. The kids liked Bebo for awhile (after a CD in our playlist), we tried Rusteez (from Cars), and then Harvey, but none of them stuck.

Sometime in the last few weeks though, we've decided on Rex. Like in T-Rex. Not sure why, but it works. We still call him Kitters, Kitty, and whatever, but if someone asks...now we have a name.

Rex has some strange behaviors. I grew up with 2 cats, so I know they can be strangely finicky, but he seems to take the cake. Rex likes to drink from the shower. He'll go to the master bathroom and meow until I turn on the shower...just enough to wet the floor, then he'll go in and drink. He's horrible at climbing onto the counters and trying to drink from our cups. He's even tasted my coffee. He's broken 2 glasses too. I think he's worse than the kids.

Over Thanksgiving we discovered that he LOVES whipped cream. Now, I know this isn't good for him, so I'm not feeding this to him regularly, but someone in his past must have. He comes running when ever he hears that squirt can of whipped cream. And today, he ate refried beans from one of the kids burritos. I didn't know cat's would do that!

We're still enjoying this furball. My only worry is that the kids love him too much. He doesn't have many hiding places in our house. And just in this week, the kids 'pretended' to give him a bath, but they really put him in the tub. He also climbed into the cupboard space of our kid kitchen...so the kids locked him in there. Poor thing. I hope our love makes up for the abuse. I'm doing my best to look out for him.