Just a Couple of Cats

Of late, it is not uncommon for Joe to inform us that he is some sort of animal. On Friday night, he was a platypus. He constructed himself a habitat on the chair, but then must have decided he needed more room, because he decamped to the sofa, where he had a mud area (the--brown--pillows), and a river (his Grandma Jane's blue blanket).

Saturday morning, he announced he would be constructing a kitty cat cage, and set off to do it. When it was complete, he asked Julie to play kitty cats while Ted was making pancakes. Joe pointed out all of the cages features to Julie. For example, the gap in the red and yellow blocks in the foreground in the picture just below is where the food "can come in." Now Fans, you might have thought kitty cats ate Fancy Feast, and to be fair, many do. But did you know that kitty cats also eat raspberries? And that, in a pinch, puzzle pieces can serve as raspberries?

Kitty cats do, of course, need some toys to bat about, and a perch on which to snooze. This last was insisted upon by Julie, and that's when Joe told her she could snuggle in under the hippo blanket if she wanted and Fans, that is just what Mama Kitty wanted to do. Joe kindly gathered up the raspberries and tossed them at her. But there is no rest for the wicked. Kitties, as it turns out, have to be up and at 'em! Wouldn't you know it? All of the kitties were sick! They had to put on their coats (blankets--very confusing for the still literal minded Birdie which is why Julie is holding Birdie's actual coat in the picture below) and head off to the doctor's office (sofa--again, Birdie had a look on her face that said, "Um, it's the sofa, Dum Dum? I know what Dr. Harrington's office looks like, and this ain't it.").

There the kitties sat until Dr. Ted dispensed kisses to make all the kitties better in time for pancakes. (Julie was sort of hoping for bed rest as--we think it safe to say--is evident in the picture.)