Kitten Catastrophe Crew

You guys... I did the dumbest thing a person who is trying to complete things can do.... I adopted kittens.

I'm telling you now- you don't do ANYTHING when you have kittens.  You follow them room from room and admire and laugh at how adorable they are and that is it.

 

For the last week we've had these little fuzzballs (names are close to being finalized... will announce when it's "confirmed permanent") in our space and they are so funny and entertaining to watch that none of us has accomplished much of anything.  We've eaten take out more nights than I care to admit.  Husband and I are going to bed at late hours because it's too much fun to play/cuddle with kittens instead.

 

Kittens are only this tiny/adorable for a very short while- so I guess we're just capitalizing on the time we have.  They have really won us over and we're getting to know their little personalities.

Orangey (his temporary name) is our cuddler.  When he's sleepy, he'll happily curl up on you and snuggle in.  But don't let the adorable face/behavior fool you, he can also be very naughty and he instigates fights with his brother regularly.  The minute this guy came home he was like "I love you people".

Blackie (his temporary name) is our handsome boy- who's all black, except for a tiny white patch under his chine, and fluffy.  He's a little more independant and isn't so much about lap cuddling as he is about cuddling close by.  He's been a little slower to decide to like it here, but those purrs at night aren't fooling anyone now.  He's happy.

We are smitten- and distracted... but in a good way.

That's not to say that some life hasn't occurred here- Halloween involved much craftiness- check out our costumes this year!

It's Lightening McQueen and his pit crew!  (Mom and dad were supposed to be Sally and Mater but Lightening took so much time to make we had to settle for Pit Crew members...)  My mom did a tonne of work to get the shirts looking great and Lightening McQueen was a labour of love.

Thank god some other mom on Pinterest did most of the initial figuring out and I just had to adapt what I had to work with.

We also carved a Jack O Lantern and may or may not have been influenced by our recent trip down south.

Lest you worry that it's all kittens and Halloween costumes around here I did manage to squeeze in some knitting (while the kittens were snoozing) and finished the hat from the bootie set.  Hoping to get the boots done and out of the way too.