About a week after we got Blue, we came home from grocery shopping one night and Doc had something or someone pegged outside our garage. After cautiously checking to see what it was, we found somebody had blessed our family with 5 little kittens. If you know us, you know how well we like cats. We like them about as much as we like strep throat or a nail in the eye. We are absolutely not cat lovers so we were not so excited to have 5 running around our yard. The boys on the other hand were very excited, especially Tad. He loves all animals. Blue was very excited too that she finally had something about the same size as her that didn't get grumpy at her when she tried to play. Her and this one certain cat in the picture became best friends. They are always together. We thought she was trying to kill it one day when we saw her dragging it across the grass on its back by its head. We yelled at her to let it go and she did but the cat didn't run away, it just sat there waiting for her to drag it around the yard some more which she did and still does. We thought the cats would be coyote food within the first week but no we still have all 5! We are hoping they at least hold their own and keep the mice away.
I have LOVED watching this boy grow and learn! It hasn't been the easiest for him. He has a really hard time tuning everything out so he can focus and he gets distracted very easily. I have never ever discouraged his creativity, it makes him who he is and he comes up with some of the coolest things! It has been hard for him in school though to not turn whatever object he is given into a rocket ship or an airplane or build a log cabin that is being taken over by crayola Indians. ha ha He is progressing and learning though and is an excellent reader. He is doing great in math and he loves to learn, and I love watching him learn, especially when he taps his fingers on his nose to add however many fingers he is holding up together when doing math.
