striped green afghan

Here is my latest project before heading to the washer. It's about 40"x47", and since everyone keeps asking me about time- this took 30 hours. Chewbacca has been very helpful on this afghan, so he's going to be sad to see it go out in the mail.

Naptime

He really likes packing paper

I like the one where Chewbacca helps me take the photo...

iHelp Origami

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The very picture of modesty

I was shocked and dismayed to realize that we've not posted kitten photos in almost two years, so here is Chewbacca demonstrating how flexible he can be.

iHelp™ towel service

Are you tired of getting out of the shower and grabbing a cold towel? Well those days are over thanks to the iHelp™ towel service. Just place your towel on the shelf, and it'll be warmed by a kitten in no time at all!
This Chewbacca model prefers to warm towels that belong to Banik and have been placed on the top bathroom shelf. Just look at him hard at work.

Just don't expect to use the towel ever again.

and now, some kittens

Shade vs. smoked turkey leg

Shade loves food, particularly meat and cheese. Chewbacca is a tad more picky (see lack of enthusiasm in photo below).
Sometimes Shade is a little unsure of strange new things, but we weren't really surprised when he decided that he wanted to eat Banik's turkey leg.

Yes, he did get to eat some of it.

Chewbacca will do Anything to look out a window

visiting home, part 2

Banik's parents gave us a blanket while we were down there, and when we got home we put it on the back of the couch and returned to unpacking. While we were busy the blanket was immediately claimed by our resident bedding monsters, and they've been sleeping there a large portion of the time ever since.

Chewbacca is most easily photographed when asleep

employment causes abandonment issues

Banik has been a stay-at-home dad ever since we got the kittens. Sure we do stuff on weekends or evenings, and he had evening classes for a while- but he was always home all day.
But he's been gone all day. And now all they're doing is watching the window and running around looking for him.

They're probably blaming me for this. When he's not here and I come home without him, the cats act like I forgot him some place. Apparently I'm careless with their human.

this is what my mom wanted for Mother's Day

and obligatory cat pictures

Shade likes places that are warm and has taken to lying under the radiator in the bathroom. Someone (not me) put an old pair of lounge pants down there so he would also be insulated from the cold, cold tile.

And a rare macro of Chewbacca, who is like some sort of ninja at avoiding the camera sometimes. He can be completely asleep, but if you get out the camera he becomes a blur...

yes, they know they're cute

The Black Hole of Jingly Balls

Every jingly ball we gave to the cats would disappear. We thought maybe Chew had a stash, but then he would run around looking for them. Shade isn't hiding them out of spite because he's too busy stealing all my damn mulch. We'd occasionally look under furniture for them, but it was no use. It was like they were just gone.

Today I spent hours cleaning and systematically looking for the damn things. I mean, where can you hide a dozen jingling balls? They aren't exactly subtle. Especially at 3 am.

Now, after Banik getting home and us having dinner on the couch, the last place we cleaned was under the couch. So appearently that happens to be the only place where Chewie can't get in to retrieve the jingly balls. >.<

Can you find all 12?!
As an added bonus, we also found the pieces that Chewie has been breaking off of the miniblinds. He makes life... interesting.

Boxaholism is a sad, sad thing.

Role Models

Chewie's two favourite shows are Jeopardy and Dirty Jobs. You would expect something from FoodNetwork to be in there, but he hates associating food with work.

Up Close with Chewbacca

"You're a very handsome cat, Chewbacca."
"You're bothering me. Rub my tummy or go away."

Bathtime!

Before: "We love you So Much!"

After: "Get away from me. I'm busy."

And the next day when they were exploring the dryer the irony was almost too much to bear: