Sick Day #2

And cat #2.  It's tough, huh?

This cat

Sometimes I feel bad I have more pictures of Whiskers than Snowy.  Snowy is a loner a lot of the time, prefers to sleep hidden in a closet or hang out upstairs while the rest of the family is downstairs.  But when he chooses to be, he is the sweetest cat.  Case in point--Bryce is home sick today, and Snowy went and found him, all on his own.  Bryce is SO HAPPY to have a buddy and Snowy looks pretty happy, too.

Spooked Snowy

Jason was acting as a horse, giving Bryce a ride around the kitchen floor.  Snowy was fairly sure it was a 2-headed monster.  His hair was standing up from his neck to the tip of his tail, poor cat. ;)

Grumpy Cat

Jason says Whiskers always looks mad.  This is ironic, because he is just about the happiest, most good-natured cat ever.  Nonetheless, sometimes he does look grouchy even though he's quite content.  Case in point...

Snowy's Skills

Since he was a few months old, Snowy has loved foil balls.  He carries them in his mouth like a dog and purposefully knocks them under the shelves so he can retrieve them.  If we get out foil in the kitchen for cooking, he comes running just from the sound.  And we realized a month or two ago that he wants to play fetch!  He will come drop a foil ball next to us on the couch, or in the lego box we are playing with, or recently in the Halloween pumpkin (see the perils of this, below!).  The other night he kept playing, so I finally got it captured on film.  He is pretty smart!

Snowy playing fetch

The hazards of putting the foil ball in the pumpkin

A typical evening

Whiskers being Whiskers, sweetest cat ever.

Snowy all stretched out, looking cute.  He is not remotely snuggly, but he does like to stay near us. :)

My buddy

I had a few minutes to sit down for the first time in a while, and Whiskers graced me with his company.  He takes up a lot more room on the couch than he did last spring when we'd sit together!

His tail isn't as big as Snowy's, but it looks huge here!