Less than Twelve Parsecs

Q: What's a recipe for endless fun? A: Cute kids and Kittens! That's what we found out this Sunday, visiting our good friends' home. They had adopted two sweet little cats Joey and Pacey (named after the youngsters in Dawson's Creek ). You'll have to guess which is which, both Greg and I got it wrong the first time. Here are some of the sweet moments: Sleepy child wakes up to kitten footsteps. She agrees to calmly go on Mommy's lap on the floor to observe. Unbeknownst to her, another creature also calmly goes on Mommy's lap on the floor to observe. The second lap guest gets 'spotted' (pun intended!) and we hear a squeal of joy.  Kitten starts prowling about. I love the framing of this photo, it lets you feel the scale of things. This is a mini-leopard, hand-sized. If you have small hands.  Kitten expertly decides this Ottoman-to-Windowsill jump is totally doable. It's not.  Other kitten takes brave action in respo

We made it past the very first month and a half with two kids! Time to hand out the awards, in order of merit - but really, it was a very close call! Feel free to jump to the category you'd like: The "Big Sister" Award The "Turn the Hardest Month into the Fun Month!" Award The "Least Effort, Best Results" Award The "Best Duo" Award   The "Big Sister Award" goes to Mara,  for taking in stride all the changes to our family by doing what she does best: Cause havoc in the postpartum hospital room, to entertain everyone. Come happily to take Mommy and Daddy home from the hospital. Baby Gaius too, if we really must, she conceded after some deliberation - he is cute, we'll keep him! Interact with baby Gaius on early mornings, when both parents just want to lie down. Or just ignore him and play around, it's not like he's going anywhere.   The "Turn the Hardest Month into t