Ollie and Tilly

Because this summer wasn't crazy enough, we got a kitten! Yup, we are the crazy people with 3 cats.

Matildo James came to us via Real Life Farm, where Leah took him home 2 weekends in a row as part of their animal check out program. At the farm, he was named Eevvee (yup, that's how they spelled it) even though he is a boy. Every time he came home with us, he was such a perfect house guest. He never had any accidents and loved playing with Ollie. His and Ollie's favorite game to play is where Ollie moves him all around by carrying him in his mouth. Ollie is still such a pup, and the cats are old and want nothing to do with him, unless they are stealing his food. There's no ill will, but they mostly just ignore him.  

After the second long weekend with "Eevvee" we asked the farm if there was an adoption list. We started the list, and 3 hours after getting home from Maui, we picked up "Eevvee" and immediately changed his name to Matildo James. Juliet was been saying that she wants "her own pet" like Leah has, with Ollie (even though Ollie is obviously a family pet), for a long time. She's always said she's getting a little white dog named Matilda Jane on her 6th birthday. Instead, near her 5.2 birthday, she got a black and white kitten named Matildo James. When he is being extra fancy, we call him Tilly. 

Matildo James loves to play. He is constant motion. He loves to attack Brain and Annie. Brain is often annoyed, but plays with him, and now seems more playful, in general, than he has in years. I was nervous about bringing Tilly home because Brain has lost fur and seemed much older over the past year or so. However, since we got Matildo, most of his hair has grown back and he seems less elderly and frail. I know this amount of pets is a little crazy, and I've cursed my decision a lot as I've vacuumed morning AND night almost every day that we've been home this summer (the amount of fur these animals shed as they play is insane), but I honestly believe Tilly was made for our family. 

Now our pet family is complete for a LONG time. I've already told Leah and Juliet that NO kittens can come home from the farm next summer. But, I'm glad that they get to experience growing up with a kitten. He has almost as much energy as they do!