The Big Thing here: Ayla has been here for a week, and she has had some exciting times already. She spent the first few days in her own room getting used to sounds and smells. When she first came out, Skeeter and LC hissed at her a bit (and she bravely - if foolishly - hissed back). She didn't get whapped for that, cause Skeeter and LC are kind of easygoing (OK, maybe LC is a bit more less-easygoing than Skeeter). Mostly they just tried to avoid Ayla.
Easier said than done, though. Ayla can come tearing around any corner at any time. Skeeter touched noses with her first, but LC has also now. There was even some cheek-rubbing and butt-sniffing today at breakfast (I am encouraging Ayla to come out to the kitchen for her food now).
But Ayla has had a pretty exciting few days with new stuff, so I am presenting her first Thursday Thirteen as told to me by her when she was sittin up on my shoulder purring her heart out!
1. I got up on the big soft chair. I could smell LC all on it, so I sat there sniffin her scent and rubbing on those spots. I only ever knew my kitty-momma before, so this is all different-smelling!
2. I sat right where LC does. That should show her that I respect her good taste in places to sit.
3. I found a hidey-place that Skeeter and LC don't use. There was no scent of them on the soft towel that was on the bottom of it, anyway. It was in my special room before, but I didn't sit in it then.
4. Much better place to sit when it is in the active rooms. I like watchin Skeeter and LC walking past. They stop and sniff, but they don't complain bout me being in it.
5. The Big Thing found all the toys I had stashed under the bed. Now I got to find them all and collect them again. They're for playing with at night quietly when everyone else is asleep.
6. The Big Thing brought out a new "old" toy from when LC was a kitten. I've been chasin rattly balls around the house, but this one stays in place and doesn't get lost!
7. I pawed the moving ball a lot! It was fun cause it kept changing directions.
8. How does this work? It stopped moving!
9. Apparently, The Big Thing makes it move at first. Please make it move again...
10. LC knows how to make it move! She knocked it all around. She said "that's how it's done. You move it yourself".
11. Skeeter thought LC was taking it from me, and told her to leave me play with it. Skeeter is very protective, but I don't think LC meant any harm. She was just showing me how it worked. So I made sure to touch noses with her afterward and purred at her. And Skeeter. I want them both to be my friends.
12. Oops, I stood up suddenly in the middle of having my picture taken on the easy chair. My mistake. The Big Thing says I should learn to stay still when the camera is aimed at me. That way I get good pictures of me to show!
13. I run around a lot. It makes Skeeter nervous, so he hopped up on a chair to watch me. I can't help it. I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't run around a lot.
.
