We have a bit of a menagerie going on down here, as usual. I think there was somewhat of a menagerie last year when we were here, but the mama cat had a litter of 6 kittens two weeks ago, upping the anti substantially. I'm sure once they're bigger, eating more and whinier I won't like them as much, but right now they are just so gosh darn adorable I can stare at them for a long time. Ezra can too. Although of course he is more interested in picking them up than gazing, which can get irksome since they sleep 90% of the day.
Ezra comes up with names for the kittens all the time, and the names he has suggested so far include: Droofy, Pantelones, Cup, Pan, Fork, Sinky, Vensy, Bobsvu, and Bobsy. We have more names than cats currently.
The parrot, Homero Jumprope of course, is up to his same old wiley tricks. He sure likes to nibble on the clothes I hang on the line. I figured out though that if he's gnawing on something that I don't want him to I just give him some peanuts (in the shell) and that satisfies his need to pick his beak.
I mentioned the armadillos, but really I've never even seen them. The story goes that someone was selling one male and one female armadillo, live, and Cristian felt sorry for them because they were tied up and looked scared so he bought them. The sellers intention was to sell them as something tasty to eat, but they were released into the backyard and are currently burrowed down somewhere out there. I'd expect baby armadillos considering the couple, which would be adorable. Although baby kittens and baby armadillos might be a bit much.
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