Alena's dance

Alena is still playing with her Winnie the Pooh birthday card. It plays music when opened--good enough to dance to!

Strolling

When I was cleaning out the basement I saw our rollerblades (which haven't been used in a couple years.) We went to the Cedar Valley trail which is paved, flat, and straight--all of the things I need before I will strap on rollerblades! Dad tuned up the jogging stroller and got the brakes working. On the way to the trail it was raining, but nothing would deter us! It stopped right when we pulled into the parking lot and turned out to be a nice day, though a little cloudy.

Dad pushes Alena while she eats a cookie. She also brought her phone call just in case any important calls came in. Alena always comes prepared. Although she did forget her ducky hat. Dad was nice enough to share his red hat.

Mom passes Dad and Alena at the finish line, then turns around to gloat. Let's see you guys make fun of my pants now!

The end of the ride.

Alena and the kitties

Alena still really loves the kitties--and they are pretty tolerant of her. Ruby loves to jump in the bathtub after someone takes a shower so she can sit in the puddles. She also likes to help Alena take her bath.

They can't wait for the water to turn on.

Alena gives Jones a good ear scratching--and he allows it!

I love you, Jones!

Ending the nap strike

Alena has decided that taking naps means missing out on too much fun. She is therefor being difficult when it comes to naps.

Jones stops harassing Ruby long enough for a nice nap.

Alena finally falls asleep after a long day of refusing to nap. This was at 5pm. I took her out and put her in bed. She slept until 6:30 the next morning.

One more of the little flower

I couldn't resist a couple of more pictures of Alena in her flower costume. The following two were taken on halloween night. She was actually much happier wearing the costume the second time around (not that you can see that from these photos!)

Ruby

Silly Aunt Kristina--Alena isn't a kitty!

Jones and Alena looking at birds

Make yourself at home, Ruby!

Alena and the cats

We are now a two cat household. When I was picking up Jones last week, I found a kitten that seemed so sweet, I had to have her! She is a calico and her name is Ruby. When I brought her home, Alena was so excited. I think she thinks every time I come home now I am going to be bringing her a new kitty. Not so! This is the last one for awhile.

Ruby is very confident. As soon as she came out of the carrier she started playing and acting like she owned the place. Jones was immediatley smitten and kept making little meows and following her around the house. I told him to play a little hard to get, but Jones is a lover, not a player! After a while they were chasing each other up and down the stairs (with minimal hissing.) Later, Jones took a nap on my lap and Ruby took one on Ben's.

I will post pictures of Ruby soon. Here is a video of Alena trying to play with Jones. Sometimes it works out better than others. She has a tendency to smack him with the stick so he has to be a little cautious.