More Cat Tales

I (sometimes) envy my cats. They are masters in the art of relaxation and creatures of contentment.

Take for instance, my Pozzy would sit hours on end on a window sill enjoying the sunlight through the smoked glass. I would often wonder what she's thinking of whenever she isolates herself that way. I look at her and instantly see that sense of contentment and peace in her face. She sits there with her eyes half closed, softly purring away. But aside from this, she has another way of expressing contentment. And each time she does it, she makes it difficult for me to resist the temptation of approaching her for a kiss on the forehead or rubbing her soft belly. How can I resist? She's sooo cute and adorable! I'm almost certain that if you we're in my place, you wont be able to resist Pozzy's charm. I highly doubt it.

And this is Boe's idea of relaxation

& contentment:snuggling next to me.

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I bought a bigger Cat Track for my babies. This one has a scratching pad and the ball is exposed. I like the fact that it was built to really entice my cats to play. In fact I see both Pozzy and Boe frequently playing with it.

I get loads of fun watching Pozzy deeply engrossed in playing with it. She'd crawl inside the play tunnel and pretend to hunt down the white ball as her prey. She would reach out for the white ball, trying desperately to scoop it out and when she gets frustrated, she'd push it hard enough so that the white ball would to go round the track in a rather speedy fashion.

Boe on the otherhand absolutely loves the scratching pad and uses it to stretch out whenever she wakes up from her naps. Boe even found another way to enjoy this remarkable toy (and thinking outside the box so to speak) by making it her day bed!

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Now look who's (stealing?) eating Pozzy's food?

And sleeping on my leather chair...

The Play Tunnel

I drove to Ikea last weekend to get my dahling kitties the Ikea child tent I saw online. I told myself that would be perfect whenever Boe and Pozzy want to assert their feline privacy. Cat's love to hide themselves and take naps. But unfortunately, the red and blue tent that I wanted was out of stock. The creative side of me decided to choose the Ikea PS Fangst instead. It was designed in such a way that children can can use it to climb and stuff their toys inside. With this design, kids can practice hitting targets making tidying-up and sorting more fun.Trying to hit targets helps develop a child's ability to estimate distances and coordinate movements. I was suddenly struck with an idea how to transform this item into a fun toy for my babies. I bought 2 and chose the orange and yellowgreen.

I realized that the brightly colored polyester mesh was an even better choice than the tent I initially wanted considering its tunnel-like design. It was easy to see what's inside through the net so I can watch my babies when they play inside or whenever they choose to take catnaps inside. As soon as I got home, I immediately assembled the whole thing, attaching one end of the loop to another and hanging small toys inside so that they can play with it when they crawl in. I should have bought 4 so that the tunnel would reach the bedroom. Oh well. Will do that next weekend. As it is, it looks great and my babies loveee it. The pictures below show just that.

Pozzy comfortably seated inside the tunnel watching me

Hmm, maybe I should go out from this hole

Boe enjoying the green end of the tunnel.

Now I can have some peace and quiet