Vivaldina the Kitty! Emma 6/30/11

Ben and Vivaldina

 A while after getting Pipin our rabbit, we decided it would be fun to have a cat. Taylor especially. She wanted one for her birthday. It just so happened that our neighbors had found a orange cat who they were trying to get rid of because they were moving. Great opportunity for Taylor to get her much wanted birthday present! But Dad didn't like that idea so much. He doesn't like cats at all really. So...nothing. We had pretty much given up all hope of ever getting a cat here. Then one day, we were out running errands, and while Mom was picking something up inside the building, we saw some little boys on a wall with a little ball of fluff. Then the boy holding it, dropped it right in the ditch. Aaaahhhh!!!! I promptly told Taylor to go and yell at them for being so mean. Well the boys started walking off but when they saw Taylor they went back. Taylor asked them in Russian where the kitten was. They brought her over to a spot in the ditch where three adorable tiny kittens were all snuggled up. They told Taylor the mother had died. So Taylor came back to the car to get the boys while I waited for Mom. When Mom did come, she saw the kittens and fell in love to. She called Dad. After notifying her that it was against his better judgement, he told her the conditions. 1. No cat in the house. 2. No letting it go to the bathroom all over....3. The kids were completely responsible for taking care of it. He was not going to offer any advice or take care of it for us. 4. We would have to make sure that Pipin didn't eat it and that when it was big it wouldn't eat Pipin. I told him that he couldn't have the heart to turn them away if he were there. He said sure he could. I said that he would love it when he saw it. He said yeah right and that he would not love it. Well we now have an adorable little girl kitten by the name of Vivaldina Tigra. Tigr is Russian for tiger. You pronounce the i, ee. Love her to death. Dad says he likes her NOW. But when she is older he says he might not like her so much. I don't know. There are some pictures of her. Soooo cute!

Ben holding the kitty on the ride home

Kitty in her box house on the first day