July 22nd, 2024

I think maybe it's time for a kittyboy update, eh?  It's been a little bit.  

Obviously, they've grown a lot since I last posted their pictures.  That's Brysco on the left and Wyatt on the right. I know, I know, they look a lot alike.  But much like people with human Twins in the family, eventually you see more and more differences between them and most (not all) of the time, we know which is which.

They are very playful which is so fun.  And while they play together and sometimes on their own, what they mostly prefer, is to play with us! That is, interactive play.  Whether it's dangling a beguiling feather on a string or something as ordinary as making the bed, or anything in between, that is their ideal playtime.  And most of the time, we are happy to oblige.

Once again, much like human children, they sometimes get a little bored with their toys and they long for a new challenge, something new to learn,  anything a little different.  Usually I accomplish that by not having all of their toys out at once.  I choose one to "hide" in the utility room for a few weeks and when I take it out again, they are delighted all over again.  Or sometimes, I come up with an idea of something I can make for them.  The "find it" box is a great example.

I had a good sized shoe box, put some of their favourite small toys inside, taped it shut and cut some holes in the top.  They were overjoyed with this toy and beat the crap out of it.  So much so that when we got a slightly bigger box, I recycled the first totally destroyed box, and created a new one.  This time with holes cut in the top AND the sides.  Oh my goodness, this was an instant hit!  Of course, I've had plenty of other ideas that were not so popular.  Oh well, Live and Learn.

With this in mind, a few weeks ago while we were grocery shopping, I happened to spy in one aisle, something totally unrelated to anything else in that aisle (which is why it caught my eye) It was a package of 5 or 6 spiderman themed superballs.  Not huge ones and not so small that they could accidentally be eaten, so in other words, a perfect size. Each one was a different colour with a different picture of Spidey on it.  I threw it in the cart. Why not, maybe they would enjoy it. If not, it was relatively inexpensive.

As soon as we got home and groceries were put away, we opened the package and tossed one of the superballs.  They went mad for it!  Chased it all over the house, watched it bounce and ricocchet all over the place!  Wow!  Who knew?  Superballs were the perfect kitty toy.

Within a few days, we managed to lose all but one superball.  What?  It's a small house.  There are a limited number of places these toys could be. And yet all that remained was one lone yellow superball.  The kitties were sad and I was concerned.  What happens when the final one gets lost?  I guarded it like it was gold.  When I threw the ball and the boys loped after it, I chased it too and snatched it up before they could get their paws on it and bat it into some blackhole that apparently exists here.  Not much fun for them!

I proposed that, the next time we grocery shop, we buy another package of superballs just to have a few more and that I would go on the search with flashlight and long handled grabby thing to at least attempt to find the other ones.

In the meantime, Tim went on line and bought two bags  (for less that the cost of the original first package) of superballs.   It arrived on Sunday!  With great excitement I opened the bags and just dumped them on the floor.  Kitty Excitement Pandemonium ensued!  Oh  My Gosh, we laughed so hard.  And we all played until we were all exhausted.

So obviously I needed to find a container to corral these babies so there would be no slipping and falling on them in the dark of night!  I rummaged around in the pantry and came up with a perfect container:  (sometimes I save things and I don't know why I save them but I always know that eventually the opportunity will present itself)

Taadaa!  And for those of you will really sharp eyes you will see that this originally was a very large M&M container.  And if you truly know me, you will not be surprised by that.  

I don't put the lid on of course, so if they want to play with the superballs on their own, they can fish them out (and they do) but at least when I get around to picking them up (a zillion or so times a day -which has become part of my new exercise program), they are all in the same place and I don't have to hunt them up at playtime.

Oh yes, I have already gone on the hunt for them armed with, once again, flashlight and long handled grabber thingie, but that was my own fault. When I enthusiastically, but not wisely, opened and dumped the bags when they arrived they went EveryWhere!  Everywhere!    The bonus of that was that I found two more of the original Spiderman superballs which is odd because I had already searched everywhere several times.  Back to the blackhole theroy.

Anyway, that the latest on the kittyboys.  They are a little older, a little bigger, but still sweet and fun and playful and they bring us so much joy.  And apparently Superballs.  Lots and Lots of Superballs ;)

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