Places River sleeps

Since there are so many pictures of this (because it's always really cute), I present the series "Places River Sleeps":

 Snuggled up to Sarah at bedtime.

 Nuzzled onto the fluffy red blanket she loves so much.

Burrowed down into the kitty-shaped space between Sarah's knees.

Guard cat....

This is what Simon does when the maintenance guy comes in. Some guard kitty he is!
"...is he gone? I hide here til the scary man goes away..."

Another blast from the past

Jumping off of the last post... I was going through my hard drive and found this photo of the picture that was on the wall at King Street Cats the day we were chosen by our babies.

KSC keeps photos with basic information about all the kitties in the cat room at any given time. Simon and River (AKA Scamp and Midnight) look a bit scared in their cage upon arrival, but Simon is being the protective older brother he always was. :-)

Now that we have them at home, I would definitely classify Simon as a "lap cat". :-)

Blast from the past

A few pictures of our babies from before they were ours! I found this image in the King Street Cats video that summed up 2011 for them.  It includes Simon (then known as Scamp) in the upper right corner:

All the kitties in this photo have been adopted, except for Ernie (the orange tabby).  He and his brother Bert, who is also orange and adorable, are still looking for a home. They're really sweet boys, I remember patting them when we were visiting Simon and River at KSC.

I also found the official "portraits" of Simon and River from the KSC website when they were still at the shelter:

DJ Scratch Cats!

So Sarah found this on the SPCA website... it's a cardboard scratching pad meant to look like a record turntable. There are even fake stickers on it that say things like "RUN DOG" and "I Heart Tuna". And it comes with organic catnip.

We're officially obsessive hippie cat moms. :-)

These pictures just show River, but Simon likes it too. :-)

Late August cuteness

A couple photos from the second half of the month:

Simon sleeps clutching his own paws, as if they might float away!

Chilling on the windowsill, per usual. I love those matching green eyes!!

Simon the lap kitty

Simon is such a lap boy!  He does this most mornings now that I'm not going to class every day.  The moment I plop into the rocking chair to job-search, he sniffs at me until I move my laptop and then jumps up and does this (forgive the sideways iPad-video):

His other favorite time to jump in my lap is... when I'm sitting on the toilet.  There are no pictures of that for obvious reasons (though we might have to stage one just to show how cute it is!)