Kitties!

I have two thoroughly adorable kittens exploring my feet :-)

They are the two that I posted links to yesterday - I managed to get there early enough today to secure them and the shelter let me take them home with me straight away. They are gorgeous and curious and playful.

I am a happy Sel.

Currently they're still being called June and Julie (rather than Jewly) and we are in two minds over changing their names. I'm not sure that I want two 'J' cats but we're struggling with other names.

June is quite vocal, with a little reedy chirp that she seems to indicate "Ohh, cool new thing!". She also just meouwed (v. quietly) because I wasn't paying enough attention to her.

Julie is the more adventurous of the two, venturing the furthest and climbing into the bath when she found the bathroom. She also plays catch-the-tail. Julie purrs if you stroke her paws.

It will be thinking caps on this weekend so that I've fixed on names by the time they see the vet next week for the check-over. I'm sure there will be a few photos in the offing (as soon as I can catch them in one place for long enough!).

Meet Kate and Annie

Over lunch, Mum and I discussed names for the kittens and we've come up with ones that we're both happy with.

June, the little short-hair, is now called Kate. The foster mum thought she looked like a Katherine. We couldn't call her that for various reasons, but we decided that Kate worked for her. It was pretty and dignified, which suited her perfectly. It turns out that she's not quite so dignified as she appeared - she goes crazy for a little raccoon on elastic and can play with a bit of dangled ribbon for ages.

Kate still works for her, though :-)

Jewly has been renamed Annie. She's a bit of a tom boy and very curious and she reminds us of Anne of Green Gables.

After a busy afternoon they're both have a nap somewhere - probably under my chair! They seem to like sleeping under the recliners. I can tell that I'll need to be careful every time I stand up from now on.

You can see photos on Flickr of both of them. Try not to fall in love, I dare you!