Cyn in London: Our Expanding Family...Introducing...

Sulley and Kenny.
Paulster and I decided that our lives (and home) have stabilised enough to add a couple of new members to our family--of the feline variety. We surfed the web and found a cat rescue place that had 2 that we liked the looks of.

We contacted the rescue and they came out for a home visit--to make sure we weren't axe murderers, I guess. Really they were checking things like, do we live too close to a railway line or busy road, or is there a pack of Rottweilers roaming the nearby gardens [yards] that would want to pull our kitties to bits.

We then planned the day of adoption. On a day when the Drama and Blondie were visiting during their mid-term break, we planned for the rescue lady to bring the new members of our family to the local train station. We kept it a secret from the girls and boy were they surprised! (and happy).

We took both of the cats home and started getting them used to each other and to us.
Here's a picture of Sulley.

He's 7 years old and a Persian-cross breed. His former owners are immigrating to Canada and have a new baby, so I guess he was relegated to a lower social standing as a result...He was named Snoopy--but who wants a cat that's named after a dog? Not me. So I chose to name him after the Monsters, Inc. character--James P. Sullivan "Sulley"--the big blue hairy Chief Scarer--voiced by John Goodman.
To me, it seemed like a good transitional name from Snoopy to Sulley--same length and beginning and ending letters/sounds--he seems to be getting used to it.

And here's a picture of Kenny and his proud Dad. He's a 6 month-old kitten and full of energy! He's very lovable and snuggly. His original name was Conker--which I think in the US we call a horse chestnut. He was a stray and a vet in East London took him in for re-homing. They snipped and chipped him and now he's ours!

Paulster named him "Kenny", after Kenny Dalglish, "the greatest footballer to ever play for Liverpool", he says. Click his name to get a bio on Kenny's namesake.

Sulley is getting to where he tolerates Kenny and is friendly with us. I woke up the first morning to sweet kitty kisses from Sulley.

Here's a picture of them the first night, with Sulley looking down from his perch on the window sill while Kenny eats his food. I guess you can always count on the little brother to be annoying!

4 days later, they're sharing another window sill in the guest bedroom. That lasts until Kenny decides he wants to play and bugs Sulley. Which usually results in a nice hiss and swat from big brother.

And here's Kenny tasting a house plant, whilst sitting on top of the TV. Yeah, we'll have to figure out which (if any) of the houseplants are poisonous to the felines and take action accordingly. Sooner rather than later, I'd say!