It's that time of year....

 

Happy Holidays and let us all hope it is a happy New Year!!!

They say it's your birthday!

 Hey, this is Lupo here!!  Guess what tomorrow is?  My Mamma says it's the Equal Knocks.  I'm not sure what that means.   But it IS my birthday!!!  I'm three years old!!

Maybe you are wondering why my name is Lupo.  It means "wolf" in Italian.  It's because Mamma thought I looked like a wearable wolf.  But she didn't know how to say that in Italian so she just settled for Lupo.  I don't mind.  I like it!!  I'm a little guy, but "lupo" makes me sound big and strong!

I was a lucky kitten to find this place.  It started with Harry.  I liked Harry.  He was a dog, a very sweet and nice dog and I would walk around with him, even if the human got flustered.  Sometimes I even climbed on Harry.  

Pretty soon, I found the cortile and food and Mamma.  Then one day, Mamma opened the door, so I walked in!  There were toys!  And scratchy posts!  And there was another cat who was friendly to me (that turned out to be Calzini!)  

I got my ears cleaned up, and my fur cleaned up and I had to see the dogtor....but pretty soon, I was just one of the gang!  

I got healthier and my fur got shiny and almost black (it's really a very dark chocolatey brown.) 

Mamma says I have a Siameeses in me.  I don't know what that means either.  All I know is, I spend the morning in her lap, making lots of biscuits and sucking on her finger.  Sometimes I do that at night too, but not as much as I used to.  Does that mean I'm growing up?  

Oh, and one day Notte came along.  She was a little baby and she would hang around me ALL the time!  She still does and she's not a baby anymore!

I can't wait to see if I get a special treat tomorrow!

These boots are made for walkin'

 Hi!  I'm Calzini!  I'm also known as Calze and Zini!!!  Do you know what "calzini" means?  Socks!!!!  Yep, that's it!  Socks.  It's because I have 4 white paws.  I also have a very handsome white chest.  The rest of me is gray, like my Dad cat, who is also very handsome.  

I followed Scruff here. to where I live now, with my kitty and hooman family.  I always looked up to Scruff.....so, here I am!  And besides, they gave me tuna, and I LOVED it!!!  I didn't even mind that I was caught in a cage!  Yum!

And guess what?  My stupid sister is here!  Missy Tee! Aggghhh!!!  So, I try to mess with her as much as I can because, well, you know, it's fun.  I especially like to make her mad in the morning when she is extra hungry.  It really drives her crazy!!

Now that we have all been here a while, Scruff, my stupid sister and I eat "at the table" in the dining room in the morning.  We get to look out the window, too!  It's really nice!!  Usually there are some birds out there! 

So...there are six of  us here...and our new Momma and Dad.  Scruff and I were friends "in the street"...so, later I met Lupo...and Percy and Notte.  Notte is a sister of mine, too.  Weird, right???

                                                     Calzini and Lupo

So, rumor has it that I'm a little stand-offish.  The truth is, I just recently found my purr.  I didn't even know I had one!!!!  But then, all of sudden, it happened!  And now, when I get pet and rubbed and talked to by the hoomans....I PURRRRRRRR.  And the funny thing is, I like it!!  

What I did after that is...I started greeting my Momma in the morning when she wakes up so she will pet me...and I find my purr again!  And I find Dad's legs...they are enormous and very long, so they are easy to find....and when his hand comes down to play with me, I purr again!!!  Sometimes I even ambush them and reach out my paws...."Hey!  Pet me!!" and when they do....there it is again!!

Lately I've noticed that Lupo and Percy sometimes hang out on Momma's lap...and Dad's too.  Hmmmmm.  I'm not sure about that.  Sometimes I jump up to Momma's chair, but only if someone else is already there....and I might put a paw or two in her lap.  But.....I don't know.  I'm still not sure.  Those guys seems awful happy about it, though.  Hmmmmm.  So.....I wonder.  Oh, and I have sometimes been sleeping on the top of Momma's chair.  She doesn't seem to mind.   Still wondering about that lap, though.  Maybe someday.  

What do you think?