Macky, Mowie, and Sunny

Despite all the odds and all the doubts going against him, Macky has lived to see his 1st birthday! It’s been a rough year for him, and the bookies in Vegas just lost a ton of money.

Macky plans to celebrate his birthday by not covering his poop in the litter box, stepping on Mowie’s head, and biting our toes through the sheets.  Pretty much, it’s a normal day for Macky.

And let us not forget that it’s Sunny’s 1st Birthday, too!  Sunny plans on celebrating his birthday by wearing a “I’m the Birthday Boy t-shirt,” staring at butterflies through the windows, and playing with his first chemisty set (he’s going to Princeton one of these days).

Happy Birthday Macintosh and Sunny!

Oh, and a special Happy Birthday goes out to the many siblings of Macky and Sunny — they might be outside cats, but we still consider them family.

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we LOVE this man.

We all know Macky loves to steal things and then hide them in his secret stash (but really, it’s just under, or around, the bed). So here’s a list of things he’s stolen. As a side note, Macky reminds me a lot of Sawyer from Lost. But that’s another entry for another time. :)

1. My digital camera.

2. Plenty of socks.

3. Rita’s Custard Cone wrapping paper stuff.

4. Numerous water bottle caps.

5. Rebecca’s hair ties clips things.

6. Milk container caps.

7. Rebecca’s necklace.

First off, Mac, Sunny and Mowie would like to thank The Zoo for introducing them to the Cat Blogosphere.  We’ve been super busy but we will get around to looking at all of our new friend’s blogs.  Afterall, we love nothing more than others to share litter box stories with!

And yes we know, it’s been a while since we’ve posted a picture or a video.  It’s coming.

In other news, ever since the boys were neutered a week and a half ago, Mac has been so well behaved.  Still cute and playful, just without the toe biting, smacking Mowie, wrecking the house behavior.  Sunny, however, has compensated for Macky’s goodness.  He is still running out the front door, pressing buttons on the laptop, shredding paper… all of Mac’s favorite past times.  It’s as if they switched roles…

Mowie’s happy with a hard belly rub and constant inflow of food.

We’ve been trying to tell Mac that since he’s almost a year old now he should act like a big boy.  We don’t mean we want him to lose the adorable kitten factor, we just want him to lose the annoying kitten factor.  We thought maybe he realized he’s growing up and would mature a little… but we were wrong.  Last night he was in full effect, pulling socks off of our feet, stealing things and hiding them under the bed and annoying Mowie in any way possible.

We love that cat :)

We recently weaned the kittens (primarily Mac) off their water dish in the bathroom sink.  We only spent $40 on a water fountain….

Mowie seemed to be the only one actually using the fountain, as we never really see Sunny drink or eat and Macky preferred to jump in the sink and drink/play in the bowl we kept in there.  Why did we keep a bowl of water in the sink?  Because Macky likes to splash in the water bowl and make a mess.

I felt guilty for a while because Mac really enjoyed jumping on the sink and he drinks a lot of water, but the constant dirty paw marks all over the sink made us decide it was time.  Macky must drink out of the fountain.

The transition was easy, as I guess he was thirsty and decided to succumb.  Sunny however, has taken a different approach.  He drinks out of the opening at the top of the fountain where the water comes out, rather than the bowl part.  As if he didn’t want to share germs and had to get the water before it hit the pool.  The past few days I’ve noticed why he does this… he washes his paws in the bowl part.  Yes, he dips his dirty paws in the bowl then licks them.
This cat is so cute and perfectly groomed it is unbelievable.