Poor Banksia Man had a run in with Tia Maria today. Banksia was about to step outside into the cat run whilst Tia Maria was on her way back into the house. Tia isn't particularly fond of the babies at the moment as she's rather hormonal and she didn't hesitate in letting Banksia Man know this by growling quite ferociously at her. Obviously, Banksia's tail and hair stood up on end but she did have the common sense to back off and let Tia through. The weather has been very wet today so none of the babies actually went into the run at all and most of their nap times have been spent by the warmth of the radiator. Snugglepot got into trouble from me yesterday when I caught him swinging backwards and forwards on the rug we keep on the table. It wasn't that he was trying to get onto the table either, he was actually just having a fun time swinging. I wasn't particularly happy as I don't like to encourage that habit at all. My darling little Cuddlepie has just been her usual, loving self and hasn't been up to any mischief at all (that I know about).

It's been a very uneventful day with the Gumnuts. They have been their normal, playful little selves and had tremendous fun in the cat run this afternoon. The babies have been much more interested today in their dry food than the moist food. They're now down to 3 wet meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner but they forever have their heads stuck in the biscuit bowl.

We were out of the house for a few hours today so yet again, another short entry sorry. This morning though as soon as breakfast was over, the little ones ran straight outside into the cat run and played chase and stalk with Aunty Sami. Sambuca is always so incredibly good with the little ones, she joins in their games, and will play with them for hours. Drambuie will sometimes join in too, but usually only when they are playing chase the paper ball, when it comes to playing in the cat run, Drambuie will tend to sit up in a high spot and just watch their antics. They really are very funny when they're in the cat run and I do get a lot of enjoyment out of watching them.

I'm afraid that this weekend's entries are going rather short as we have quite a lot on here over the weekend. We spent the majority of today putting up a new cat house and run and it did literally take most of the day. The Gumnuts had lovely cuddles with Saul (Banksia Man's new owner) and thank goodness Saul knows us so well and seemed to ignore the fact that the house looked like a tip. All our little ones are doing very well and are now starting to spend a lot more time out in the cat run. I nearly had a coronary yesterday when I saw Snugglepot had climbed the tree in the cat run and was right at the top. He managed to figure out that he was better off climbing backwards down the tree as opposed to going forwards so I was very proud of him :)

Well our little Gumnuts are now 9 weeks old and I haven't had the heart to tell them that on Friday they are going for a nice little car ride to meet Andy (and to have their first set of vaccinations). I've decided that my favourite part of the day with the Gumnuts is just after breakfast. When I come downstairs in the morning, the first thing I do is check all the cats, fish etc, feed the babies, then check my emails while I have a cup of tea. As soon as breakfast is over, the Gumnuts climb up my legs and climb right into my dressing gown for cuddles, purrs and little naps and all you can see is 3 little heads poking out. It's a short entry today with no photos and a sad day for me as my darling Hermione is leaving me, thereby ending the Potters Kitten Diary.