Monday, April 21, 2008
One Cat That Likes Me
Rita with Kristin's cat Pocus. On Sunday, we went over to Kristin's condo in La Jolla for lunch and to swim in her heated swimming pool and hot tub. I love these photos (Pocus is such a good sport) because our cat Yoshi won't let Rita within five feet of her! (She's warming up though...)
Rita loves to turn up the iPod speakers and sing & dance in the family room. One of her favorite songs is "Let's Get It Started" by the Black Eyed Peas. This picture was taken on Sunday before Z came over. 
Just before bedtime on Sunday, one of Rita's front teeth came out! (The other front tooth is loose as well.) Rita had her two bottom teeth come out when she was living with her foster parents last summer. In Russia, she told us (via Z) that the tooth fairy was a mouse and that they placed her teeth in the oven (?). So tonight we placed her tooth in an envelope (with her name and a picture of a mouse on it) and put it on the bottom shelf of her nightstand so it was easy for the mouse to find it. (I don't think she liked the idea of a mouse coming into her bed under the pillow.)When I woke Rita up for school this morning she immediately jumped off her bed and looked at the envelope. She was confused that it was still there but super surprised to find that the tooth mouse left $1!
And strangely, Yoshi - the cat who never comes close to Rita - was watching from the doorway... I guess she was hanging around trying to get a glimpse of the tooth mouse.
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When I first saw the top pictures, I thought for a sec. that you had let Rita get her own new cat!
And our cat Oliver won't let Lilly anywhere near him either...maybe he will warm up eventually but Lilly always lights up whenever she seems him...even across the room!
Love the mouse story. I'm waiting for Kate to give the complete story so I can see if my girls remember it. Alena didn't actually loose any teeth while still in Russia, but she had a few pulled. Maybe she knew the tale, too.
~Patti
Anyway - the story about the tooth mouse is pretty cool - I am also looking forward to what Kate says about the oven!
Love the tooth story. It's so much magic.
you gotta check out this:
http://www.funnbee.com/2008/04/true-friendship-between-two-animals.html
ridgie pup and lion cub ... playin!