Separated at birth?

My cat Clarence looks just like Prince Chunk*, that 44 lb cat from New Jersey that was in the media this summer....it lends credence to my friend Tony's theory that there are only 6 cats in the world. Seriously, Clarence only weighs 18 pounds, but he is one small boned cat....when we first took him in as a stray he only weight 8, so he has more than doubled in size.

He just likes to eat. A lot. And he doesn't like to move. A lot. Sometimes he stays in the same spot for hours and hours. It all adds up.

We really love our Clare Bear aka Mr C. He is a super cat...he is the only one of our cats who always lets me pet him and play with him, even when I get a little rough and Mommy has to step in and intervene. Anyway, fat cats are great (as long as they are healthy) and orange cats rule!!!

Here are some pictures of Prince Chunk:

This last one was after he was on a diet for about a month

And here are some of Clarence:

Everything on him is short...his fur, his whiskers, his ears, legs, tail, etc. Except his belly is wide. Really wide.

As big as he is, he managed to scoot through the gate opening

Hanging with me

laying down outside...you can kind-of make out his skinny little rat tail

here the tail is all poofed out, so it looks almost normal

just lazing around during our kitchen rehab

getting a treat

puppydog eyes

As you can see, he has a pink belly like Chunk...hopefully Big Mom won't see this...she'd be mad

Isn't he just so cute!



*the cats are even the same age, and in the video at the end, there is a gray cat who lives with Chunk who looks just like our cat Flint. Quelle coincidence!

Frisbee golf and other fun stuff

Mama was studying one Saturday a few weeks back so Da took me to play Frisbee golf with Tony at IIT. We had a lot of fun...it's a new course, and they have these life-size chessboards. It's kind-of Alice In Wonderland-ish. The only hitch was that MY understanding of the concept of the game was to run and grab the Frisbee as soon as it was thrown...didn't make for much of a game.

Lots of fun was had anyway!


Here I am throwing


Me grabbing a disc

Tony throwing

I also had great fun stealing Da's hat after he took me to the bathroom!

Here are the pictures:

Here I am playing chess:

Afterward, we went out for burgers.

Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?

But of course!

The last last days of the pool

Last weekend was the closing days of Lauren and Teddy's pool and thankfully it was around 90 here in Chicago (though a wee bit cooler up in Highland Park, where they live).

Anyway, we went to the pool...a lot...Lauren stayed 6 1/2 hours one day!

Here are the pictures Mommy took of all the fun:

Here I am with Baba and my cool TaTa sunglasses

Lauren and her friend Gwen

Without the sun in their eyes

Swimming together

Helping Gwen float

Splashtastic

Getting ready to leave


I was cold, so Baba wrapped me up

I put this one in because it was the only shot of Teddy we had

Bye pool, we had fun this year!

Enough pictures Mama! There's always next year...

"I'm going to have a good time today...and do my eating at the barbecue"

Yesterday we went to a Labor Day barbecue at Paul, Amy, and Kaitlyn's house. It was a lot of fun, and I got to play until the wee hours of the night. Well, about 9.30 pm, when Mommy and Daddy took me home, overtired and cranky.

But the party was lots of fun!!!

I insisted upon wearing my polka dots dress

Grace and I fed the babies while Kaitlyn watched Dungeons and Dragons

Handing Grace a bottle

Getting the highchair set up

Later, we put them down for a nap

The only picture Da could get of all three of us girls

A picture of the adults: Tony, Heidi, and Terri

Paul, Matt, and Tony again

Da and Court

Amy and Lisa

Grace had swingy hair

Kaitlyn playing little people

Dahling

Lisa and Grace

Grace smiling for the camera---according to her Mommy, a rare thing

Working my drum