Jan. 7th, 2011

deird1: Fred looking upset, with text "and it all falls down" (Fred falls down)
Dilemma: Smudge is getting way too dominant, and making Elf's life a misery. Elf, being a big wuss, is not going to stand up for himself to change this.

Our solution: When we feed the cats, feed Elf first, and insist that Smudge wait his turn - thus asserting Elf's dominance in the food-getting department, and levelling the playing field slightly.

(This is not such a random solution as it sounds: part of the problem was that Smudge was jumping in front of Elf to eat food, and Elf would just sit there and let him, looking sad and confused.)



New dilemma: Because we are now feeding the cats in order, they've each ended up with their "own" bowl.
Elf has figured out that he eats food out of his bowl, and shouldn't touch Smudge's. Smudge has not figured this out. I keep on being woken up by frantic requests from Elf, who is starving - because Smudge has calmly eaten half the food from Elf's bowl, and has saved his own bowl for later. Elf is too polite to touch Smudge's, no matter how hungry he is.
No kidding: the last three mornings, I've gone out to feed them, and found Elf's bowl licked clean and Smudge's STILL FULL. And Smudge looking extremely smug.

Our solution: Um...
deird1: Sokka, with the picture he painted (Sokka picture)
Day 1:


This is Josh.

My parents had their annual New Year's Day barbecue, and all four nephews were there, having a wonderful time. I took several photos of Josh playing with this weird turtle-y toy - and mentally thanked the inventor of the digital camera: it allowed me to see how badly the first six photos had turned out, so I knew to take more...

6 more photos under the cut )

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