A sunny day for two boys

Levi loves cats. He wanted one for ages. We finally got one. She's turned out to be snotty, aloof cat. We've always allowed her to come and go outside as she pleases. She's mostly out unless it's really cold. She doesn't need us much.

So Levi wanted a nice cat. One of those that will actually come up to you and ask to be petted. Heck, I'd kind of like to have one like that myself. We love Twilight, but affectionate she ain't.

I told Levi a while back that we'd let him adopt a kitten for his birthday. That falls the day before school starts so I decided to take him today to look. Wanted him to have the critter for a little while before he returns to school so he'll have a little time to bond with it.

Off to the Humane Society we went. The first one that caught his eye was a little orange one who was trying desperately to crawl out of the cage to him. We (Levi, Lane and I) all played with him and all liked him. Since I had urged Levi not to be too impulsive he also played with an orange and white one, a grey and white one and a grey adult. He still went back to that first, little orange one. Lane and I both wanted him to pick the orange/white one but he was firm that the orange one was the one for him.

Levi adopted him. And named him Sunny.

Levi made a good choice. Sunny has been so affectionate. He seems to love to be petted. He also loves to play. Before going to the Humane Society we stopped at Wal Mart for a new litter box, cat house (you know what I mean) and toys. Sunny loves his house and his toys (and finally used his litter box, much to my relief). It's so gratifying. I hate when you get them stuff like this and they never look twice at it. But Sunny loves his new stuff. And we love Sunny.

Ty, our dog, is reserving her opinion. She'll chase our current cat if she'll run and ignore her if she won't. She's checked Sunny out but doesn't seem to care about him one way or another. Twilight, our current cat, is SO not happy about Sunny's presence. She gets away from him then growls and hisses. We'll have to keep an eye on her.

Levi and Sunny are now snuggled up in Levi's bed for the night. They looked awfully cute when I tucked them in. Not only is Levi tickled with his new kitten, but I feel like we did a good deed in rescuing that kitten. It was a sunny day for both of them.