Smidgen

The kitten has officially been named. Her blog name was harder to come up with than anything else. We considered "Pinball" and "Ricochet" as these names convey something of her personality. "Milk-Fiend" and "Slasher" were candidates for a while. I thought about referring to her as "Dogzilla's Kitten" which she has truly become but that seemed cumbersome. Since "tiny and perfect" is how I usually answer inquiries about the state of the kitten we moved on to names like "lil'Bit" etc but finally it is Smidgen.

Dogzilla and she like to play "run and chase" in which Dogzilla runs really close and makes a loud "clomp" with his jaws right next to her and then runs off. Smidgen runs after him all offended and bats him with a tiny paw then turns and runs. Now it's Dogzilla's turn again. Dogzilla lets her lie next to him while he's sleeping and doesn't even Grr. She is trying very hard to make friends with the big cats. Killer's nose is still rather out of joint about her presence but he will give her a cursory sniff now and then. I think he is waiting for Princess to give her okay before he lets on that he likes Smidgen fine. Princess, being a princess, is adamant that this interloper remain utterly subservient. Smidgen obliges by rolling over and showing her tummy to the Big Boss whenever they end up a little too close together. Smidgen follows the big cats around although from a safe distance just to remind them that she wants to play too and that she really is harmless. She's only been a member of our family for 3 weeks but we can't imagine our little family without her.