Day 2 - The Naming

The kittens are even more comfortable with us today and are playing a lot. They are getting used to the litter box, and their bathroom environment.

When we got our foster kittens, they had already been named. Marvel, Mace, Mavis, and Mina. We decided that Mina's name had to be changed, and probably Mavis' too. Marvel was a good name because of the story and Mace could work too. After playing with him, though, we decided change Mace's name to Max/Maxwell. Also Mavis seems more like an Emmy, and Mina definitely has to be Smudge. She looks like she has mascara smudged around her eye and a smudge near her mouth.

Marvel on top, Max on bottom.


A surprised looking Smudge: (with Emmy underneath)


In the afternoon, we spent a lot of time with the kittens. We (unfortunately) got scratched a lot because apparently kittens of their age have learned to extend their claws, but don't have the fine-motor-skills to retract them. It's called the "sticky paw stage." Also, they love to climb, so all the way up our legs and arms there are tiny kitten-claw sized scratches.

The first night we had them, they all went to bed at around 8:30. Not tonight! At 10pm the cats were still jumping around and wanting to play. We finally got Smudge, Max, and Emmy into bed, but Marvel still wanted to play. We calmed him down, and put him to bed at around 10:30. What a day!