The Dyer's: 8 Months old and aptly named

Cricket is 8 months old and has really grown! Though she is bigger now, she is still a bit clumsy. I worry about her falling off of her cat tree, I can only hope she gets a bit more graceful someday soon.

We had been having issues with Cricket and her water dish. She loves water (to play with, haven't tested this with a bath yet) and was constantly soaking the kitchen floor. I decided we needed a different kind of water dish, one that could satisfy her curiosity with water, and yet save my floor from constantly being wet. I found these fountain style water dishes that seemed to satisfy both sides of the water dish equation, but most of them were fairly expensive. I don't mind spending the money, if I thought it would be worth it. I finally found one that was economical and we got it and set it up. She loves it! Watching the water run down the little slide fascinates her and it is deep enough that if she splashes in it, my floor still stays dry. Here are some pics of Cricket and her water dish!

What's that noise!?


What's this?!


Ooooohhh. This is cool!

In a previous blog post I talked about Cricket's habit of tearing open bags. She moved on from her kitty treat bags to going into my pantry and opening my bags of pasta! So of course everything needs to be kitty proofed. Because we live in a very rural area, we don't have the diversity of shopping that most people have in larger cities. So we tend to have a lot of mail, UPS and Fedex packages delivered.
Most companies have moved away from using Styrofoam peanuts and bubble wrap to these puffy air filled plastic pillows. This is fine, less mess to clean up, and once you pop the pillows, they don't take up much space in the trash.
Starting about a month ago, Cricket seems to be on a mission to save us from these evil pillows. When we put the box on the floor she immediately pounces on them, drags them out of the box and then attacks and pops each one. It is hilarious to watch her attack these pillows. Of course we watch to make sure she isn't ingesting anything. But if you look at the pillows, all you see are 4 to 6 punctures from her teeth. Here are some pictures of her 'good deed' in protecting us and the world from these vicious pillows!

Ah Ha! Those evil bubble pillows are back!

I must save my family from these evil things!

Mission: Rid the world of evil pillow packing!

No one is safe from these evil things!

Cricket and I are still having a few issues with her jumping up on things and breaking my nic-nacs; I have plenty of glue around, but it is battle of wills!

I mentioned in the title of this blog that she was aptly named. This is true. She chirps all of the time, and loves to talk to us. Her voice is very high pitched, and when she wants to, she can be very loud. She is so cute, we love her to death. Problem is, she knows she is cute and that we adore her. I will close this post out with some pics I took when she had just woke up from a nap. Will keep taking pics and blog again soon.
Love to all.