It's been an exciting week

So first I find out I get to be a "grandma" then I discover grandkitties! How much fun is that?

We have a pair of stray cats that have been living in the neighbor's back yard for several months. We've sort of adopted them this summer and have been feeding them (I know, bad us) but have been surprised that the little female hasn't had a litter of kittens- Rich even suggested she may have been someones indoor cat, fixed and at some point let out to fend for herself since we know the male cats been, shall we say friendly, but we never saw any signs of pregnancy in her.

This morning as I was getting ready for work I was quite surprised to see mom come around the corner with 3 little kittens! One is the exact shade of gray as Dad, one jet black and a third I don't remember the coloring on. My guess is they're at least a month old which makes me sad because it means we're unlikely to ever be able to get a hold of them to socialize them and find 'em good homes- months of visiting with mom and dad (Spot and Shadow to us) has gotten us no closer to them than a minimum distance of a yard so I don't expect we'll have any better luck with the kittens but they sure are cute!

Of course this being fall and us living in town, we are going to have to do the inevitable and figure out a way to catch the family and either take them to the humane society or relocate them to a friend's farm, but for today at least, I'm so entertained to discover the cute little things I can't help but smile!