Happy Birthday Ka and Zaia!

On July 12, Ka and Zaia turned one year old. They got a day of canned food and new toys - a feather toy for Ka (which he stole out of the bag, packaging and all) and a new puff ball for Zaia. Zaia killed her puff ball in roughly 30 seconds flat, but we consider that a success.



For perspective, here's a picture of them when we first got them. Note that they are sitting in the same cat tree in both pictures. When we first got them, we thought Ka would be the crazy, run-around-the-house cat, less of a lap kitty and more of a get-in-trouble kitty. Zaia would be the lap cat, more shy but loving with the people she's comfortable with. We were wrong on those predictions.

Ka loves to sit on laps. He'll follow us around the house, waiting for a lap opportunity. He sits on laps daily. He's also braver with new people - greeting new people within 10 minutes or so, where Zaia will likely retreat into her room for the duration of the visit. Zaia is more of a weekly lap-sitter, but indulges in daily insanity. She'll play with her toys, chase herself up and down the stairs, hopping in and out of boxes, behind the curtains and she gets a spray dousing for attacking the blinds every evening. She's shyer around people, but braver around gadgets. She was the first to use the robot litterbox and will sit near the vacuum cleaner longer than Ka. They haven't learned any new tricks in a while (primarily my fault for not teaching them anything new), but they still happily do their old tricks for treats.

They've been a wonderful addition to the household family so far and we look forward to many more years with them.