You think we finally gave in and got a kitten, don't you?
Look more closely.

The house is in chaos. Grandchildren would be much less work.


Also, it's very hard to take photos of black cats.



I think this is Sirius - a Harry Potter allusion, I'm told. On the other hand, it might be Cassie, short for Casseopeia - continuing the approximate constellation theme. Son chose the names. We had a cat when I was a girl who was actually named Dido but always called Pussy. The children point out that we can't call them both Pussy, though at the moment I can't really tell which is which, so it would be less trouble. And I think they're going to be quite enough trouble as it is...
The offspring are very very happy. Son is especially delirious. He says that he'll take them with him when he has a house of his own. Hmm.
We ordered new sofas for our dining room a few weeks ago. They're due to arrive in a month or so. We've had the old sofas for over 20 years and I wouldn't mind them being attacked. But my nice new ones...