Cat Hunting

THE HUNTERS

THE HUNTED

CATS FEAR THIS!

Jillian saw a stray cat across the street the other night and it was very far away so she came inside and got our binoculars to see it close up. However, by the time Jillian got back outside the cat was gone and so she went hunting for it. It got too late and so we made her come inside but promised that we would go back out and do some cat hunting. Jillian has been non-stop excited about the planned excursion for the last two days and could not stop talking about it.

Here are the cat hunting trip results:

4 mamba jamba cockroaches seen

14 slugs spotted

6 neighbor dogs barking at us

0 cats found

Swim Lessons

We decided that it was time for Jillian to take some swim lessons and the County of Hawaii has a great program at the Kona Aquatics Center for kids. Jillian goes to swim lessons four nights a week with a couple of other kids. She is in the youngest class right now and it is a perfect for for her getting used to the water without a floatie. Initially, Jillian did not even want to get in the water, but then her friend Joshua showed up and jumped right in, so she got a little more brave. Jillian has been looking forward to swim lessons all week!

Kula the Escaping Dog

Kula is a Golden Retriever that belongs to some very good friends of ours. Kula has separation anxiety disorder and her owners are gone to the Mainland the entire month of July. Kula was relieving some of the stress by consistently digging her way out of her yard and running the neighborhood. Kula eventually made her way to our house as a last ditch effort before the kennel because we have Athena and a five foot fence. No luck. Kula escaped three times in the day that she was here.

Jillian had instant affection for Kula. The day after Kula went to the kennel, Athena moped around the house like she had lost her life long companion instead of a dog that she knew for a little over 24 hours.