Watching a New Family Get Their New Family Member

As you all know, I volunteer with an animal rescue organization (www.calvinspaws.org) and part of the job, so to speak, is getting to send an animal home with his/her new family.  I got to do that today.  This family has 3 daughters (two of them young) and the 7 month old kitten that they picked is simply perfect for them.  I could not have picked a better one for them.  Houdini is not phased by anything and loves to play better than life itself.  The girls just giggled loudly every time he grabbed at the toys.  They let the girls hold him in the very busy pet store and played some more with them in the back of the store where all the other cats are for the group.  The family just really fell in love with little Houdini.  Even the dad who said "I'm not really a cat person".  It was wonderful!

The mom said she'd need to think about it but I could hear the daughters begging and begging for Houdini.  Even the dad was convinced.  The mom didn't have a chance.  She came over to me and said "It looks like Houdini is the one".  The little girls just squealed with delight and everyone was grinning from ear to ear...even the parents.  It was obvious the love they already had for him. 

The dad picked out the toys, the mom got the litter and litterbox, we did the paperwork and off they went.  The girls informed me they would definitely play with him a lot.  I did ask for pictures because we, as a group, LOVE to see pictures of the happily ever afters.  I was assured there would be tons of pictures.

I love happy endings.

This is little Houdini.