Angry Birds For My Little Brother

My adorable little brother loves angry birds.  So as an incentive for potty training, I made him his favorite bird... who kind of looks like Bert from Sesame Street... {made from a pattern I found online}.

Then for his birthday, I came up with a pig pattern and made him this adorable little guy and a set of cardboard towers that he can now set up, place the pig on, and throw his bird at.

My cat, of course, had to inspect my work.  It seems she was quite familiar with the game concept...

My little brother greatly enjoys his crochet version of Angry Birds.  I suspect, I may try to make him a few more birds/pigs for Christmas.

Accomplished Kitty

[Warning: Post contains potty training content.]

So I have an ongoing joke with my Mother that my cat, Kaylee will be potty trained before my 2 year old brother is. They are both currently potty training, I'm pretty sure that my little brother is ahead, but I am very proud of my little Kaylee. She's had peeing in the toilet down since day two of the reinstatement of the Litter Kwitter (we had tried it when she was a kitten, but stopped when company visited and never restarted), but getting her to poop in the toilet has been a challenge. Friday the 13th of May she had her first successful day of full usage of the toilet. Then she went right back to her normal routine until today, when she managed her second success. This step will come a bit slower as I basically have to catch her preparing to squat and quickly move her to the toilet (this method only works well when I am home all day - for obvious reasons). She used to be a morning girl like clock work - so I had assumed (bad idea) that she would maintain her schedule and make the process easy. She has sense hit the random button on her internal clock and I can only guess when it might be time. Still, I am confident that she will master this step - thus eliminating the need for kitty litter from our home. She is a very smart cat (she taught herself fetch at a young age and will sit or stand on her back paws on command). So with lots of love, praise, and kitty treats we will conquer this phase and move away from smelly litter boxes.