Cat-ergarten

Mindy has been rather displeased with the start of school.  Our routine is different, and we pay attention to books and papers instead playing with her.  Abigail declared Mindy to be in "Cat-ergarten' and even made her a worksheet to do during school. :)  Mindy, however, spent a large part of last week attempting to disrupt our new activity...hogging our free space, lying on top of our papers, sprawling on our books, stealing my chair...

Eventually, she would give up long enough to take a morning nap at our feet...but would come back to interfering as soon as she woke up.

Grandparents to the rescue!  My parents dug out their old cat window-seat (which doesn't work on the style of the new windows in their house), took it apart, and mailed it to us.  We put it up in Mindy's favorite window, which is right by our school table...this way she can be near us and can watch the birds in the feeders below.  She inspected it carefully...

 ...and guess where she is this morning?!

Yup.  On the school table, covering up our books and attacking our pencils.

Cats!