My daughter Leilani recently turned 6 and she is such an animal lover. She spends her afternoon drawing pictures of puppies, kittens, dragons and of course unicorns. When asked what she wants to be when she grows up her response is a singing veterinarian unicorn wrangler and I have no doubt that is what she will be. We decided she was becoming responsible enough to have her own little pet so on her birthday we took her to the pound. They had just put up for adoption a litter of 7 kittens that were abandoned. We went and sat in the kitten playroom and they unleashed all 7 kittens on us and this little one took to Leilani right away. Crawled up on her lap and started to snuggle with her little kitten motor purring. It was the cutest dang thing so there was no doubt she was coming home with us.  I personally wanted to take them all home but I guess that is frowned upon. In true Leilani fashion she named her Princess Odette Sparkles and insists on wearing her black and white dress daily so she can look more like her mama. [Read more…]