Mica the cat is diabetic and his caregivers needed someone with experience in caring for his special needs to take care him over the holiday. Fino checked with me first (which I very much appreciated) before he and the girls offered to bring Mica to our house for a couple of days. (I've been assured Mica will return home on Wednesday.)

Mica needs to be monitored closely and receives insulin shots twice a day, which is going to be an interesting education for the girls.

But, Fino also shared with me yesterday that Mica is apparently always on the prowl for food (his special diet kind as well as anything else) and has a little bladder problem. Fino, being the wonderful husband who knows I'm almost at my limit with cats in the house, decided Mica needed to be contained during his visit with us.

So he and the girls have devised a plan for Mica's Christmas holiday with us....

Dulce was checking things out once Mica arrived.

.. his own personal tent in the girls' playroom.

Of course our other cats are curious about this new visitor but Fino has decided against any face-to-face introductions, the better to keep the holiday injury-free for all our feline friends.

So after Mica arrived last night and ate his special diet dinner and had his insulin shot, G. snuggled down in the tent with him for the night.

Before bed last night though, the girls shot off a quick email to Rudolph at the North Pole to make sure it was clear that Mica was in need of a gift at our house Christmas morning.

We'll see what Santa and Rudolph can work out for tomorrow...