At my brother’s house in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 2005
September 1st is the first day of school year in Lithuania, and my brother’s younger son started first grade. This was an excuse for a party at my brother’s house. One thing that has changed since last year is they got a new cat. The old cat went off and never came back. This new cat ended up at their home when my brother’s wife rescued her from a busy street where she (the cat) had been hit by a car and would have been hit by more cars if my brother’s wife had not pulled her out of the way.
My brother’s mother-in-law N holds my daughter E.
![N and E, September 2005](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CIMG0425_N_E_.jpg)
Lithuanian cats wear fashions straight from the — you guessed it — catwalk. Well, not really. It’s just a post-surgical garment. The poor creature has been spayed.
![A dressed cat under the stairs, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 2005](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CIMG0427DressedCat.jpg)
My sister’s then-boyfriend-now-husband P (left) and S with a Rubik’s cube.
![P (left) and S](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CIMG0428_P_S_.jpg)
My mom and dad put socks on E.
![My mom and dad put socks on E.](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CIMG0431E_Socks.jpg)
My sister’s friend L (left) and my sister M
![My sister's friend L (left) and my sister M](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CIMG0436_L_M_.jpg)
![My dad bounces E in his lap.](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CIMG0437DadBouncingE_.jpg)
My sister M with her friend L’s daughter A
![M and A](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2264_M_A_.jpg)
My extended family — well, most of it. Left to right: my brother’s wife E, their son J, S with our daughter E, my mom, dad, and me standing behind the couch.
![My extended family, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 2005](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2276Everybody_Proc.jpg)
At 4 months, E is becoming interested in grown-up food and drink — here she is trying to grab a glass in daddy’s hand
![E reaches for a glass](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2281S_E_Glass.jpg)
S, mom with E, my dad, and behind them, my brother’s mother-in-law N.
![S, mom with E, my dad and N](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2285_S_MomDad_N_.jpg)
![My mom with E, my dad and N](https://blog.geekitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2289Mom_N_DadE_.jpg)