This flashback is from 2009, when Pierre was ready to carve the jack-o-lantern himself.
Are you carving jack-o-lanterns this weekend?
Laugh. Learn. Love cats.
Beau: O, hai! I’m the new kid in the house.
The other cats here are all pretty nice. Sure, they laughed at me when I got stuck in the closet and didn’t know how to open the door the way they do. But you should see the toys! They’re everywhere! There are even foam balls I can carry and meow at the same time. Those are my favorite.
And the cat tree is great. Being on the top of the cat tree is the best place in the whole house, and I can look down at the other cats and tell them that I am King of the Cat Tree.
Newton: Do you think it’s too late to return him and get the deposit back?
Pierre: I asked that when you showed up. It doesn’t work that way.
Newton: I guess we’d better keep sharing the cat tree, then.
Beau: See? These guys are all right!
Ashton: The head peep wanted a Tummy Tuesday photo of me, but she was too slow.

Then she told me that Mr. Jinx would be looking, and I got all starry-eyed.
(No, that’s not a blue fez on my head. It’s a photographer paying no attention to the background of the image until too late. Good help is so hard to find!)