Laugh. Learn. Love cats.
We have really enjoyed having a tree in the house this past month.
In fact, we take shifts guarding it. We spend time there morning …
… noon ….
… and night!
Cupcake heard the rumor that the whole tree thing is about to pay off, so she’s going to wait right here to see what happens.
We’re wishing all of our friends a Merry Christmas if that’s what you celebrate today. But most of all, we wish every one of of you a day full of peace and joy.
And catnip. Lots of catnip.
Cupcake: Mr. Newton! Come quick! Leaves are moving!
Cupcake: Hi, Miss Ashton. Did you see these leaves?
Ashton: Lots of times. Look up. There’s something even better.
Cupcake: Whoa! Mr. Newton! Come quick!
Newton: What’s going on, kid?
Cupcake: Do you see what’s up in the tree?
Newton: So close, but so far away, kid.
Pierre: You woke me up for a squirrel outside? I thought I told you not to wake me up unless the squirrel was inside.
Cupcake: Do you think it’s hard to eat upside-down?
Ashton: I never tried. Why don’t you turn your bowl upside-down at dinner and I’ll try eating it.
Ashton: We have had a few questions about me since I haven’t been seen much here recently, so I wanted to let everyone know I’m doing fine.
Ashton: I would be more fine if there wasn’t a tuxedo kitten picking on me, but the humans say I can’t send her back.
Ashton: The thing is, when she picks on me, it invites everyone else to pick on me, too. Here comes one now.
Ashton: It was good seeing you, but I’ve got to go!
Pierre: You’re no fun, Ashton.
Pierre: I win!
Cupcake: What is THIS?
Newton: You really want to stay out of the way of that, kid. Just get on the cat tree and let the humans do their thing.
Cupcake: But Mr. Newton, they’re putting a thing in the house that looks like a tree. I’ve seen real trees, and this smells wrong.
Cupcake: It also tastes wrong.
Cupcake: And look at these things! The humans are putting things on the tree, but they keep saying “Not that one, it’s breakable.”
Ashton: Do you think we will get blamed when she knocks it over?
Pierre: Not if we’re sitting over here, we won’t.
Cupcake: This is going to be so much fun!
This is Cupcake’s first holiday season, and her first tree. We have a tradition of a tree going up just after Thanksgiving and being put away the day after Christmas, so with the early Thanksgiving holiday this year, she has a little extra time for kitten mayhem. As with most everything else in the house, the other cats really are giving her a little extra room so when she gets into trouble, there won’t be any doubt whose fault it is.
We will keep you posted whether she manages to topple the tree before the holiday.
