Of Cats and Children

I know most people say cats are aloof and some even downright unfriendly. Well, not mine. I have two cats, a black female named Draca- we got her after seeing How To Train Your Dragon and Toothless just didn't seem appropriate and Sigfried or Siggy, a striped male. I really couldn't ask for sweeter cats. They are so loving and precious... to a fault. If they do not get enough attention they get very unhappy.

Draca is a very sweet dainty girl but one of her favorite activities is to come walking down the hall meowing at the top of her lungs. Or worse standing at the door of Hannah's bedroom doing the same. It's as if she knows that Hannah is asleep and wants to interrupt it.

Siggy, precious thing doesn't seem to understand that Hannah is mobile now. He has what we call his "safe box". This is something of a misnomer because he is definitely NOT safe in it. But for some reason he thinks he is. On more than one occasion, Hannah has driven him completely out of the box so that she could sit in it herself.

This brings me to another observation. I have never bought a single cat toy since having these cats. Why? because I have no need to do so. They are far more interested in playing with a crumpled up piece of paper than a ball any day. I have to hide my hair ties because Siggy in particular finds them and hides them from me. They would also rather play with empty shoe boxes or soda boxes than a cat climbing tower. I am finding that some days the same applies for Hannah. She is far more interested in pulling out all my tupperware and playing with empty boxes (stolen from unhappy cats) than her baby toys.

And as for the unhappy cats, they find their own ways of getting even. Siggy has found a new favorite spot to sleep: Hannah's high chair. He just curls up and falls right to sleep.

But despite the lack of willingness to share toys the cats are very fond of Hannah and she absolutely adores them!