You Gotta Be Kitten Me
My kids are 10, 8 (in a few days), 6, and 3 - so they're getting to be wonderfully self-sufficient. For years, I couldn't even envision a time when I wouldn't have to change diapers or cut up food or just say, "Go take a bath" and have them do it themselves. But now, here I am. My three-year-old still needs help with a lot of things, but even that's a far cry from having an infant or a toddler to attend to all the time. It's actually very nice.
So to complicate my life, I had to get a kitten. Because our household of six people, two dogs, and two cats reeeeeally needed another new addition.
Okay, okay, it's because I'm crazy. And a sucker for pretty much anything with four legs and fur. And a sucker for my oldest son, Colin, who is the hugest cat lover with a soft heart for animals, just like me. When I was little and I would ask my mom if I could bring a stray something-or-other home, her head would spin around and she would growl about "her carpet" and "dirty animals" in a possessed sort of voice. Now that I'm an adult I understand, but if my kids brought home a needy animal, let's just say I'd probably have a different reaction.
Anyway. Enter Zoomer, our shelter kitten.
He had already been named by the shelter people when we got him, and we kept it because it was so fitting - this cat is hyper and bouncy. He's a little kitten still, so I have to watch him constantly, lest he slip quickly out a door or into a closet or cabinet or drawer while it's open. (The other day he spent twenty minutes under my bathroom sink because I had shut the door not knowing he had crawled in there.) He wakes me up around four o'clock EVERY MORNING by stomping all over me and purring and meowing. It's like having a damn toddler all over again, I swear.
But for all his kitten-y shenanigans, I can't be mad at him, because he fits in so well. He gets along with the dogs ...
... and the cats. Well, mostly.
And? He's SO STINKING CUTE.
... Lucky for him.
Follow me on Instagram @FightingFrumpy to see more pics of Zoomer and the rest of my crazy bunch.
So to complicate my life, I had to get a kitten. Because our household of six people, two dogs, and two cats reeeeeally needed another new addition.
Okay, okay, it's because I'm crazy. And a sucker for pretty much anything with four legs and fur. And a sucker for my oldest son, Colin, who is the hugest cat lover with a soft heart for animals, just like me. When I was little and I would ask my mom if I could bring a stray something-or-other home, her head would spin around and she would growl about "her carpet" and "dirty animals" in a possessed sort of voice. Now that I'm an adult I understand, but if my kids brought home a needy animal, let's just say I'd probably have a different reaction.
Anyway. Enter Zoomer, our shelter kitten.
He had already been named by the shelter people when we got him, and we kept it because it was so fitting - this cat is hyper and bouncy. He's a little kitten still, so I have to watch him constantly, lest he slip quickly out a door or into a closet or cabinet or drawer while it's open. (The other day he spent twenty minutes under my bathroom sink because I had shut the door not knowing he had crawled in there.) He wakes me up around four o'clock EVERY MORNING by stomping all over me and purring and meowing. It's like having a damn toddler all over again, I swear.
And I still. Can't. Pee. Alone.
But for all his kitten-y shenanigans, I can't be mad at him, because he fits in so well. He gets along with the dogs ...
... and the cats. Well, mostly.
And? He's SO STINKING CUTE.
... Lucky for him.
Follow me on Instagram @FightingFrumpy to see more pics of Zoomer and the rest of my crazy bunch.
Yep, he's a cutie! (But people are going to start referring to your house as "Rita's Ark.) LOL
ReplyDeleteI am just like you when it comes to animals you can tell we are sisters because we have 3 cats and 1 dog.
DeleteAw! Cute. We got our kitties from the shelter too. Love them.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, I am overwhelmed by adorableness. So so cute. And zoomer is such a great name!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you have a new kitten so that we will get more stories and pictures. :)
Ryan's been wanting to get a puppy "for Lexi". Right now though, she's not too fond of dogs, but loves cats. Curl letting her lay and Waller all over her and cuddling her since we brought her home might have something to do with that. 😏
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