Sending the Kittens to Bed
It seems that the kittens’ day begins and ends on my bed now that they can get up there. Mornings begin between 4 and 5 a.m. when the babies all come to life and have parties, complete with games, on the bed. Kali joins them and provides breakfast and snacks. By the time I get up — around 6:30 — they are winding back down for naps. At least until I get up. Then they decide that maybe they aren’t so tired after all. All five of them love to “help” me in the morning, in between climbing up my legs to get my attention. Well, Pepino is usually the leg climber. The rest just run around my feet.
During the day I’m usually not there to see what they are up to, but I come home to find evidence that the games and explorations have continued throughout the day. The kittens apparently are worn out from the aforementioned activities, so they are sound asleep on my bed. But never fear! My voice is all they need to find enough energy to awake and wreak further havoc on the bedroom.
The last couple nights they’ve been downstairs socializing. Monday evening I carried them downstairs myself, but last night I called them and encouraged them to follow me down the hall, then down the stairs. As the evening went on, I noticed Pepino and Crenshaw had gone back upstairs and I once again found them napping on the bed. Honey & Charlie were napping on the cat tree. Galia was still wide awake, looking for trouble. I decided this would be a good time to feed everyone their wet food for the evening.
Galia followed me out to the cat room where she was happy to join the big cats for a feast of Fancy Feast Medleys. I took another plate to the living room, woke up Honey and Charlie, then went upstairs and brought Pepino and Cren back down to eat. After having a good meal, the kittens went back to their regularly scheduled mayhem while I watched the Olympics.
About 10 Kali must have decided it was bed time. She came into the living room and called the babies. They she headed into the front hall, still talking and calling. When the kittens didn’t immediately follow her, she came back and talked in a more insistent voice, exhorting the Melons to follow her, NOW! Everyone except Galia obediently followed her through the hall and up the stairs. Galia was cuddled up beside me and there was no way she was leaving to go upstairs. I picked her up and took her to the stairs. She promptly turned around and came back into the living room. I picked her up and carried her up to the bedroom. It wasn’t long before she was downstairs again. It wasn’t until I went upstairs and stayed that she was willing to remain there.
After I finally went to bed myself, Kali jumped up on the bed, soon followed by five naughty kittens. Eventually everyone settled down and I heard contented purring as the babies had a late night snack before falling asleep. All was well with the world at LostWoods.