Isn't Mom's casa, casa mia? Blue foot-prints make for nice- decorations.

Apparently, not everything in the house is mine to use as I please. Last weekend I FINALLY got rid of one of those plants that is in the way of my sun bathing. I kicked it until it fell onto the rug...the clay pot broke and dirt was all over the living room carpet. Perfect!!

Mom didn't agree.

She got the vacuum...and chastized me. "Bad Ezzie...blah blah blah blah blah...."

I tried to help her vacuum by getting as close I could to examine what she was doing...she kept telling me to get out of the way. It was a fun game. She'd toss me to the side...and I'd come back for more.

Then she started to curse...something about the vacuum being clogged and she didn't realize it was spitting the dirt out the back.

I headed to the kitchen to look for something else to do....

I found a cool little blue bottle and batted it around a bit. Then walked about...went into the sink to wet my paws....

La La La.....I'm an artist just like Mom....and I can dance....

Mom finished removing the dirt in the living room (she is no fun).

Then she started freaking out again..."which of you cats has blue food coloring on the paws?"...she grabbed Jasper first and examined his paws..."nope,not you...what a shocker...must be Ezzie..." I tried to hide, but she got me...guess she followed those cool blue foot prints I was making...darn it.

She held me under the warm water in the sink...until the blue went away.

"Blah blah blah...you are SO still a kitten...blah blah blah...you are an imp....blah blah blah...I love you and wouldn't trade you anything."

Keeping Mom on her toes

So--my human--(we'll call her Mom, but truthfully she looks nothing like me and Jasper...I think maybe she has some kind of OCD problem because she keeps taking all the fur off her legs...she really should see a therapist about this...doesn't she realize how ridiculous she looks?...nothing but skin...yes...white, hairless skin...I talked to Jasper and he clearly prefers furry legs, but still loves her...I finally grew the fur back on my leg and my belly is almost grown back...and look at me--I won 3rd runner up in a pageant...wake up Mom...fur is beautiful!)....

Oh...but we were going to talk about the latest laugh I had. Mom put all these pebbles and stones around the base of her plants so we don't throw the dirt around anymore. She's so clever. I liked the dirt, but I like the stones even better...they make such a great sound when I wack them about the room; and when I throw them down the stairs it's so much more satisfying than when I throw my soft toys: they make such a wonderful racket!

And I don't have to take them back up the stairs--Mom sees them and puts them back by the plant for me while mumbling something about noise...the neighbors hearing...and when is she going to sleep again. We sleep during the day...isn't that what you do, Mom? If you would just follow our lead you'd be a much happier person.

Thanks Mom--keep the great toys coming--despite your bald legs, you're the best!

Yes, it wasn't us

My human came home and saw all the stuff we knocked off the kitchen counter and onto the floor. She said "Now I know someone else had to be in the apt, because MY CATS are not allowed on the counter tops". I looked at her and meowed "No, it was us." ...Jasper nudged me "shush...if she wants to believe someone else did it let her...we can use this to our advantage."

Jasper is so smart.

3:30AM-and Jasper and I are ready for action

3:30AM--I'm playing in the bedroom with my favorite toys (plastic caps). I like to hold them in my mouth, let them go, then jump-in and wack them so they roll and bounce off of things. They make such a nice clatter bouncing against things and on the wooden floors; I'm quite talented. My human woke up picked up the cap, threw it to the other end of our apartment and got back in bed in a huff. She seems cranky...but she did throw the cap to play fetch with me.

3:40AM--I found the cap and returned with it to the bedroom (I like this game of fetch!)

3:42 AM-My human got up and said something like "Go play in the living room...I'm trying to sleep" Then she picked me up and my cap up and walked into the kitchen--she threw my cap into the living room again. Yeah! This is fun!

4:00AM- I like to toss the caps down the stairs and chase them to the bottom: It's so much fun!!--my human loves it too...she said that despite my 6 lbs I sound like a mini-elephant on the stairs...I'm sure it's a compliment. I'm tired of the stairs now though; so, I will return to the bedroom again--maybe she'll play fetch with me again--I like this new game!

4:10AM--She pushed me out the bedroom door and closed it. Humph...

4:25AM--Jasper pushed the bedroom door open for me...I'm back in action in the bedroom.

4:30AM--I was pushed out of the bedroom again. She closed the door, but this time Jasper can't get the door to open no matter how hard he pushes...I wonder why.

5:45AM--Our human is awake...she let me back into the bedroom and snuggled me and Jasper for 10 minutes until she got up and went to my other favorite cap playing place--I think she calls it the shower. Jasper likes to lick the water in there afterwards. Hopefully she'll feed me and Jasper soon. Jasper will need the energy to push the door open if she locks us out again later.