I haven’t really discussed this before, but….ummmm, I think it is time.  We actually have three toddlers in our house.  We adopted this little morsel last fall, and she has become quite the member of our family.  Here she is:

We call her Kitty.  She is a stray, but we are pretty darn sure that she is around the age of our children.  Why?  Let me detail it for you:

Kailan:  “Kitty, don’t touch my book!”, as he sets his book and a little stuffed animal on a chair.  He looks sternly at Kitty and wags his finger her way to emphasize his point that she is not allowed to touch his precious possessions.

He turns his back.

Kitty immediately goes to the chair and swats off the book.  Seeing that she didn’t achieve both, she goes back and swats off the little bear.  Then runs away as Kailan starts screaming about his “BOOK!!!!”, “BEAR!!!!”, “KITTY!!!!”.

Now if that doesn’t sound like a toddler, I don’t know what does.  She also seems to be drawn to playing with certain favorite toys of the other toddlers in the house.  Additionally, in following the “Toddler’s Credo“, she steals toys from the other toddlers in the house as soon as they turn their back, as they are obviously hers for the taking.

Another little quirk she has is not listening to us.  Totally a toddler.  She gets up on the kitchen counter to sit in the window sill.  It is apparently the best spot to watch the bunnies in our backyard.  We have told her time and again that it is not proper etiquette to have her hairiness on our clean counters, but yet, she doesn’t listen.  Just like our other children.

She also thinks she needs to be in the bathroom with you when you are doing your business.  Just like the other children, she thinks that going to the bathroom is a community event.  She will sit and watch you, and apparently thinks that it is a good petting opportunity for her.  You obviously aren’t doing anything else while on the pot.  She even knows that the downstairs bathroom door doesn’t always latch when you close it, and with just a push she can let herself in.  Just like the rest of the solitude ending children.

Then…oh, then….she tends to get herself locked into rooms and can’t get out.  Our closet, a bathroom (somehow she shuts the door on herself), the basement, etc.  We will come home from work and find that she has been locked in a room all day long…away from the litter box.  She’s trouble. 

Yep, we have three toddlers in the house.