Sad faces and guilt tripping

Twice now I've pointed the spray bottle towards Brooklyn without actually squirting him and he just looks at me and then shakes his fur like he actually got wet! He's just too funny! He's so cute. And he's just the biggest little care bear around. He does his thing, eat, poop, play but when he gets tired he comes to his mama and sits on my lap or chest and goes to sleep. And he purrrrrrrs. Love it!

While Dunkin Donuts inherited my good looks, Brooklyn got my intelligence! LOL! I have no doubt that if I put my mind to it I'd have Brooklyn using the toilet bowl in 6 months, tops. He's fascinated by it, in fact there's not much he's not fascinated by. He needs to be in the middle of everything. Often times multiple times and he's stubborn! Will not take no for an answer. He's already figured out the little activation toys. He swats the mouse once and the treats fall out. Dunkin Donuts does not want to work for her treats. She lays down close by and if Brooklyn accidentally leaves anything out, she's there to claim it. But she quits quickly. Brooklyn has really taken into this hunting business. So far my UGG slippers have been dragged from my bedroom to the living room and same with 2 of my stuffed animals. Brooklyn clearly has something against pink and bright blue as one of the animals is pink and white and the other one is a Smurf. He hasn't tried to maul T.J. yet but if he does...watch out because the spray bottle WILL be used! DD was nipping on Garfield which I guess makes her a cannibal. I've taken video of all of this and will upload them on youtube when I have a sec. I will post the link here too.

Dunkin Donuts is still a food nazi. I believe she eats more of the wet food than Brooklyn does and often times Brooklyn leaves before his portion is done and when he does DD moves onto his bowl. Brooklyn eats more of the dry food though. And drinks more I think.

I bought the harnesses for the kitties yesterday. There's still no snow and the temperature has been above freezing so I figured if I can get then accustomed to wearing them and being walked, I will take them outside for a short spin once a day. So far I've been able to master putting the harnesses on them but the walking part...at least in the apartment hasn't been pretty. Good thing the floor is slippery because they lay down and don't budge! They did walk each other yesterday though. I have video of that too! I think pretty much the only video I DON'T have is of them going to the litter box! LOL! And that's something I'm not willing to watch!

I wonder if there's any proven methods for teaching your kittens to SLEEP during night time? Like sleep school for babies. I know I basically have all day and all night to sleep if I feel like it but I still like my sleep during night time and I would love it if I could have the door open and kittens there with me. But no, the minute the lights go off, any movement under the covers sets them off into a wild goose chase! If I have the computer in bed, DD is usually curled up against me and BK is sleeping on my chest but the second I want to sleep, they're up. And every night I start with the good intention of having them there the whole night and having patience but it wears thin pretty quickly. And then I feel bad for throwing them out! And seriously, what is it about kittens and their guilt tripping anyway? They are master manipulators! Every time I catch them from the kitchen counters and spray them, BK especially just lays down, gives me this sad sad face like I'm the one who was being bad and I'm the one who should be sorry. WTF is that all about? And they have the cutest little faces so of course I feel bad and then go all soft and mushy on them. I'm such a sucker for cute little kitten faces.

Till next time...maybe with pictures, or more video. I had a perfect video I wanted to share but blogger refuses to upload it right now...or the 3 times I tried before.

Later!