Presents

I occasionally find myself standing in a checkout lane holding a coaster, lotion or tv remote that belong on my nightstand. You see, Scout enjoys knocking things down to watch them fall. Sometimes those things fall on the floor but they often land in my open purse to be discovered later.

He’s a cat and that’s the sort of thing cats enjoy. I just call them “presents.”

Yesterday I was digging through my purse at work only to discover he had left me something else this time – one of his beloved catnip filled mousies.

You can tell it’s well loved. I’m honored he would trust me with this treasure and it brightened my day.

The little things really do make all the difference!

Scout’s First Christmas

Shopping for Scout’s first Christmas may have gotten out of control. I realized while gift wrapping Sunday that he’s going to have more presents under the tree than most kids will have this Christmas.

Here he is after a busy day of helping me wrap presents. He was all tuckered out so he curled up with his blankie in his favorite chair. He tried to supervise a little longer but his eyes were just too heavy to stay awake.

That little cat won the lottery when he picked me up in the street.