At this time of year mummy and daddy keep telling us we’d better be good or else Santa Paws won’t come, well, I’m pretty sure I’ve been good for most of the year, well, in all honestly I have been a bit naughty but only really mischievous naughty not really naughty. I hope that’s ok, mischief is just part of me, part of who I am and what makes me a curious adventure cat. Just as a precaution though I thought I’d better start being extra good so these are my top tips on how to get onto Santa’s nice list.
1. Help mummy wrap the Christmas presents. Even us cats know that to wrap a present you always need an extra set of paws to fold, hold or stick the paper down with. As mummy rolls the paper out I sit on it to stop it curling back up. Then as she pulls out the sticky tape I make sure it can’t attack her by swatting it with my paw and making it stick to the paper.Plus our sharp teeth and claws mean we can help shred the paper to the right size, sorry if some bits are a bit soggy!
2. Make sure mummy and daddy are washing themselves properly and keeping away the nasty virus. As I’m sure you know cats are very clean and we are meticulous at washing every little nook and cranny, even those really hard to reach places, between the toes, behind the ears and of course our bottoms, nothing goes unwashed. This means I’m the perfect supervisor for when mummy is in the bath, making sure she washes everywhere properly and doesn’t miss a bit, I even show her what to do. Just to make sure I sit on the side of the bath and every so often walk up and down the edge and as mummy leans in close to say hello I run my tail across her face just to help. Each time I do it mummy has to wash her face as she says my fur sticks to her and tickles. When she gets out and her bare feet are on the furry mat I can tell if she missed washing her toes so I give them a good lick and nibble. Mummy squirms and says “Jenny, that’s horrible and tickles” well, she should have washed properly, there’s no slacking when I’m supervising. Recently I’ve been teaching these skills to Angelin who has just learnt to jump up onto the side of the bath by herself. She sits on the corner ‘watching’ me ‘watching’ mummy. I’m being so good that I haven’t even given her a gentle nudge to ‘accidentally’ knock her into the bath. Hopefully this will get me some extra Santa Paws nice points for being a good big sister. That leads me onto my next top tip.
3. Getting on with my sisters. That can be tricky but we’ve been playing and running around and chasing each other, sometimes it ends in a play fight but that’s ok as were family so it’s never mean. I know that mummy and daddy like to watch us playing but it’s quite nice to just play by ourselves so we often we play with each other when mummy and daddy are asleep but, as were a close family, we don’t like to be too far away so as you know we play under the bed. There’s the odd bump and doink as we run in and around the boxes under the bed but I’m pretty sure that mummy and daddy like to know we’re getting on even at 3am! Sometimes I tease Angelin but making noises on the other side of the door so she thinks there’s something there to chase or catch, being blind doesn’t stop us from being mischievous 😼.
4. Keeping mummy and daddy fit. Daddy likes to plays damp hands with me so to make it more fun I run around the flat so that he has to chase me. He also likes to play football with me and every so often I don’t run after or chase the ball so he has to go and find it and kick it again for me. Millie loves to play chase with her nobbly balls which bounce in funny directions, she makes daddy throw them all for her to play with as she sits there with her big puss in boots eyes so then daddy has to go round the flat trying to find where Millies stashed all the balls.
Of course I take mummy out for walkies every day to get some fresh air and get her legs moving, if I run around lots them mummy has to run after me so she gets even more exercise.
5. Helping them work from home. I make sure they take regular breaks but sitting by the door wanting to go out onto the balcony or having some playtime. Angelin keeps daddy busy by making him play with her favourite crinkle toy. They work so hard that I have to make sure they take a proper break when they’re having lunch so I ‘accidentally’ step on the lid of daddy’s laptop to close it. Sometimes they need a bit of motivation so I sit in front of mummy to encourage her, I talk to the people in mummy’s video meeting to tell them how hard she’s working, sometimes I even help with mummy’s work but translating her words into cat as I walk across her tippy tappy typing board.
Jenny’s Story 