i feel like these kittens are my kids. i tried cleaning the bathroom the other day (where they reside at night) and only succeeded after i put the little munchkins away. the problem with kittens, as well as kids, is that they WANT TO EXPLORE EVERYTHING. it's like they think they're lewis and clark or something. (sacaguwea is nowhere to be found). if there is any inch of unexplored, unsniffed territory, IT MUST BE EXPLORED. hm, i've never touched this faucet, i've never climbed in this cupboard, i've never crawled behind this space, I BET I COULD FIT THERE!
now, sometimes this is completely adorable and other times it is completely obnoxious. exploring while i try to clean the bathroom, for instance, is not an opportune time. it's like they're rubbing against my legs purring, "mom! mom! can i help! mom! mom! look what i can do!" it's so, so cute. just not appropriate when i'm bent over scooping their poop. :)
how do moms with twins function? haha.
i guess when i say, "the problem with kittens, as well as kids," i don't really mean problem. inconvenience, yes, problem, no. over time, we start to lose that curiosity, that wonder, that adventurous spirit that belongs to kids and kittens. through the slosh of 5am alarms to refinancing to x% interest rates where does that go? why do we stop swinging on swings, rolling down hills, and finger painting?
sometimes luther and roxye will be doing something unbelievably adorable and i just have to stop whatever i'm doing and take a picture, or pet them, or snuggle them. they're only kittens once, and only for a short time. same is true with motherhood i guess. it's important not to get caught up in what we think is "important" when what's really important is right in front of us creating fingerpainted masterpieces with a side of bedhead and unmatched socks.
it's those little "inconveniences" that we later realize weren't problems at all.
my cute little problems of fluff turned into pleasures.
