Friday Top Ten: Why Cats are like Toddlers

The other day, Sophie climbed up onto the table next to the recliner. Instinctively, I turned to the squirt bottle that I use to "discipline" the cats. A term I use loosely because after 8 years in the case of Potter and 3 for Gomez both are still doing all of the behaviors that will get them squirted. I had my hand on the trigger before I realized what I was doing. It was then that it dawned on me just how similar life with our two cats is to living with a toddler. But the similarities continue:

1. I have to clean up both of their poo*.
   
2. The both hear me say "NO!" and keep right on what they're doing.
3. They are both incredibly finicky about their food and have been known to dump the entire contents of their dishes out in protest.
4. Toddlers like to drag things/cats like to chase things.
5. Both the cats and the toddler feel the need to put themselves in between me and whatever I'm working on, looking at or reading.
6. They both have an uncomfortable (for me) interest in the toilet, and not for its intended use.
   
7. They both pretend not to hear me about 95% of the time.
8. Both knock things down for no reason other than to see it fall.
9. They both manage to take up 75% of the bed despite the fact that neither has a body mass that exceeds 15% of either my husband or myself.
10. They both love boxes.
    

Have a great weekend!

*Or shadoobie, my new favorite word, as the wonderful Lula would say.