The Cat is Rubbing Off on Sweet Pea

So it's Wed. Mar. 4th - the kids are off-track and we get to have BabyCakes over for several hours while Aunt Lisa, my sis, runs errands. To prevent him from falling down the stairs, we put up the baby gate but set it back off the first step a little to allow room for the cat to still be able to reach his litter box in the furnace room. It's not a walk-through gate. Once it's up, it's up and you either need to step over it or undo it in order to get past it.

So I was sitting on the couch doing a crossword puzzle on my iPod Touch when I start hearing giggling and screaming coming from the same child. Sweet Pea had decided she wanted to be like the cat and wriggle through the small opening between the gate and step instead of asking for help to get over the gate. BabyCakes made his move. He couldn't resist the trapped prey or the lures in her hair.

Got it! Hmmm . . . now what should he do with it?

Ah, yes. Eat it and flick it. BabyCakes has a metal fetish. He loves to eat and suck on metal. So he has stretched the two baubbles as far as they'll stretch and he's sucking on the metal clasp in the middle. He's also flicking it between his teeth and spewing baby spit all over the rug and Sweet Pea.

"Can you give me some help here, Mom?" "Uh, nope."

Now what? Ah, yes. Let's take the other elastic out.