Hiiiiiii Dat

Matthew and Moses, our cat, have an on-going love affair. Most times, they play very nicely together until one party makes a fatal move...that being either when Matthew completely tackles the cat sandwiching him to the floor, or when Moses sinks his pointy teeth into Matthew's supple little arm flesh. Both handle the abuse from each other well, too, and they seem to kiss & make up pretty quickly. It's cute because you'll see Moses walk up to Matt and give him two big rubs and Matt will reciprocate by giving him "pets" in which we're still heavily coaching him to "be gentle". Anytime we leave to go somewhere he always says bye-bye to the cat...it's "bye-bye Dat!!!!" We all know that he can make the proper "c" sound because he talks about crackers all day, but when it comes to the cat he prefers to pronounce it "dat". It's hilarious.

Yesterday while I was making cookies (that's right, jealous??) Matthew entertained himself pretty well. He'd come back and check on me now and then and also to sample the products of my labor. New word yesterday: cookie. Imagine that! So here you see that the poor cat is trying to catch a nap on the rocker and Matthew decided to give him a ride. He played peek-a-boo with him for a minute where I heard him saying "hiiiiii dat" and giggling. Then I caught him pushing on the back legs of the rocker while the cat clung on for dear life. Let's just say that Moses doesn't catch nearly as many day time naps as he used to before our toddler came along.