April 17, 2013
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Two Things that Don't Go Together but are Noteworthy, Nonetheless
I got this kiddo from preschool yesterday and he'd been running and playing outside and I thought to myself, I really just love that sweaty, smells like outside, rosy cheeked boy. He's so much fun. After I took this picture he said, "Mom, I'm thirsty!" Then I said, "You'll have to wait til we get home."
Later, Alex came in from outside and said, "Um, Mom, there's a cat stuck up in a tree in our yard." WHAT!? Everyone ran to look. Sure enough.
Thomas said, "I thought that only happened on t.v." I texted the picture to Steven and he wrote back, "Call the fire department." (he was joking) and I wrote back to him, "I don't know if you know this or not, but we don't live in a children's book." to which he replied, "You may not, but I do." I still don't know what that means but it's funny.
Poncho had basically treed this cat. I climbed up there and it hissed at me. I said to the cat, "Okay buddy, your loss!" and came back down. Someone on facebook suggested I put out tuna so I did, in a place that Poncho couldn't get it. For awhile I suspected the cat was actually stuck in the tree, but seeing/smelling the tuna did cause it to move some.
So I quit worrying about it. He had quite a long stay up there, I'll tell ya. I don't know how much of yesterday during the day he spent up there but it was in the 80's here. He was really panting when I climbed up. Steven tried removing Poncho from the backyard a couple times to give the cat a chance to make a break for it but the dumb cat stayed. He stayed all night. Poncho would get to barking and I knew the cat was trying to leave. At 3:45 this morning I opened the backdoor and lectured Poncho about barking and leaving the cat alone. He looked at me real sheepishly and I'm about 65% sure he understood what I was saying. He was quiet for the next 10 minutes anyway. Steven said the cat was still in there at 5am, but when I got up at 6 he was gone, finally. I don't think he'll be recommending our backyard to the neighbor cats.
Comments (12)
they do usually come down on their own -poor things.
they got up there so they know how to get down.
My grandson has a drink cup holder on his car seat.
Hilarious..
And cute. I love cats!
I wish I lived in a children's book - no random bombings, schools don't have to fight for money, congress is a body of people who work to make America a better place, rabbits can talk, and it all ends with someone tucking you in at the end of a wonderful, adventuresome day. {sigh}
I love that you said you don't live in a Children's Book! Hmmm, I do wonder what book I'd live in if I could. Your boy sure does have a precious face. Tuna sounds good to me right now. Yeah, I bet that cat will avoid your place!
Poor kitty. Glad he made it out of there. No thanks to the fire department.
Lol. I'm glad the cat finally came down on its own. There's no way I would have rescued it. I'm not a big fan of cats. Mostly because of my neighbor's cats. I can't STAND them. Haha.
I've grown up with cats, cats, cats. They do get "treed" now and then but it's best to just leave them be. They do come down when they are good and ready.
SO FUNNY! I can just imagine the excitement over it. My children would have all been ready to adopt it.
Those rosy cheeks are adorable!!!
I loved your husbands story book comment... Wonder if it means that he is loving his unpredictable crazy life surrounded by kids and weird events? Idk... But either way it is funny
He looks hot and thirsty!
What a cutie.
I have a few sarcastic comments about the cat...but out of fear of being attacked by cat lovers everywhere, I'll keep them to myself.
We had a cat stuck in our Birch tree in the front many years ago. The kids thought it was a lot of fun and they invited their friends to come over , and while the cat stayed there for ours, all the kids in the neighborhood played tag. I finally HAD to call the fire department and told them that it was not an emergency but that the cat was up there for more than five hours. They came ... and GOD was that an exciting affair in this area. All the kids wanted to get up on the truck and blah blah blah.
That is a cute kid and happy the kitty got down the tree.
Crazy! I love your covno with the hubby!