{"id":920,"date":"2016-01-04T06:22:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T14:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=920"},"modified":"2016-01-04T06:22:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T14:22:16","slug":"cats-and-kids-kids-and-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=920","title":{"rendered":"Cats and Kids\u2014Kids and Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of days ago, my great grand-girl-boy-twins came for a visit. As most of our visiting toddlers do, they asked about the kitties. They wanted to see the kitties. While Max and Sophie always hide out when they see the little ones walk in, Lily usually joins the whirlwind of activity. \"LilyTwins\"<\/p>\n

From the time she was a kitten, if she\u2019d hear children playing next door, she\u2019d find a perch at the nearest window and stare out at them for hours. She was only about eight or ten-weeks old when our three-year-old granddaughter started staying with us every Wednesday and the child and the kitten really hit it off. Wherever Alyzay played, that\u2019s where you\u2019d find Lily\u2014scattering blocks, hiding in a homemade tent, coloring, working a puzzle\u2026 Lily even got involved once in Alyzay\u2019s game of \u201csuper hero.\u201d I made them both a cape and they flew around the living room together for a while.<\/p>\n

\"Jayden<\/p>\n

Both Alyzay and Lily have grown up some, but Lily still enjoys small children. The day the eighteen-month-old twins came by, they found Lily napping and excitedly headed for her. While the little ones were gentle and being supervised, they were also active and managed to move a foot too close to Lily a time or two, lean on her maybe a little too hard, and they weren\u2019t always using their quiet voices. But Lily was much too interested in them to complain or even move out of their way. She\u2019s one of those rare cats who likes little kids. And she sure provides us with a lot of fun photo ops!\"Alyzay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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