Why Are Kittens Cute ?

Kitties are cute for a reason.

They are cute as a means of self-preservation. I say this because we have a new kitty in our house. He's been here three weeks. Robert & I both look like we have been drug through a knothole backwards -- with the knothole packed full of blackberry vines. He is a busy kitty -- busy biting toes in the middle of the night, busy pulling U-turns in front of the "other" cat before she can swat him, busy trying to climb up our curtains. . .you get the idea.

Don't get me wrong -- when he is cute, he is adorable. The problem has been when he is "cute", he is "asleep". This would be way better if we were not ALSO asleep (read: exhausted). When we first brought him home, he was very nervous and apprehensive -- because he was very small and our house was bigger than the place he had been living before. Well, he's over that. Totally.

He now knows all the rooms in the house and pounds up and down the stairs with no fear. Of course, we have to watch him constantly because he has developed a habit of "playing" with our legs & feet (because they move constantly). I give us probably another two-three days before one of us steps on him accidentally. *sigh*

Anyhow, I will close this post with an explanation of his name -- S'prise. He was a surprise to us after losing another well-loved cat in our house. I am seriously thinking of changing his name, however, to one that fits him a little better during this time of his life.

I'm thinking about calling him "OW ! OW !"

Thoughts ?