Piper vs. Bedtime!

It's clear bedtime is not Piper's favorite time of the day.  It's not her mommie's fave time of the day either or at least on most days it isn't.  Cats are a little bit nocturnal.  Although we have done a good job trying to keep Piper on a schedule, still bedtime and Piper don't mix well.

Once I announce it's bedtime this is what happens....First off Simon is no where to be found because he puts himself to bed immediately following his last walk of the day. Cody and Piper are the only ones we have to tell to go to bed.  When told to go to bed, Cody slowly creeps from the living room towards his bedtime area.  He creeps at a snails pace.  Perhaps he's not fond of bedtime either.  Actually with Cody, he likes to stay up as late as we do.  He seems to linger in an effort to survey whether it's just the pets that are going to bed or if we're all going to bed. I have wasted countless hours of my life waiting on Cody.  He has not slowed down in his old age he's always been a slow moving tortoise, while Simon is a fast moving hare!

As for my Piper-pie, when told it's bedtime a lively game of chase the kitty breaks out.  Though the chase the kitty game can get annoying it has it's funny moments, like when Piper runs into the slow moving tortoise(Cody) as she's bouncing from room to room to avoid me. Cody's expression he gives when she knocks into him is quite priceless, his look accurately represents his annoyance of being hit by the fast moving oversized gnat(Piper).  She's like a flash of lightning. She's near you, you think you have her cornered then....FLASH....she's gone.  Once again you move to where she's at....thinking this time you've got her....FLASH again....she goes through my legs. 

The other night Brad was the one that tried to get Piper in bed first.  As he attempted to chase her, I soon joined in.  The two of us against one little kitty.  She was no match for us, or was she?  I was quick to get the idea to lure her.  That's my go-to move with her!  We had some Easter grass laying around, there I was waving a strand of Easter grass at Piper.  She's a nut for the simplest things!  She took the bate, soon Brad was able to grab her once her eyes became fixated on the Easter grass I was holding.  Dangling a strand of Easter grass in front of her is as good as dangling a hot dog in front of Simon! 

I'm curious to see if bedtime will ever interest Piper?  Will she ever be easy to put to bed?  Not that it's that hard because luring her with a simple item or a toy always seems to work.  However, I wonder how long it will be until she very willingly heads to bed.  Cody's 12 and he doesn't exactly go willingly.  I'm thinking a nightly game of chase the kitty will take place for many years to come in our household. And you know what? I'm perfectly happy with that!  She's added some zip to our animal kingdom!