18 Lives

So it was bath day, the bathing order is in the order of age. As Piper would term it, "age before beauty".  First Cody, then Simon, and lastly little Piper. I must confess it's really not about their ages, just the order that developed. I would always choose to bathe Cody first because he's the hardest to bathe. Simon is easy and once Piper came along she was content waiting until after her bros.

There I am bathing the "kids" one by one. Now once Cody is done and out of the tub, he jumps around anxiously awaiting his next sibling to get out of the tub too. Sometimes he's jumping around so much I have trouble keeping him out of the way while I get Simon or Piper wrapped in a towel and out of the tub. I don't know why he gets so excited but he does, perhaps he's anxious because once all baths are done, it's treat time.

Anyway, there I am unfolding a towel to wrap Piper in and get her out of the tub. As I'm unfolding the towel she springs upward. Now with cats they quite literally have springs in their back legs. Dogs do not have the jumping abilities cats do. With her at times it's like she has a hidden trampoline she's bouncing up from. So Piper springs up as I'm unfolding the towel to wrap her in, meanwhile Cody is directly in front of me. In a split second I realize Piper is going to land directly on Cody's head because he's not granting her any room to land, he's invading all the area. One of those don't think, just react moments. As I'm reaching for Piper, Cody is realizing what is about to happen. He's clued into the fact he's about to be landed on. Someway, somehow I reach out to grab the soaking wet Pipe! Not an easy grab, when a pet is completely wet and slippery. I glance at Cody, his expression goes from totally panic stricken to fully relieved. He was a puggie breathing a huge sigh of relief.  His face said, "Great catch mommie, great catch, I was almost history!" I must say I was quite proud of myself, it was a really nice catch! Lol!

I think Piper's 9 lives as well as his 9 lives flashed before him...if he has 9 lives? Perhaps not since he's a pug! But if he does have 9 lives they all flashed before his eyes along with hers! LOL!