I went to the bedroom a few minutes ago to get a sweatshirt and found Ronin lying on the foot of the bed. This was an unusual enough occurrence that I had to investigate. He’ll lie on the bed if Myu is there (she loves being lazy on the bed), and he’ll sometimes join Lin or me if we are taking a nap, but in general, he likes to stake out a post on higher ground. Yes, he has that whole King of the Jungle Overlooking His Kingdom thing going on in his little furry head. So to find him lying on the foot of the bed wide awake and sans Myu was just odd.

I sat on the bed and noticed the closet door was open a few inches (again), and thought maybe he’d run to the bed when he heard me coming so as to not get caught in the act of opening the closet door. Ronin is sneaky that way. I closed the closet door, sat back down on the bed and called for Myu. They are never more than a few feet apart, so it also seemed odd that she was nowhere to be seen.

First call … no sign or sound of Myu. Second call … I heard a bump that sounded like a cat jumping off of something in another room. I waited for her to arrive at the bedroom door. I waited. I waited some more. No Myu. Then I looked at Ronin, and he was staring at the closet with his eyes bugging out of his head. In a flash, he jumped off the bed, ran to the closet and began frantically pawing at edge of the mirrored door. So I go and open the door, and what do I find? Myu sitting on top of my bags of yarn looking all innocent and adorable.

I told you they were never more than a few feet apart!

Now the little brats are over on Lin’s side of the den rummaging in something. They do love rummaging in the boxes of paperwork Lin has stashed in the den. Yes, paper is the best toy EVER. Why you can rip it, bite it, chew it, claw it to shreds … just SO MUCH FUN! I better go rescue whatever it is they are into and take them to the living room for a play session. They appear to need some wearing out. If I don’t lower their energy levels now, they’ll be swinging from the chandeliers by mid-afternoon.

Two more days until their 6 month birthday! I can’t believe it. First off, I can’t believe they have already been with us for 6 months (well. almost, we didn’t get them at birth, so it’s more like 5 months), and secondly, I can’t believe they are only 6 months old. They have gotten SO huge the last few weeks. They are monsters, I tell you … MONSTERS! 8O