Not the best birthday portrait ever, but until you have tried grabbing 32 pounds of multiple cats, getting across the room to a seated position, and getting everyone to look at the camera before the ten second timer goes off, you have NO IDEA just how much fun that can be. This was the fifth and final attempt. I value my flesh too much to try again. The children were getting grumpy, something I think is quite obvious from the expression on their grouchy little faces.

But … our kitties are two years old today! They don’t realize that means they are adult cats, of course. They are both thoroughly convinced they are still little kittens, and let me tell you, they have been acting like little baby brats all day, but they have been excessively adorable while doing so, which means they have been getting away with all their mayhem and craziness. They are so spoiled!

As much insanity as these two have brought to my life over the last two years, I love them so much. They may be little monsters, but they are MY monsters, and they have me firmly wrapped around their pointy little claws.

This weekend, when there is another able-bodied human in the house to help with the cat herding, I’ll try to get a better family photo. This one will do for now, but there’s only one creature in the photo that looks happy, and that’s the human. Because I am … I am so happy to have two such cute and adorable monsters in my life!