Yes I Love Cats

Dear Tante and Oma,

I like cats! Little cats, big cats, I like cats! Yellow cats, black cats, I like cats!

Kitty cats are a lot like me. They are soft, like me. They like gentle touches, like me. Their ears are the biggest part of them, just like me. They like things that move, just like me. They have to watch the big people eat good food and not get any, just like me. They are not allowed to get on the tables or counters, just like me. They like to snuggle in Mama’s lap, just like me. When there is a loud noise, they hide under the bed—just like me!

OK, I can’t get under the bed yet, but I would hide under there if I could when Mama gets out the vacuum cleaner.

I like Boo the best. He climbs in Mama’s lap while I’m cuddled there, and he cuddles with me too. He says ppppppppppppuuuuuuurrrrrrbbbbb, just like me! I say it back to him---- pppppppbbbbbbbbuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrbbbb. Then he drools, just like me! He doesn’t have very many teeth, just like me. I grab the fur on his head and sometimes he says BRAOW! Then I grab his collar and play with his tags. These tags are hard and shiny. They are different from the tags I usually fiddle, but I like them a lot.

Guess what? I have a game that I can play! I can hold my pink pooh bear blanket in front of my face. When Mama says Peekaboo! I whip down that blanket and laugh.

Sabrina has a new game too. It’s called Get On the Kitchen Counter With No Help. She gets on her Sabrina stool and then climbs the drawers. Mama says maybe this isn’t the kind of milestone we want to celebrate. Mama sings a song to her that goes like this:

You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Monkey,
Climbin’ All the Time.
You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Monkey,
Climbin’ All the Time.
You Ain’t Never Fallen Down
And You Are a Friend of Mine!

Mama shimmies her hips while she sings it. I think it’s funny, and a little indecent too!

Love,
Little Linnie Lou-Hoo

P.S. Mama is sick today. Two days ago we had the same kind of sickness, but now I have a better sickness and Mama has a worse one. That means Daddy will be home this afternoon to play with us while Mama sleeps. Do you think Mama will let me nap with her? I think maybe. Mama says maybe not.