Happy New Year everyone. We hope you all enjoyed your holidays and wish you the best for 2023.
I hurt my back the day after Christmas and am still in pain six days later, although, I am getting better. Before I hurt my back, on Christmas Day, we enjoyed a visit from my son, his girlfriend, and the always entertaining grandson. Apparently, a few days earlier, his mother trusted someone to cut his hair that obviously didn’t know what she was doing.
Brayden is an active young man who turned three in October. Floki does not like the disturbance caused by the presence of a child and spent most of the time hiding. Frankie kept his distance and hung out on the bed. He gave Brayden a hiss or two when he got too close. Chris, on the other hand, gracefully put up with him.
I removed the audio but he was being instructed to stop almost the entire time. You can see where he was made to turn over his instrument of torment, only to go find another one.
Later, my wife showed him our slot machine, probably to distract him. I spent time with him while he fed quarters into the machine.
He would put two or three-quarters in before pulling the handle. I tried to explain that he was wasting his money to no avail. He did win the second-highest jackpot twice so I probably should have just shut my mouth. At one point, he had a hand full of quarters that he dropped into the machine, one at a time. While he was feeding them into the machine, he was counting. He made it all the way to fifteen before running out of quarters.
It has been a while since I raised a child but is it normal for a kid that age to be able to count to fifteen? I assume he could have gone higher if he had more quarters.
Bad Cat Chris 
Happy New Year to you all. I’m so sorry about your back! I hope resting has given you some relief? Louis Catorze would have loved playing with Brayden. He loves kids, although not toddlers. He is very clear about that.
Thanks. It keeps getting better and then worse again. Today it is better than yesterday. Thankfully I was off work all week but have to go back tomorrow. Handling a toddler is not easy for any cat, or person.
Ouch on the injured back…..hope that doesn’t last long. Poor Chris – he was so patient while getting banged on the head – your grandson is adorable (oh that hair!) but whacking a cat endlessly (even a PATIENT cat) is just not a good thing. LOL
Pam
Thanks, Pam. He does not have a cat at home so he needs to learn to be gentle.
Sorry to hear about your back. Hoping it feels better soon. Poor Chris…he sure was tolerant. Most cats wouldn’t put up with that. Happy New Year to all of you!
Thanks so much. Happy New Year to all of you too.
Sorry to hear about your back, hope you feel better soon!
Thanks so much.
I hope you feel better. Goodness.
Patient Chris. 😽
Thanks. Yes, he is really patient.
We hope your back is better soon. Happy New Year!
Thanks. Happy New Year.
Brayden is very intelligent, and Chris is very sweet. Hope your back is better soon. Wishing you a happy, healthy 2023
Thanks. Same to you.
Sorry about the back! I feel your pain (mine was shovelling snow though). Sending healing purrayers.
May the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow. Wishing you lots of love, joy, and happiness. Happy New Year! Keep Being awesome!
Marvelous Marv and Barb
I love that. Thank you so much.
I sure hope your back is all better soon and y’all were good with the little sticky human. We all wish you a most Happy New Year! ~Brian, Simon, Seal, Kiki, Maxwell and Macy
Thanks so much.
Your grandson is adorable. Chris is a really good boy. My Joanie is tolerant like that of the little ones. The others usually hide. Last night, there was a scene on tv with a little girl talking and most of the cats went flying. They must have thought my great nieces were here. 🙂 Hope your back feels better soon.
Thank you. I hope you have a great new year also. I think Joanie and Chris are far from average for cats.
Hope the back heals fully soon. A lovely visit. What is it about ginger cats and kids? They love them!
Thanks. Gingers seem friendlier but nobody has ever proven that.
I’m so sorry to hear about your back and hope it is better soon! Wow that hair lol. I’m with Pam above. I think Chris was INCREDIBLE with the little guy (when in October is his birthday? Mine is October as well). I could tell throughout the video that someone had to be telling him to be more gentle. I didn’t like the banging on the head thing either (as Pam didn’t). One day if he does that to the wrong cat he might be sorry. His parents should work with him on learning to be gentle. Happy Healthy New Year!
I am pretty sure his birthday is the sixth. He lives mostly with his father and his girlfriend but he is with his mother on weekends. Neither has a cat but the mother has a fairly big dog. Perhaps someone should get a cat so he can learn how to behave with them.
I think someone ELSE should get the cat so they can teach him how to behave with it first. I would hate to see them get a cat and have it be tormented until he learned 😉
Yes. He probably needs to grow up a little.
Love the cats and sweet little boy ~ children can learn a lot from pets ~
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Thanks so much.