Of course, I don’t really know if they know, since they can’t talk and berate me for daring to leave.

Yesterday, I was using the “101 Things to do with a Box” to train the boys. I take them into the bedroom one at a time. Each one immediately made a beeline for the suitcase I’m in the middle of packing.

Now, mind you, the suitcase from my last trip (2 months ago), still happens to be on the floor. They completely ignore that, and go for the one I’m in the process of filling.

And then Simba came into the bedroom as I was bedding down with Chester & Lola and made himself comfortable. He hasn’t slept with us in quite some time. This was, in fact, Lola’s first experience at sharing the bed all night with him (they’ve all napped with me before).

She did pretty well. She get a little antsy & growly at first when he was grooming himself. They’re fine with the boys as long as the boys aren’t moving, which is admittedly much of the day. But the second they run around or jump on something, she runs after them growling. I haven’t figured out if it’s aggressive, fearful or if she wants to play with them (she growls fiercely while playing), but in either case, it’s something I’m working on extinguishing.

I had to remind Lola to “leave it” a few times when she became too interested in Simba. But Simba stayed with us until 4 am, which is almost my time to get up with the boys.

I assume Simba chose to sleep with us because he knows I’ll be leaving them. But who really knows?

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