Santa's Little Helpers?

I've been meaning to post more about Cher for awhile now, but, well, I got distracted.

We've had Cher for a couple months now, and she just makes me laugh. One night about a month ago she was banging around in Marty's bathroom. (Marty's bathroom has pretty much been her home base since we got her--that's where her litter box is). The noises that I was hearing were strange enough that I finally went to check on her. She was running around using the bathtub as her play arena. She was doing laps around the inside of the tub. Then she'd climb up onto the ledge just to slide down the shower curtain.

She's less fond of the tub when there's water in it. Or rather, she's still just as fascinated by it, but she's less fond of being in it.

Cher also really likes the toilet--especially the flush. This morning when I got out of bed, Cher immediately ran to the toilet and looked over the edge of the seat in anticipation.

Cher is quite an acrobat. We first noticed it as she played in Marty's closet. She'd walk along the hangers, and even get up to the top shelf to knock down Marty's sweaters. She seems to think that the ironing board is her princess throne. And sometimes, just for fun, she'll show me how good she is at walking up and down the slanted iron legs, or even along the dowels on our chairs and barstools. The back corner on the floor of my closet is her "Bugs Bunny Hideout." It used to worry me how she liked to hang out back there. But after checking about 50 times to make sure she wasn't eating my shoes or worse, I've decided she just likes the dark coziness of it.

I love the interplay between Cher and Razor. For the most part they're friends. Mostly. They'll have wrestling matches all over the house. One of my favorite moves is when Cher hides behind something when she knows that Razor is going to walk by, and then she'll pounce out legs spread eagle. (Maybe someday I'll capture this on film. It cracks me up!)

Razor's not completely convinced that she likes Cher. For example, if she thinks I'm giving Cher too much attention and her not enough, she'll do whatever she can to position herself between me and Cher. If Cher plays too much with any of Razor's toys, all of a sudden that toy becomes the only toy Razor's interested in. Who cares about the whole bin of other toys? And when Razor's trying to sleep, she'll let off a low, steady growl if Cher gets within about 6 inches of her.

So, there's the update. We like Cher. She's fun and makes me laugh.