My newly impassioned cat

Perhaps you've read my last 2 posts, about cats and about "Roll Away Your Stone". Now, Nathan has combined them.

Boy, does he get stuck on a topic! Cats are always a favorite, and substituting the word "cat" for other words is always a fun game. He was really wanting me to sing "You Are My Catshine", pretty much constantly, substituting the word cat for any handy noun, regardless of whether the result makes any sense. "You told me once, cat", he'd ask, wanting that third verse over and over, and finding the line "you have shattered all my cats" especially funny.

Then the cats got forgotten for a minute. Nathan became obsessed with the Mumford and Sons song "Roll Away Your Stone". He sang it in his sleep and woke up singing it. He asked for it all day long. I was actually kind of happy about the change of focus. It wasn't about cats. And it gave me something new to do; I got to learn the lyrics to a new song. That was all fine until "Roll Away Your Cat" happened. The new fun thing around here is to substitute the word cat for a heck of a lot of words to "Roll Away Your Stone". "And sooooo I'll be found/ with my cat stuck in the ground/ marking the territory of/ my newly impassioned caaaaaaat". Or, in Nathan's terms, "new passion passion caaaaat". Yes, indeed, the enthusiasm for all things cat is newly impassioned. *Sigh*

Dancing

Nathan has a couple of new favorite songs form the alternative rock station, including Mumford and Sons "Roll Away Your Stone". He seems to think that the line "darkness is a harsh term, don't you think?" is "Darcie is a horse" (his physical therapist is named Darsie, but she is not a horse). He really likes the fast bits and will request this song by asking for "dancing!" Here is some video taken this morning of Nathan dancing to Mumford and sons:

Cat Quesadilla

Nathan likes to make jokes, generally speaking the same jokes over and over again.

His current favorite I think started with or was perpetuated by his Auntie Lisa. Nathan was saying "cat soup" for some reason and that led to other cat menu items, such as "cat sandwich" and "cat omelet". Nathan now finds it hilarious to make up cat entrees, baked goods, and desserts. He keeps repeating "cat quesadilla!", and in fact sometimes wakes up saying it. I made the giant mistake of encouraging him to given candy another try this Halloween and now he's discovered he likes chocolate. He was saying "cat candy!" this morning.

Cat food (that is to say food for cats rather than food made of cats) is also a subject of much hilarity. Nathan has written new lyrics to Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry" on the subject: "No Nathan no cat food!", and has also given equal time to lyrics forbidding the cat from eating the people food: "No Moosis no chicken!". Substituting different words in familiar songs is another popular form of Nathan joke.

I love his sense of humor, even when the jokes get a little old. "Cat quesadilla" at 5am, anyone?