There's A Critter In Our Christmas Tree!!

Well......there is, but it's actually our young kitty "Bailor".
He came to live with us in late May of this year.
He was so small when the kids brought him home that he fit in my son's t-shirt pocket.
They had found him in the barn in a box of baling twine.....
He has discovered that the Christmas tree is a neat place (or so he thought!!) to hide out.
One night while we were all watching t.v., we notice that the tree is moving and the ornaments are shaking!
We heard rustling in the branches and the ornaments tinkling.......
Our DD laughs out hysterically and proclaims to us and the entire road, "THE CAT IS IN THE CHRISTMAS TREE!!!"....... it felt like we were the "Griswold's" there for a moment !!! :)

He just lay in there among the branches.....so unconcerned.....watching us "fruitloops" laugh at him and DD running to get the camera......
Needless to say....... he wrecked the tree and decorations that DD had worked so diligently about putting up.....
Well, he repositioned himself in the branches.....which made the tree become off balance and TIMBER!!!! THAR SHE GOES!!!
It started to tip over and stopped just as the recliner broke it's fall!
Soooooo, we set it back upright and straightened the ornaments......sort of.....and scolded him when he tried to get in there again.......
He was actually a good boy the rest of the evening, but the next morning (early) we heard a big THUD! coming from the living room and the naughty kittyboy had done it again!!!!!!
DH said, "what was that!?"
I didn't even raise my head from the pillow or open my eyes to calmly and softly reply,
"the cat has turned the tree over again" I knew what had happened just from the sound...... :)

However, DD diddn't think it was sooooo funny this time......lol.... :)
She had to remove all the ornaments and basically re-do the whole tree......
(it's her cat we remimded her :) that she so annoyingly INSISTED on bringing home)

Let's just say.......I believe they had a "meeting of the minds" or a "battle of the wills"after that episode!
I don't think he's tried to climb in the tree again......but I had to laugh when I saw him the other night, curled up under the tree sound asleep.....just as if he were saying to DD with his actions....that "I can still get even this close if I want to and you won't whack my ears off my head with that paper you threatened to swat at me with"! LOL !!!