Conversations with the boys

I still sound like a frog and am trying to beat this cold, so I worked from home today. While I worked, the boys lay in splendor on the bed, snoozing away. From time to time, though, they'd come check on me. The following are samples from our conversations.

"No, that's not a cat toy."

"That's not a cat toy, either."

"Who's a good boy?"

"Stop that!"

Then there was the ten minutes I spent giving Barry a serious scritching with one hand while I worked using the other, which was actually possible to do given what I'm working on. All in all, a mellow day.