Feline fun

Last year we got the cats a lot of toys, hoping to find something that would entertain them and us. You know, catnip-filled mice, plastic balls, whatever. As it turned out, the two best things were a laser penlight -- chasing the little red dot of light drives them bonkers -- and these glittery pom pom balls. I don't know what it is about them, but while the cats will disdainfully ignore all the other toys we throw at them, these things get them chasing all over the house, over and under furniture, wherever they can toss the thing. Maybe it has something to do with the glitter strips that makes it look like it is moving even when it is sitting still. What makes this better than the penlight (other than the fact that we seem to have misplaced it and have no idea where it is) is that you don't have to do anything but throw it out there once. The cats do the rest of the work.