Two new pairs of shoes, dirt and animals

Yes, our boys outgrew their first pair of shoes and I bought them new ones. Times goes by so quickly, I can hardly believe it. My boys are great fun, but getting a bit headstrong - I wonder what this means for the future? I try to show them to nod and say "yes" but all I get is a unisono shaking of heads and "nainainai". So whenever I tell them yes, I get a no reply, but they are laughing and shaking their heads vigorously, I can't refrain from laughing myself.
Simon is still not sleeping at night, he wakes up several times, otherwise my days would be perfect, even if I am tired out every evening.
Today they finally found out where we keep our shoe polish and brushes. I was just in time to keep them from opening the tins with shoe polish. Is shoe polish poisonous? Well, taking into considerationn the amount of dirt which the boys already consumed (one day I found Jonathan quietly sucking the tail of our cat) they should be quite resistant against most germs and poisons by now.
PS. the interesting thing is that Willy the cat had no objections against Jonathan sucking at his tail. The cats, especially Willy are so patient with the babies it is quite amazing. Would have thought they moved upstairs for a retreat but only the older cat sleeps in the attic in the afternoons, other times both cats join the family.
I cannot understand how anyone could suggest to get rid of pets when you have a baby. We never had a problem with any of the cats, and when I was pregnant I had a meeting with a social worker in her office. As she had cat photos hanging on the wall we talked of cats instead of babies and she also tolds me that cats usually do not make a fuss when there is a baby. Usually they get out of their way since a baby is noisy and smelly, which makes sense. And of course now, with 13 months, our babies are learning how to properly treat a pat, because when they act too roughly, the cat leaves (in a huff)