Yeowling, Crying, Whining

OK, so this ONLY EVER happens after we've turned all of the lights out, and are in the bedroom, but Quincy-beast, the wacka-doodle-noodle, who deserves a medal from being a trouper with a toddler, will literally MEOW like he's been mortally wounded. I turn around to look, and there he is, cat nip toy in his mouth, meowing and crying, almost. I think him for mortally wounding the cat nip, and then just go about my business.

It's SO FREAKING ODD. i have NO idea why he does this. At night. When the weird factor goes up a notch. But in the morning, we find those dang cat nip toys (handmade toys, home-grown nip) in our bathroom, or the rug by our bed, and dutifully, in the am, we transport them back to the living room.

I don't get it. Every night, about the same time as when I start cooking dinner, Nicky invariably goes into the bathroom, which is right off the kitchen. He first jumps on the toilet (closed lid of course), then onto the counter. He'll start meow-ing and pacing back and forth across the sink. Some times he sits, facing the mirror and just cries.