Quilting with cats......and dogs!

I am thinking I will thread baste my CW quilt. It is going to take me a LONG time to handquilt it so not having pins in indefinitely sounds smart. Since I've never thread basted one I thought it would be a good idea to learn on a small quilt.
However I'm not quite sure how I will accomplish it with the help I have!

Miss Ninja decided that it was her job to make sure the basting thread stayed in place.........

 and Miss Reece thought the quilt sandwich needed to be held in place better.

Needless to say they were both VERY helpful! I finally gave up. Tomorrow night I will finish this.......on the kitchen table out of reach of helpful paws!