Trouble in Mind

Theo loves to get into trouble but I'm not so sure he's very good at it. Often when he knows he's about to do something he knows I don't like him doing- say pulling towels down from the rack on to the floor, or jumping up and knocking down CDs, or closing a door behind him- he'll let out his high pitched shrill trill. Thus no matter where I am in the house I can usually tell when Theo is about to get into something he shouldn't.

I'm not sure why he does this- if he's just craving my attention or there's a switch in his brain that simultaneously says that it's time to get into trouble and alert the world to this fact.