Friday Happiness :: cute-factor warning

Last of these pictures, as promised. One reason I kept going with them, was that Anna got into it and "helped" me arrange the shot every day. (If you were thinking it was spontaneous: no, that's not where we keep the pomegranates usually.) On scout's honor, this one is all hers. Her idea, her prop styling. It's so good for a three year old to have a marketable skill, I think.

We bought this mouse-doll in Nantucket last spring. I say "we", because I mostly fell in love with the little corduroy jumper, and pretty much insisted on buying it for Anna, and then named it Theo, which she could never remember. People would bend down and say "oh, what a cute dolly. What's her name?" and Anna would pause and look up quizzically and say "what'd you name her, again Mommy?"

I even posed her for a photo-shoot, to send to all the relatives. By her, I mean Anna, but Theo is prominently featured. I imagined them saying "Oh, look at what good taste in toys TaraAnna has!"

So, Theo eventually went the way of many toys, and spent a long summer and fall in the backpack we keep in the car for boredom emergencies.

And then, one of Anna's sisters bought her a used copy of Chrysanthemum for Christmas, and she has decided that Theo is, in fact, Chrysanthemum, and thus, should be lavished with affection.

So, Theo and I are having our day.

Enjoy the long, cold weekend ahead of us. Cook soup. Cuddle up.

More, someday. Thanks for reading.

tt

edited note: Anna saw this after I had posted it, and said "oh, look! Me and Theo." Go figure.