Toys
by carolynholm
Dear Mommy,
We need some new toys!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
You have plenty of toys, sweetie.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Poppy destroyed our catnip mouse.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
I’m sorry, that was my fault. I let her into the bedroom while you were playing there.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
She also shredded the magical flying bird toy.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
That’s why I usually hang it in the closet when we’re not playing with it. I’m sorry she got her mitts on it. Well, her teeth actually.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
When we play she gets all excited and comes running. Like a crazy animal.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
She does. She just wants to play with you.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
She wants to join us, and then she shreds our toys!
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
She does indeed.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
And when Puffin and I run around the house, she runs with us.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
That’s a good thing. All of you playing together!
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
When we run around the house, it’s not always play. Most of the time it’s Puffin being annoying and chasing me.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
But it sure looks like you enjoy it.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
A little. Sometimes.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
And you give as good as you take – I’ve seen you walk up to Puffin and swat him.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
That’s because he needs to be put in his place. He is a bully.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
He does throw his weight around. So to speak.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
When I’m asleep on a comfy cushion he suddenly appears and looms over me. Giving me The Look. To make me vacate the comfy spot. And I have to give it up to him.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
That’s usually when he’s irritable because he’s hungry.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
And THAT’s why every once in a while I need to sneak up on him, sniff his ear like I’m being friendly, and then whack him.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
I’m glad you do that. And I’m glad you don’t do that to Poppy.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Poppy’s not being a bully. She just gets a little carried away. That’s a dog for you.
Love, Mia
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