Carolyn Holm

Dear Poppy,
I appreciate your level head when I vacuum.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
I really don’t like that thing.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
I know, but it’s impressive the way you stay calm, and quietly exit the room when the vacuum comes roaring in.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
Puffin doesn’t keep calm about it. He says it is a dangerous machine. He said, “Madame does not have le judgement.”
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
What did he mean by that?
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
That you don’t realize how dangerous it is. He thinks you are going to hurt us with that machine. 
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
That’s ridiculous. I should be offended that he doesn’t trust me. But that is SO Puffin.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
I know that you wouldn’t do anything to hurt us. Winston knows it too. We don’t like when it is roaring, but when it is asleep we don’t worry about it.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Winston is fascinated by the vacuum. He stalks it. He turns vacuuming into a game.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
Puffin doesn’t think it is a game.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
He certainly does not. He falls all over himself scrambling out of the room. You can almost hear him screaming inside his head “We’re All Going to Die!”
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
That’s terrible!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
He’s okay, sweetie. He’s just overly dramatic.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mom,
Cats.
XOXO Poppy

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