Purple Eyes

The last time Kelly’s family was up, Chase brought along his little stuffed Giraffe.  Chase always travels with a montage of stuffed animals, but this was a newer addition.  Purple Eyes (my name for him) actually has another name but I can’t remember what it is, now.  But when he came, he seemed to attach himself to me!  So I adopted him for the afternoon.  I had chores to do, and was cleaning, etc., so Purple Eyes just jumped on and went with me.  First we dusted, and he snuggled up to me and told me where to clean.   Next we ran the sweeper, and he liked the ride!  He sat on top of the lantern above the steps and watched while we cleaned the shelves. 

He was a very good helper, but got hungry sort of fast, so I sat him down at the table and had him eat a carrot.  Chase wasn’t impressed with that, as he doesn’t particularly like carrots.  But I explained that if P. E. ate his carrot, he would get a snack.  And low and behold, he did!  So he got a little Hershey bar to snack on. (It’s a stretch – you really have to look to see it!) 

Once he’d had his snack, he joined his buddies on the bed and watched while Chase and Logan played video games.  

They seemed to really enjoy doing that.  But I could see all this activity was wearing him out, so he climbed in the little cradle (which belonged to my mom when she was a child) and took a little nap.  I think he had a good time at Grammy’s house, and feel certain that he’ll want to come back again.  But right now Chase and Logan are at Disney with their aunt and uncle, and are not thinking of visiting Grammy’s house or even about stuffed animals.  But when they get back, maybe they will come back to help clean again.  We had a great day together, and I enjoyed entertaining P. E.  Maybe some day he’ll even spend the week! 

In the meantime, I hope he has his letter ready for Santa.  I know I do!