Nina received an American Girl doll for Christmas. Santa brought it. He's one smart fellow, that guy. Kaya, the Native American doll came to live in Nina's room, along with her tee-pee and her forest friends, which consists of a deer, bear, and rabbit.
This past Saturday, Nina was forced to play in her room, by herself (the horror!) because Blake and I could not do one more craft kit, nor play one more game of Scrabble Junior. Neglectful, I know, but there is a limit. She nicely arranged the tee-pee and all of her forest friends around the fire pit. Kaya, the doll was noticeably absent, as she needed to rest in the ridiculously overpriced bed that we bought for the other AG doll. Whatever - pick your battles.
After all the arranging, Nina needed a snack, so downstairs we went. Upon coming back upstairs, she went back to her room. I immediately heard her crying and went to investigate. Squashed inside the tee-pee was her 20 lbs. orange cat (Kit), but he couldn't fit all the way in, so his behind, back legs and tail were sticking out. He was completely, and totally zonked out. Nina was beside herself. Apparently, Kit did not qualify as one of the forest friends, but he is too big for her to evict by herself. I pulled him out, and he sat next to the rabbit (an approved forest friend) blinking his sleepy eyes. I then took a moment to notice that her stuffed penguin and blue ice skating teddy bear were added to the lineup of "friends". Why a big, fat opportunistic cat can't be a forest friend, but a penguin and ice skating bear can, is beyond me, but most 6 year old logic is.
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