the new adventures of old Ruff-Ruff

Here's sweety pie Ab sleeping with old Ruff-Ruff. I love that she loves this raggedy old dog! It merits a quote from my all-time favorite children's book, The Velveteen Rabbit:

"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a
long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or
have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you
are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you
get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all,
because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't
understand."

Ah, the joys of childhood. Speaking of the real-ness of toys, I have to tell you this funny story. The girls were eating their Happy Meals the other day, when Todd walked in on them whispering very excitedly. Apparently, they thought their toys were alive!! They said "The hands were low before, but now they are high, so that means they moved when we weren't watching! They are really alive!" Pretty silly.