It’s a Miracle!
October 25, 2009
Yesterday at naptime, I went about our routine as usual, putting Doc away for his nap, helping Moo pick out books to read, and wrangling all the animals into their assigned locations (in bed, in baskets, or on couch with us). I picked up Happy the Jack o’ Lantern and tossed him into Moo’s bed, and then watched him sail through through the crib rails and fall behind her bed. I thought about just leaving him there until Herbie got home so he could drag the bed out from the corner, but then I remembered that the last two nights we’d had to frantically search for him after we put Moo to bed and she discovered him missing. So I tried climbing in Moo’s bed to see if I could reach Happy that way, but quickly realized the bed was not made to hold me. Then I tried using a yard stick to scoot him out, but no luck. With Moo calling me from the playroom, I gave up, held on and gave three mighty tugs. I took two steps, looked down, and right there on the ground between Happy and six sucky’s, I saw something that SHOCKED me.
What did I see, Moo?
Hey, what’s that in your hand, Moo?
It’s STRIPER! STRIPER!!!! (Which is exactly what I screamed when I saw him – Striper! Striper! as Moo called, “What, Mommy, what?” and we all met in a tearful, huggy reunion in the hallway.) Do you REMEMBER? Remember how I asked at a hundred stores and restaurants and oh, also how I LOOKED BEHIND HER BED? I even used a flashlight! I just didn’t think to pull out the bed from the wall, because how could he have rolled all the way under there? What a sneaky snake.
Oh Striper, we’re so happy to have you back! We thought you were gone forever. To celebrate, we invited all of Striper’s friends to a welcome back tea party after dinner, and everyone got M&M’s.
And so Striper is back to sussing and dancing and slithering, and back where he belongs – snuggled with Moo and Hop in her cozy, cozy bed. And now I know – ALWAYS pull out the bed.
October 25, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Woo! The two things I’ve bought duplicates of (for fear of total meltdown in case of loss), she’s never lost and they’re just stuck in a drawer somewhere waiting to not be understudies any longer. At this rate, I’ll be giving them to my grandkids.
October 25, 2009 at 10:54 pm
trip out! go figure .. i have come across stuff like that also when i gave it up for lost! benjamin had a giraffe that he adored that we always kept in the car, but i was fearful of losing it, so i bought a second. as it turns out, it proved helpful because when yael saw him playing with it in the car, she wanted it too. and voila – giraffe number 2 and no more screaming
October 25, 2009 at 10:56 pm
on a side note.. omg, did you see how different/more mature she looks in only three-ish months?! isnt it crazy how they grow up so fast ??
October 26, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I was just noticing that – that’s so cool that you noticed, too!
October 26, 2009 at 4:39 pm
YAY! : )
October 26, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Striper is about 30 years old, so no understudy possibilities there, though believe me I searched on ebay. We do have a backup for Hop that I found on ebay, but he is so YELLOW and CLEAN that she’d never believe for a second that it was Hop.
October 27, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Woman, you should write children’s books…seriously, ever thought about it?
October 27, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Thanks Sonia! I have thought about it, but I have this problem with never finishing things I start.
ESPECIALLY writing projects.