Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright...

[billroper]

Last night, I came upstairs and took Katie away from where she was making it awfully difficult for daisy_knotwise to use the computer and into our bedroom to keep her occupied. She enjoyed bouncing around on the bed and climbing up "Mount Daddy". But then she crawled off toward the headboard.

Our headboard is a bookcase style with smooth sliding doors, which made it rather difficult as Katie levered her way up the slope, churning her little feet across Mommy's pillow, until she finally reached her full height, stuck one little hand into the air, and pulled down from the top of the surround sound speaker on the headboard the stuffed white tiger that Gretchen had given me.

This promptly became her new favorite toy. She chewed on it. She bounced on it. She rolled on it. It's about half her size, so this was pretty amusing to watch.

I think it's her tiger now. This is a good thing. Stuffed animals should be well loved by children.

Of whatever age.

Comments

[maiac.livejournal.com]

We need pictures of Katie with her tiger!

Of course, if you'd handed her the tiger, she'd have said, "Meh," and proceeded to play with her toes. Babies and cats have much in common.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

Stuffed tigers are great for babies. I hope when she gets older she'll have the chance to love real tigers too.

[blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com]

Perhaps she'll sense a resemblence when I visit ....? ;]

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

...pulled down from the top of the surround sound speaker on the headboard the stuffed white tiger that Gretchen had given me.

Ain't no nobler use for a toy tiger.

But for all the cute piled upon cute in this story, all I find myself thinking is "is that the speaker that allows Gretchen to hear ol' Shelob sneaking up behind her?"

[billroper]

Well, yes, it was.

But we upgraded the surround sound in the family room and brought Shelob's speaker upstairs where it now proudly provides surround sound in the bedroom. :)

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

Wow, your wife calls you insane on national TV in a very famous filksong for the first set of surround speakers, and now there's a second set? I guess she's felt the power of the Dark Side, or something.

[billroper]

The new surround sound speakers were a Christmas present, actually. :)

[mbcrui.livejournal.com]

Today your tiger, tomorrow your credit card.

Just fair warning from someone who's been there... :)