dottie and piggy

until just recently, chuck and i hadn't realized just how much dottie loves her piggy. at night and for her nap, she sleeps with a monkey ("monk"), a piggy ("piggy"), and an owl ("hoots). by far piggy is her favorite and the one she grabs when she is sleepy or sad or happy... last week we noticed that piggy was looking a little worse for the wear so i grabbed him and her other friends and threw them in the wash. the door to the washing machine is glass and at dottie's eye level so she watched as i did this. i closed the door and turned it on and as she watched piggy start to spin, she went into absolute hysterics crying (of course chuck and i had a bit of a laugh about it). the worst part about it was that there was no consoling her with her dear piggy because piggy was stuck in the washer. it took much distraction to get her to forget about him until he was done being washed.

a couple of days ago i ordered 2 extra piggies so we can have a little more rotation. when they arrived today, dottie was in heaven. she kept looking at them saying "new piggies" and she hugged them and kissed them and of course took all 3 of her piggies to bed for her nap.

(i took these pictures right after the new piggies were unveiled. pretty big smile, eh?)