Chances are, if you have a kid, that your kid has a favorite stuffed animal.
Heck, chances are you yourself remember a favorite stuffed animal from your own childhood. Mine was a bear named "Mr. Burp" (so called, because if you squeezed the belly, the toy made a growling/burping sound). My younger sisters had "Mrs. Burp" and "Junior Burp". My dogs ate the ears and lower lip and eyes of Mr. Burp, and I myself wore the fur off his stomach, but I still have that stupid bear.
N-son's favorite stuffed animal has been a panda he calls "Elmo". (He named it back in the early days, back when he was still making adorable generalizations: every stuffed animal must be called the same name as the stuffed animal that his sisters pointed out to him on television; hence a panda was also the same name as that goofy red Sesame Street character).
Elmo has been through a lot with N-son. N-son, even at the age of 18, still sleeps every night with Elmo under his head. He chews meditatively on Elmo's nose. Elmo has become flatter over the years than he used to be, albeit no less beloved.
Unfortunately, our dog Prewash also chewed on Elmo's nose.
But not so meditatively.
Also on Elmo's butt.
Heck, chances are you yourself remember a favorite stuffed animal from your own childhood. Mine was a bear named "Mr. Burp" (so called, because if you squeezed the belly, the toy made a growling/burping sound). My younger sisters had "Mrs. Burp" and "Junior Burp". My dogs ate the ears and lower lip and eyes of Mr. Burp, and I myself wore the fur off his stomach, but I still have that stupid bear.
N-son's favorite stuffed animal has been a panda he calls "Elmo". (He named it back in the early days, back when he was still making adorable generalizations: every stuffed animal must be called the same name as the stuffed animal that his sisters pointed out to him on television; hence a panda was also the same name as that goofy red Sesame Street character).
Elmo has been through a lot with N-son. N-son, even at the age of 18, still sleeps every night with Elmo under his head. He chews meditatively on Elmo's nose. Elmo has become flatter over the years than he used to be, albeit no less beloved.
Unfortunately, our dog Prewash also chewed on Elmo's nose.
But not so meditatively.
Also on Elmo's butt.
Sigh. So N-son enlisted his Mom's help in the repair. And fortunately, his mother has a wealth of rags stored up, rags that are useful not only for cleaning stuff around the house, but also for mending.
In case you're wondering, rags made from former sweatshirts work great for mending Teddy Bear butts.
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| The rag is white. It's hard to even see the patch, isn't it? |
And also, with a bit of help from a button jar, sweatshirt scraps help to mend Teddy Bear noses.
Elmo is ready again for meditative chewing. We're going to keep him away from dogs.
The end.
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