madeline has a small white bunny rabbit that she has grown attached to. she rubs on its ears when she's going to sleep. when maddie started nursery, we started worrying that we'd lose it or leave it behind one day, so we went to mothercare, where it came from, and bought the last one they had in stock so we'd have a back-up. now we leave one in her "school bag" and one in her cot.
this weekend, i washed her nursery rabbit, and it was sitting on the stairs today to be swapped with her home rabbit so it too could have a bath. we passed it coming down from naptime, and maddie gave it a funny look, probably remembering she had just dropped her rabbit in her cot and wondering how it magically appeared on the stairs. richard said "i wonder how maddie is going to feel when she realizes there are two rabbits. elated? or deceived?"
it is a good question. i vote for elated.
[written 24 February]
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