New Mimi

Many of you know, and have seen, Zane's favorite stuffed toys - rats named Miss Heidi and Mimi. He used to carry around a stuffed guinea pig named Guinness but inexplicably abandoned him for the rats. After he discarded Miss Heidi because she was squishy and flat, I re-stuffed them so they were nice and fat and he renewed his dedication to the both of them.

With that in mind, and after two days of tie-dying shirts, I offered to tie-dye Mimi. Zane was immediately excited and we got on it. Done with the dying and with Mimi wrapped up in plastic wrap to wait the requisite 6-8 hours, Zane began regretting his decision. Not because she'd be rainbow colored (his favorite color), but because he couldn't have her RIGHT NOW and might not be able to have her when he went to bed.

Through tearful sobs, he declined my offer to go get another one at Ikea (because it would take too long). So, I pulled out the big guns, snuck into my secret-stash hiding place and pulled out a brand new Ikea stuffed rat that I was saving for a special-something surprise. That did the trick. Mimi was forgotten. Never mind that this one didn't look like Mimi (before or after her make-over). He had two nice fat stuffed rats and the world was right again.

Introducing: Black Mimi (his words, I swear)

Now to dig out the Little Black Sambo and Uncle Remus books that my grandmother used to read to me.