Thus begins "Month of the Cat." A few years ago my beloved in-laws got Ellie an absolutely obnoxious singing orange cat. This thing plays 70s style music, sings several verses of "Spooky Little Cat Like Me," & its lips move with the music. Ellie adores the funky cat with its pimp hat, mask, & cape. She will play it over & over, daily, until the rest of us want to scream & hide it. She'll carry it around & sleep with it. She gets crazy-excited every year when she sees the Halloween totes & will actually dig through them until she finds the cat. I have to steal it while she's sleeping to put it away every year (believe me, we couldn't stand more than a month of this thing, it MUST be put away). Annoying as it is, it makes her happy & we love her enough to sacrifice our sanity for the duration of October. I hold out for one beacon of hope: someday it will break!
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