“Bun Bun” for Lauren
“Bun Bun” for Lauren, age 10 At just ten years old, Lauren is already an independent spirit and free thinker (just the kind of kid I like), but she doesn’t let her strong character affect her longtime love for her best friend, Bun Bun. This is what Lauren’s mom has to say about Lauren’s relationship with Bun Bun: “Despite Lauren’s independent spirit, Bun Bun has always been that favorite “friend” to whom she could show her vulnerable side. A true buddy through thick and thin.” Don’t you think every free spirit needs a friend like Bun...
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Lamby and Butterfly Blanket For Estella, age 5 Estella is five years old now, but she has loved Lamby and Butterfly Blanket since she was only five MONTHS old. That’s a long time in lamb/blanky years. I had my baby blankie through grad school, when it mysteriously disappeared after 28 years of love. Tragic, right? Hopefully Estella has Blanket and Lamby for a long long time to come, too – just hope she’s very very careful at grad...
Read More“Harry” for Charlotte
Harry has been Charlotte’s best friend and sleep companion every day and night of her 4 1/2 years. He even wears a t-shirt with her name and birthdate, and a collar with Charlotte’s phone number in case he is ever lost (smart mommy!). Mommy has done no less than 3 nose jobs on poor Harry, as years of nose cuddling with Charlotte have worn his nose away again and again. I repaired the t-shirt a bit in the painting per Charlotte’s mom’s request — the actual t-shirt is full of holes and ragged from Charlotte slinging her arm through the t-shirt to tote Harry...
Read More“Eddie” for Ava
“Eddie” for Ava, age 2 This little pink elephant named Eddie makes me think of an incident in Brooklyn a few years ago, when I was still living there. A mother found a little blue hat on the playground, and posted on the community yahoo parents group that she had found “a little boy’s blue hat” and wondered if anyone would like to come forward to claim it. There was HUGE uproar over her use of the word “boy’s” to describe the hat — I mean, a SHOCKING number of people wrote back with messages of hate and scorn. How dare she assume the blue...
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