A long time ago Parker's grandmother brought her this big stuffed chicken, with the explanation of "every little girl needs a big stuffed chicken", or something like that. He is really cute, I can see how it was a difficult purchase to resist. He made his way to the bottom of the toy basket, but has recently bubbled to the surface and become the favored animal that Parker drags around the house with her. And he's even big enough to have his own pillow to rest his head at night in her bed.
On friday she came home with a note that said since she had gotten x number of reward 'bucks' at school, she gets to choose a reward....one of which is bringing a stuffed animal from home to sit on her desk all day (*cough* cheapskate teacher) .
One guess which one she wants to bring.
I'm all for letting her express herself, but I'm drawing the line at Big Chicken going to school.
