Jan. 20: Sheepie

What a sweet picture and journaling.

Adorable page, and LOVE this story. And yes. Backups are mandatory. Our DGS (now 9) had "Puppy," also without a backup. When Puppy's rips and tears and holes were so awful he was barely in one piece, and all hope had been lost for a replacement, the fun part of the story begins. (DGS doesn't know this, so now you've inspired me to do a layout about it.) Anyway, after visiting DGS and Puppy, 1,000 miles away, I came home to find that a local grandson had the exact same puppy. But he wasn't attached to it the way his cousin was to his, and it was in pristine condition. I bought Puppy 2 from Local GS, and the next time we visited the long-distance GS, I hid it in my suitcase. I asked DGS if he would like it if I repaired Puppy's wounds and cleaned him up a bit. He was game, so while he slept one night, I made the switch. In the morning he was beyond thrilled to find Puppy so beautiful. He never suspected a thing. His mom carefully put Puppy 1 in a safe place with other treasures. Puppy 2 still graces DGS's bed or dresser, but he isn't dragged everywhere any longer. I sort of miss seeing him.

@SharLamb What a wonderful story!! How sweet! I will forever be looking out for a backup Sheepie.

I assume you have googled "sheep stuffies."

Love this. We have Ki-Ki ... a stuffed kitty that my sister gave my grandson for his first b’day (1996). I did buy extras ... we had “Car Ki-Ki” and “Spare Ki-Ki.” Spare Ki-Ki went to live with Pepaw in WVA and became “Country Ki-Ki.”

The original Ki-Ki is packed away “somewhere” safe, Country Ki-Ki lives on a display shelf at Pepaw’s house, and Car Ki-Ki was passed down to Will’s much younger (ten years) brother. I keep meaning to do a LO.

LOVE your wonderful and sweet story and very beautiful page!

such a sweet page - love the photo, story and layout!

Such a sweet & delicate page! Thank you so much for joining the storytelling challenge!