not little kids, but little furfaces. winken the wonderful has “winkin ball.” they are little tinsel balls that they sell for cats. she carries it around and sings to it. sometimes i join in the song.
malenki has a little buddy in hua mei panda. a little stuffed panda from the san diego zoo that they sold when hua mei was born. he sleeps with it all day and night. at first the panda was bigger than him but now they are the same size.
i had pizza the panda and rulf the dog. pizza was my pillow until i could buy an actual pillow. pizza and rulf met with unfortunate washing machine accidents. sigh.