Malia has a crafty streak. She gets creative with paper, glue, ribbons, fabric, paint, etc. Often her creations involve her toys and stuffed animals. For example, she had a few weeks where she was using jewelry wire and seed beads to make collars for her Littlest Pet Shop animals. The LPS have also been the motivation for making tiny books. Her stuffed animals have all benefited from the creation of polar fleece pillows and blankets. And Woody, her toy horse, is currently sporting horseshoes made of sticky back craft foam.
Toothless, her stuffed dragon of “How to Train Your Dragon” fame, was the recipient of her efforts today. She borrowed a shirt and tie from one of her dolls and then used some cardboard and two magnets to create a missionary tag. The tag reads “Totally Teaching Toothless Teddy Too.” To give you a little context, I started calling the smaller Toothless that Nathan took to Texas “Tiny Toothless.” When Tiny arrived in the field and acquired a cowboy hat, Malia dubbed him “Totally Texan Tiny Toothless.” Now the big version has joined the alliterative name game by becoming “Totally Teaching Toothless.” That moniker was Daniel’s contribution to the whole endeavor. And since Toothless carries a tiny teddy bear strapped to one of his wings, his tag includes his little friend.
I love that Toothless and Tiny Toothless are a way that Nathan is connecting to Malia even though he is far away. It has been good for her. And fun for the rest of us!
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