About Abyssinian Cats: .:camilla:.

have you met camilla? no? well, our little pea used to have two best buddies: camilla (who was a farewell gift from the in-laws) and sabrina (who was a homewarming gift from dad when arriving in rio)... those two were the dolls our sweet little lady had... all two of them, we certainly go to a great extent on purchasing toys and stuff... yeah, sure...

ok, from the first day she would tug around her bffs everywhere we went... Camilla was there on her first plane trip...

through her school days (to the point where people in the buses would recognise us because of camilla... shocking, right? but more than one person replied my "good morning" with "oh, I've seen this doll around riding the bus"... yep, this is how close camilla is...

she's been through a lot of moments, and unlike sabrina (who went MIA in Brazil) she returned home with us... having a new buddy, Emma... because, you know, someone has to be there for the little lady while one of her friends goes on a ride in the washing machine... (in case you are wondering, yes, my daughter keeps screaming and pleading to let her friend down when she drying on the drying rack...

so, they are good old friends... and today was camilla's first encounter with a toddler's tough love way of life... don't know why, but sth in the pea's mind sparkled today telling her camilla should change her dress, and get a clean nappy... yeah, the works of a young mind, go figure... the problem is that camilla's dress (and arms) wasn't designed to endure a toddler tugging on it without a care in life just to get it out whichever possible way...

the result? camilla with lots of open bits and minus an arm... and the toddler? yeah, she was a little concerned: "camilla, hai male? fa male il braccino?" hah, as if... so there goes the dreaded sewing skills to the rescue... I'm glad to report that, although camilla could use a little cosmetic surgery, she no longer limbs missing or insides coming out, so it is a good day! YAY!