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All Things About Strawberry

Here she is when I first got her:
Isn't she precious? heart

Now here she is as a baby:
I could just eat her up! But of course I'll restrain myself to just hugging her.

Scoops Family:

Cookie Dough:

Chocolate:

Vanilla:

<center>14 August 2004</center>

I couldn't believe my good fortune! I had been entrusted to care for this scrumptiously darling child! And it's not just any child, no siree bob! It's a Scoop! I'd hug the darling ice cream but... Pun's going to kill me for getting ice cream all over me.

Besides, he or she is still in the first stage. I wouldn't want to upset him physically. So I lowered the thermostat and made the house colder. A lot of the others didn't like the idea of having a chilly house... Well tough! Or maybe I should just keep Strawberry (or Straw as I'll call him or her)) in one room in the meantime. And I'll keep that room really cold.

Plus I'll have to set up some form of security measures, I wouldn't want anyone trying to eat him or her, now, would I? And just to make sure, I'll be telling everyone NOT to eat Straw. They so much as try and heads will roll!!!

<center>15 August 2004</center>

Straw has grown!! Doesn't she look absolutely delicious?! Now that she can speak and move about, she's become so curious about everything. While she's still not that solid, I've decided to carry her around in her bowl. I've done that with Tara, and Khun Ying, so Straw shouldn't be difficult. Although she did try to hug the velvet, and I had just given her a bath... We stopped by the kitchen, just so I could see if I needed to buy anything.

Nyeta made the mistake of thinking Straw was some novelty ice cream and asked if she could have a taste. My baby bawled in horror at the sight of the spoon, and the bodyguard screamed back in surprise.

"You didn't tell me that thing was alive!!!" Nyeta gasped, scrambling away from the wailing Straw.

"What?! I did!! You just never listen to me. Serves you right for trying to eat her!" I growled, "There, there, Straw. It's alright, mama won't let the mean scary kitty eat you. Nyeta, apologize!"

"No friggin' way!! Food should not have faces!" Nyeta insisted, and after the Scoop gave Nyeta a most watery eyed whimper, the tressym conceded. "That's really low, using the puppy-dog eyes on me." I only laughed and decided never to bring Straw into the kitchen until she was older.

In any case, after I left the house, we went to the wax museum. I figured it was cold enough for Straw since if the place was warm all the wax would melt. She didn't quite like the horror part, and truthfully neither did I. So to help comfort the both of us, we hugged Khun Ying. This means I'll have to give her another bath, and Pun will have my head for getting ice cream all over me.

After the wax museum, I noticed Straw was getting restless, as if she wanted to move about. So I brought her to the shop, unfortunately, either we're too early or we're too late as it was empty. She looked a bit disappointed, but I promised her we'd go back some other time.

<center>27 August 2004</center>

Alright, the house is FREEZING because... the kitchen went kablooey recently. I tried to bake something, but ended up destroying the kitchen. Unfortunately, the kitchen's wiring is connected to the heater and... well... no kitchen means no heat... so Straw's environment is perfect for her. The rest of us, however, are freezing our noses off.

In any case, Straw still drips a lot whenever she insists on crawling out of her bowl. She doesn't do that often, thankfully. Still, she's showing independence at a fairly early age I'd say.

She can't sit still when she's intersted in something else, but that's children I suppose. And she wakes up at the wonkiest time, my body's internal clock is all confused now. She woke up at 2 am, just when I'm starting to really sleep. She started to cry for attention, so I had to read her a book until she settled back down.

What was the book? I would have read her my Theo book but she'd only start crying for a different book. So I grabbed the nearest kiddy-type book and ended up with a cook book. She loved the pictures... and when I read the recipes to her, she soon fell asleep. Short attention-spans, gotta love them.

An exhausted red head was snoring on the bed, with Khun Ying cuddled up next to her. Tara was snuggled up with the panda and all three were on Huni's bed. On a table nearby was Straw's bowl, where the Scoop was gurgling in her sleep.

Several story books and flash cards were strewn around Straw's table, indicating their earlier activity. Some of the cards had dollops of strawberry ice cream on them, and were sticking to each other. The pink child was so quiet, something that she wasn't when awake. She wasn't loud per se, just active verbally.

Though the Scoop had yet to say her first word, her babble was nearing verbal coherence. She almost said "Mama" but ended up giggling "Glaawaaa." Oh she was such an active little thing, usually trying to crawl out of her bowl. She never did get out all the way, perhaps it was just a means of getting Huni's attention back to her?

Her eyes opened and began to wail, jarring the red head, the fenthry and the panda awake. Khun Ying was the first to reach her, the little green panda always had a soft spot for the Scoop. However, Khun Ying wasn't tall enough to reach the table top so instead she began to 'sing.'

It wasn't a song exactly, more like a melodic purring that seemed to soothe the listener. Straw unfortunately wanted Huni's attention and continued to cry until she got it.

Sleepily the red head smiled at the Scoop, while patting the panda affectionately on the head. "Go on to bed, Khun Ying." she bade the velveteen animal. "And I wont take no for an answer. You can keep Tara occupied or sing her a lullaby." Huni suggested, anticipating the panda's response.

Once Khun Ying climbed back into bed with the Fenthry, Huni picked up Straw's bowl. "Well love, what is it? You hungry? Hot?"

The pink child shook her head and clapped her hands while pointing to the flash cards. "Ah, pretty pictures again?" Huni said, trying to keep the tiredness out of her voice. "Okay, but this is the last time, mommy needs to sleep."

Half an hour passed, with the cards and Huni's hands getting stickier and sticker thanks to Straw's dripping. It was a little after two am before Straw decided she wanted to sleep again and allow her mother to do the same.

"Night Straw, sleep well."

<center>26 October 2004</center>

God, that move took longer than I thought it would, plus getting Strawberry to adjust to a new envorinment was hard... we've settled in fine. Though I think Strawberry misses the old house...

And would you look at that? After unpacking the rest of the stuff, we found this little cutie buried under tons of clothes... my clothes to be exact since I'm the only one wearing clothes... anyway it's a bunny plush, and ever since Khun Ying came to life, Straw's been looking for something else to huggle and drool on.