Our little Fuzz Farmer...

I am guessing this falls under the category of the "cute stuff that our kid does". So our little girl has a new nickname, "Fuzz Farmer". Here's the story. Since our entire house here is hard floors we needed at least a little soft-under-foot somewhere and we recently purchased a 9'x12' area rug for the living room. Any of you that have had new carpet know that at first they shed like crazy and that you have to vacuum seemingly constantly to keep the carpet fuzz under control. Needless to say our little darling is spending a lot of time on said rug still trying to master crawling. (I am sure that we delayed this phenomenon somewhat by almost never putting her on the floor for about two months while we were transitioning and unpacking, but she is working on it.) So far she is pretty skilled at pushing backwards, which i have been assured is solidly pre-crawl. This morning she pushed herself under the couch and got stuck half-under, being a good Mom i took pictures. And she can turn on a dime, for whatever that is worth...rotational skills are very advanced!

Anyhow, the carpet is nice and thick and she now loves nothing better that to bury her little chubby fingers into it, grip tight and pull up (harvest) as much fresh carpet fuzz as she can manage. Furthermore, having complete clarity that the following is absolutely a "no-no", she then proceeds to wad it up and shove it into her mouth as quickly as she can, often while scanning the immediate area to see if anyone that would thwart her efforts has caught her in the act. While we want to maintain a convincing front that this is completely naughty, in hopes of stifling the carpet ingestion, it is also hilarious (especially the trying to be sneaky part.) And some people say we aren't born sinners, c'mon! She also enjoys a little batting from the underside of the easy chair or ottoman as an appetizer or midday snack. If only she would eat real food with such no-questions-asked gusto!

So that's the latest anecdote about our little Fuzz Farmer...oh, and one more amusing detail i almost forgot. Her and Ed (her kitty) seem to have an arrangement worked out. He goes around sharpening his claws on the carpet which of course pulls up LOTS of fresh fuzz which she can then go behind and glean. Because after all, the best carpet fuzz is that which you did not have to work for at all...now isn't it.