the button-eyes

This is going way back -- all the way to Eva's birthday (April 30). But I couldn't let this go undocumented.

She was lucky enough to have two of her aunts make her dinosaurs as birthday gifts. Oh, how she loves dinosaurs. And now she has formed two distinct categories of them: the button-eyes, and the plastic-eyes. (Needless to say, the button-eyes are by far the cutest.)

This little cutie was made by Aunt Michelle, and was quickly dubbed Sissyfeet. Yep.

And Aunt Jessie, unsurprisingly, sent a disclaimer with hers. Quite possibly the longest disclaimer in history:

Dear Eva,

Thank you for choosing to adopt these 2 tragic dinosaurs. They are desperately in need of a loving home and someone to love them despite their sometimes crippling deformities.

The oldest, the mother dino, is a spry 7-years old. Secretly, we have been calling her 'Hilda', but due to the hefty Scandinavian connotations it carries we don't call her that to her face. She does carry a morbid excess of weight, causing her front legs to buckle. Due to her knock-knees and slow, lumbering gait she has been unable to shed any of her extra weight so we try to love her and keep her comfortable.

'Nessie', as we call her, is nearly 2 years old which is quite young for a large dinosaur. She seems to have inherited some of her mother's genetic er... propensities. We call her Nessie due to her splayed-leg syndrome causing her to look more like an aquatic monster than dinosaur. We've been putting her through a rigorous physical therapy regime to gain full use of her legs.

Neither of these dinos are especially attached to their names, so you can keep their names or rename them as you like. With time, affection, and regular walks these two will reward your charity with unconditional love and loyalty.

Thank you for your participation in our adopt a (tragically deformed) dinosaur program.

Your aunt,
Jessie

Now I ask you, was that necessary? Look how cute Hilda and Nessie are! (Eva did opt to keep their original names.) The button-eyes are all very happy in their new habitat, replete with many other dinos of all kinds.