"Beat the Cat"

Maliah "Mommy, at school we read "Pete the Cat"


"What?  BEAT the cat! (Thinking to myself ... WHAT are they teaching my kids?)

Canyon, across the table with a mouth full of drink, spews into laughter (literally)
I get drenched ... in my face, in my plate ... you name it.

The table goes into a complete uproar of laughter.  Yep, welcome to dinner at the Martine's.

The next day ... Maliah draws, cuts out and glues together for us her special friend.  Too bad for her, his name will never be "Pete" with a serious face in our house.

Maliah, I loved your cat!  It will always make me smile.