leopardess

many moons ago, when i was in the throes of early pregnancy woes, i somehow got it into my head that i needed leopard print pumps. not "would have liked" or "wanted" or even "needed" in the general sense of the word, but i needed them. in fact, some days, all that got me through the pitch black darkness of life was picturing myself -- standing upright -- in a pair of gorgeous leopardesses.

now bryan, he talks a big talk and walks a big walk, but at the end of the day, he has three huge weaknesses: their names are momma, summer, and afton. we are spoiled rotten. he has been known to roll his eyes a bit (leopard pumps? really?), but he almost always gives in to our pretty, pretty pleases, utterly defenseless against our womanly wiles.

so it wasn't too long before the pumps arrived in the mail to squeals of glee and delight and repeated promises that yes, they were useful shoes, and yes, i would wear them all the time. and i mean, all the time. (well, to be clear, as "all the time" as a girl can wear four inch printed chunky heels.)

and in an effort to chronicle and make good on my promise (because, let's face it, my track record on stuffs i've promised to wear all the time is not exactly perfect), i've decided to sneak these babies onto the blog whenever i can, complete with a tally of total wears.

the above pic from today marks wear number two. hooray!

AND IN OTHER LEOPARD-RELATED NEWS,

given her personality and that bryan and i are pretty matter-of-fact and as truthful as we can be in our answers to her many varied questions, summer has developed a fairly realistic view of the world that can occasionally differ from a typical preschooler's more "glossy" version (as in, yes, summer does know rather accurately how a baby is born (*cough* not made) and yes, she'll be happy to describe the process to you).

so we went to the doctor for her four year well check about a month ago, and the pediatrician engaged summer in a storytelling question-and-answer session that, in light of his response (wide eyes and uncontrollable laughter), went a bit differently that he was expecting.

dr: what's that a picture of (pointing to a mural on the wall)?
summer: a leopard.
dr: what do you think the leopard is doing?
summer: he's growling and running in the woods.
dr: why is he running?
summer: because he ate people.
dr: why did he eat people?
summer: because he was hungry.
dr: then what?
summer: then the people went home and got their guns and shot him.

yup, bet you've never seen that on dora.