When Mama's Away, Day 5: unsanctioned cage match lost by Elmo, chicken

by Larissa Brown (Subscribe to Larissa Brown's posts)
May 8th 2006 11:59AM

I finally got a lot of work done yesterday, despite the fact that Larissa is not here to help take care of Binx. (This is Martin filling in for her.) The key was putting Binx in a large play yard with a sufficient number and variety of safety-approved toys, while I worked nearby. However, it was clearly the toys' safety I should have been thinking of, as the following police diagram shows.

(A) is the security perimeter designed to keep the infant from harm, but which inadvertently served to trap the victim, one "Elmo" (B), inside. The victim was allegedly attacked with a plastic pail (C) and, to add insult to injury, "gnawed upon." (D) marks a few of the many positive, enriching toys provided for but rarely utilized by the suspect (E). Finally, (F) is a rubber chicken that dared to intervene.

Tragically, the suspect is less than 1 year old. He and I also had a very fine day. Whenever he looked over at me I think he thought I was playing too. Sigh.