The Covert Mankie Swap

When Audrey was born my mom crocheted a beautiful blanket for her. Audrey took right to it right away and it became her 'mankie'. This, of course, is the only blanket she ever wants now. Through the past two years it has grown exponentially. Audrey has stretched it out so big that it's almost twin-bed size. And of course she wants to carry it around with her everywhere she goes. She is always screaming and cursing out her mankie because it's so big and so heavy that it won't go around corners very well. It's always getting snagged on something. This has become a problem because the older she gets, the more vocal she has become. I begged my mom to make her a replacement mankie, and being the angel she is, she got started right away. Yesterday when we went over to my mom's house, my mom had laid it all out for her in the entry way. Audrey immediately picked it up and started carrying it around. New mankie is considerably smaller than old mankie and my mom used a much lighter weight yarn. I am very optimistic about this change. I tucked old mankie away up in Audrey's closet and I'm thinking it's there to stay. Here was our conversation last night:

Mom: Audrey, it's time for bed.

Audrey: Where mankie go?
Mom: Here it is (handing her the new blanket)
Audrey: (looking at me with much skepticism) No! mankie!
Mom: Here's your blanket (again handing her the new blanket)
Audrey: (Inspecting the blanket closely - still with much skepticism) Oooo-kaaaaay???????

That was the end of our conversation and this morning she woke up dragging it around behind her. Thanks mom! This should make our lives just a little easier.

OLD MANKIE.

You can see how she has to drag it behind her. I wish I had

a better picture that showed the whole thing. I'm afraid

of what might happen if she saw me take it out of storage to get

a picture though. All of our hard work may be lost.

NEW MANKIE

So much better. She can hold the whole thing in one arm.