KDUNK

Dear Lili,

For several weeks now I’ve had to bring the stroller to a screeching halt the minute we come across one of those Maneki Neko waving/beckoning cats found in many storefront windows thought to bring the owners good luck. The cat is more or less frozen still in expression and one arm waves up and down in a perfectly timed beat.

Each time we pass one you literally scream ‘KEY-AH!’(Kitty) and then I physically have to remove you from your stroller so that you can press your face against the glass of the storefront and smudge your grimy hands around in total excitement waving back.

One particular store on our way home seemed to really get your attention. It featured a gold cat with a necklace and waving arm. Sadly the owner has since removed it from the window most likely due to the slug like tracks of toddler snot left behind in its wake.

The good news is your Dad is AMAZING. He scored you your very own KEY-AH from Chinatown. The look on your face when you woke up in the morning and saw it sitting on your table waving  – was priceless. You pointed and laughed nervously. You looked back at us fifty times like ‘guys – can you believe this?’and then you could not stop hugging it and carrying it around despite it’s fifty pound weight. Each time you walk in the room you say ‘Hi KEY-AH!’and when you leave the room ‘Bye KEY-AH!’. Pretty funny and cute.

Had I done my research prior to I would have perhaps suggested to Dad we get the Maneki Neko with a raised right paw (attracts money) but for now – I’m down with the raised left paw. I could always use more customers.