El Nino's Big Adventure

We have had our daug, J, for 12 years. She has ruled the roost for quite some time now. She has adjusted well to el nino and only occasionally goes after his toys. But last week el decided he wanted her toys instead. The well chewed stuffed animal was easily dismissed, but our daug's ball was another matter. It was much more difficult to distract el from this cherished toy. And after many attempts we finally let him have it. However, on Saturday J decided to take it back.

El was sitting in the hall playing with the ball, stuffing it in his mouth. J trotted toward him, distracting el from the ball because her fur was much more delightful to touch, then J grabbed the ball back from him. After a few seconds pause, probably realizing what had just happened, el bounded after J in an effort to retreive the ball again. Dad and Mom still chuckle thinking about it. Very cute.