Mousey!

This mouse has been through a lot.  Kuba got him from Sara, his pre-school teacher 4 years ago and he has been in love with this little fella ever since.  Mousey has been through one incarnation after Kuba lost him to the vast sea up in Maine two years ago, but the little fury guy reappeared on our doorstep a few days later determined to continue his life journey with Kuba. 

Kuba learned to ride his bike this summer and while in Bar Harbor, Maine last week, he took a 6 mile bike ride with his cousins and Uncle Claes.   Kuba taped Mousey to his handle bar.   I am certain this propelled him further and with more passion than if Mousey weren't attached.
I've overheard more than one conversation between Kuba and Mousey and I'd like to say right here, right now, that absolutely stuffies matter and that a child's imagination certainly can construct significant and meaningful relationships with non-human creatures...even with a tiny, stuffed, (no longer white) adorable mouse.