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ani♥mal and friends

name: ani ♥ mal (and friends)

class: adventures date: today, probably

show and tell

every drawing we have made so far, on one big piece of school paper. the fridge ran out of room.

ani pours tea for mal, who is holding a saucer with great concentration — tea for two. mal drinks from the saucer.

ani pipes frosting onto carrot cupcakes while mal, covered in batter, holds a dripping spoon — baking day. mal is helping.

ani heaves an enormous carrot out of the dirt while mal waters a single flower — the great carrot heist.

ani wrapped in a blanket with cocoa and mal toasting a marshmallow by a campfire under the stars — marshmallows, stars, and one very small hat.

ani under a pink polka-dot umbrella while mal leaps joyfully into a puddle — mal loves puddles. ani loves mal.

ani paints a flower on an easel; mal has painted himself instead — art class. mal painted himself.

picnic on a gingham blanket; mal is holding a sandwich and looking innocent — picnic. mal ate the sandwiches. all of them.

ani points confidently down a path while mal holds a map upside down with question marks over his head — we are not lost. we are exploring.

ani won. mal demanded a rematch.

in a blanket fort, ani draws a curly moustache on mal, who is fast asleep on a pile of pillows — mal fell asleep first. the crayon was right there.

ani in a little ghost costume surprises mal, who spills his cocoa while two real ghosts giggle nearby — boo. mal was extremely brave about it.

ani raises a glass at the lemonade stand while mal drinks straight from the pitcher — lemonade stand. mal drank the inventory.

spa day: mal soaks in a bubble bath with cucumber slices on his eyes while ani brings a bowl of more cucumber — spa day. mal is marinating.

mail day: ani happily stamps a tall pile of letters while mal sweats at a laptop with coffee spilled everywhere — answering your letters. it is going great.

the kitchen band: ani sings into a carrot on a mushroom stage while mal drums on pots with wooden spoons; a hedgehog, a mouse and a snail are the audience — band practice. mal is on pots.

ani in a red cape looks through a cardboard telescope from a cardboard rocket while mal eats the mission snacks — to the moon. the snacks did not make it.

new drawings get taped up when they happen (usually after snack time)

ani works the joystick of a claw machine that is full of plushies, and also mal, who is inside pretending to be a prize — mal is not a prize. (he is.)

mal is not a prize. (he is.)