Friday, October 3, 2008

Poor, Pathetic Pandas

Jeff's schedule has been a bit crazy lately. He gets home right after the kids go to bed, so they haven't seen much of him over the past few weeks. The other night, Chloe made a family out of her panda toys explaining, "This is the Mommy Panda. This is the Daddy Panda. He's at work. This is the baby panda. She misses her daddy." Sweet and sad. Not quite as sad as last year when Harrison asked Jeff, "Daddy, where do you live?"

Today Chloe and I watched an animal planet show on Giant Pandas. Did you know there are less than 1,600 wild pandas left on the planet? Holy endangered species, Batman! Their bamboo forests are being cut down at a rapid rate and there are no longer enough to sustain the pandas. Won't it be sad if there are no longer any pandas left when Chloe grows up?


Click HERE to find out more about how to save the endangered giant panda.

7 Wisecracks:

KQ said...

I'm against using the phrase "laughed out loud", but I really did. So, LOL.

Nicole said...

Poor Chloe. (It goes without saying, Poor Eeyore. Lumped in with the pandas. I guess no one noticed he's a donkey.)

Amy Maxwell said...

Yay! A new Eeyore. But the question on everybody's mind is, "Does he have antlers?"

Unknown said...

ahhh, that is so sweet...and sad. Poor Jeff, I bet he is eating his heart out when the kids wonder where daddy lives and that the baby Panda is sad. Hopefully his schedule will settle down for all of you! And hopefully he will get to retire early and you can travel the globe saving the pandas together! That would be a great story - that can be your new writing assignment M. hehehe

Wow, only 1,600!

Unknown said...

oh my goodness, I just clicked on the save the pandas link! Are you guys going to do that?! How cool! We'll have start saving our pennies too :)

Andrea Lee U.R. said...

How cute is she!!!! (And how sad!!) Your kids are adorable!!

Unknown said...

you are the funniest person alive. I feel honored to have given cloe her first panda.