I think Temple has found her spirit animal, or rather, her spirit animal has found her.
A gift from Kat Rice (Rice University mascot - the owls)
A christmas present from a co-worker
A card from the babysitter
A "hoo"-die from a nice man we met at a party (Emily's co-worker's dad, a Temple University grad)
Owls symbolize inner knowing, psychic ability, and intuition. In middle eastern cultures, the owls is the guardian of the afterlife. In modern times, the owl is believed to hold the secret of how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. It is a nocturnal bird, so that fits. Also, it can rotate its head 270 degrees, so we have that to look forward to. Temple is lucky to share her totem with her aunty Emily, who has an owl tattoo. Emily, I think I know what you can get T for her 18th birthday!
In other news, Temple is crawling like it is the job she is leaving for a better job - standing and walking. No sooner did she get those hands and knees coordinated than she started trying to pull up onto all sorts of unstable furniture. She's pulled the dog gate on herself twice, and she upended the water bowl while attempting to use it as a walker. The dogs were unimpressed.
