To all the toys she's loved

We mentioned the tube amusement park in a recent post, and we wanted to review some of the cool gadgets and playthings that friends and family have gifted the Mad one, err, Maddy.

The first photo is Maddy going ape over the Blue Tube of Death!!! Well, that's how she views it... She also thinks it's a skateboard, as she often runs up to it and slides on it across the cork floors.

The next photo shows Maddy in full hunter mode, kicking the stuffing out of her mouse friend Harpo.

Just now she carried Harpo up the stairs to badger in our bedroom. That's some long distance schlepping...

Up next we have the Dangler Mouse, which is a duo-loaded spring mouse thingy that causes Maddy to perk up every time we bring it out. We chose a video clip to showcase this masterpiece.

She can really lose herself playing with this toy and she often flings herself recklessly about the room while chasing the jumpy mouse with tenacity.

Maddy wants to rock

We hauled out the drum kit for Rock Band Saturday before hosting a get together, and of course Maddy had to check it out.

She began by hopping onto the drum throne and then quickly decided she needed a close up view of the drum pads. And, a full inspection would not be complete without walking on the cymbals.

There we were playing a little Sunday night as Maddy was crashing on the couch.

I was pounding away on the drums when Maddy suddenly leaps onto my back as I was playing and proceeded to sit on my shoulders as I tried to finish the song.

Of course this was rather difficult as I was forced to hunch over to ensure she would not start sliding off of my back and digging in her tiny yet horribly painful claws into my flesh.

She really seemed to love the beat of the song as she rode the waves of the music... quite a hep cat we have here.

Of course, you MUST watch the video that Rosanne managed to grab after throwing down the mic and grabbing the camera. This is gold, Jerry...