Sad doggie

Alex loves the dog.  The dog kinda likes him.  But he torments her.  One of his favorite things to do is jump on the couch cushion next to the one the dog is sitting on to make her "look like popcorn."  He is constantly chasing her, climbing on her, sticking his fingers in her face.

Last night, she stopped trying to get away from him and was standing in the kitchen looking at me with the most defeated expression.  Alex seized the opportunity presented by a still dog and began smothering her with his blue dinosaur blanket.  When I asked what he was doing, I was told, "I'm makin' the dog blue."

I can't think of a better metaphor for her feelings about that kid.  A warm and fuzzy but deathly suffocating blanket of love.