Would you like fries with that??

So, usually when someone says "would you like fries with that?" it's just a way of saying "hey, I am not here to give you whatever you want. But, when it comes to Cami and Papa this is not the case. Papa loves his "Camarooski" and she loves her Papa. Don't get me wrong, he loves the boys too but he and Cami have a very special bond. It is a bit nausiating at times the way they carry on, especially when I remember this same man being, well....not so giddy. My dad is a tough guy, he's always been that way. He dosen't (well, didn't) talk baby talk. He dosen't coddle or pamper. What you see is what you get. All of that goes by the wayside when he is with my daughter. He is a completely different person...baby talk, coddling, all of it. He can not tell her "no." He has tried, and failed. She has him wrapped around her little finger. So when I mentioned in casual conversation that Cami really likes cows, I should have seen it coming.

Papa (to Cami)- You want Papa to buy you a cow, baby?
Cami- Ye-ah
Papa- Well what kind of cow do you want? Do you want a boy cow or a girl cow?
Cami- Boy cow.
Papa- Do you want a brown cow or a black cow?
Cami-Hmmmmm......black cow.
Papa- Ok, you want Papa to buy you a black boy cow. Papa will get you a black boy cow. Do you want a goat or a donkey to go with your little black boy cow?
Cami- Ummm, ye-ah. Me want a "gonkey."

This conversation has been repeated with the same results every time. She wants a black boy cow and a gonkey. She asks him almost daily about the status of her black boy cow (and sometimes the donkey.) In a later conversation, Papa asked her where she was going to keep it and when and how she was going to feed it. Her reply? Papa feed my black boy cow me. Of course Papa said "Ok baby, Papa will feed your baby cow for you." I don't know what we are going to do with these two. I do know this, they can never go to the livestock auction unattended!! Papa came by last week and brought a magazine he picked up at the feed store. He sat down with Cami and let her pick out exactly which blak cow she wanted.