Saturday, October 31, 2009

Bear Claw


Chester very delicately chewed off the claws from this bear paw slipper. I'm not sure where the slippers came from, but he found them enjoyable.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

A birthday party noisemaker


There was a birthday party here last weekend and a number of these noisemakers were scattered about the house. Inevitably, Chester found at least one of them and had his way with it.

These are the Darth Vader model from Hallmark, if that gives you an idea of the party theme.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

One of those chewing gum tape things


It is unclear at this time whether there was anything inside the plastic container. In any case, I don't think it will hurt him to have a little chewing gum.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Chester the Blue Angel


Chester the Blue Angel
Originally uploaded by nbornstein
We picked up this stuffed Blue Angel for my daughter at the National Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola last year after watching the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team practice. She named it Chester, for some reason.

The tail has some plastic in it that makes it rigid, and this was apparently the ideal spot for the other Chester to chew.

I don't know if there is any actual irony involved in Chester chewing on Chester, but there is certainly some potential for infinite recursion.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Comb and Brush


Comb and Brush
Originally uploaded by nbornstein
He only really managed to chew on the ends of these, and at different times, but I thought I'd take a picture while I had the camera out.

Usually we manage to stop him chewing before he does any real damage, but when he gets one of the kids' toys he usually does his worst. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hoping he chews up a kid's toy, but it would make a good picture.

A Skein of Yarn


A Skein of Yarn
Originally uploaded by nbornstein
Dawn had bought some yarn for arts and crafts projects. Chester found it the other day and unraveled a bit of it.

He also found a skein of black yarn and ran outside with it. It was more unraveled than this one. I threw it away before I could take a picture, and anyway it was so tangled and strung out that I don't think I could have gotten a good picture.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

A Pencil


A Pencil
Originally uploaded by nbornstein
Chester chewed this pencil on October 21, 2008, while I was watching Heroes.

I think this was a pencil I bought at Disney World for my then barely girlfriend, now wife, in August 1997. We had only known each other for about a month when I went to Orlando for the Drum Corps International World Championships with my brother and his wife. I knew her enough to know that I liked her, so I bought her this little trinket.

Later that year I bought her a yo-yo from an art museum in Toronto.