Page 70 - Parents Magazine (December 2019)

KIDSÑPets

Animal much, she even has
“We love her so

House! her own Christmas

stocking!”
Charlotte, 8,
and her Persian cat,
Chantilly, 3

photograph by
MEI TAO

CH A R LOTTE
TELLS THE TA LE
OF HER K ITTY:
1
We named her after
Chantilly lace.

2
When she first came
home from the shelter,
she hid under the
bed for a month. Now
she’s always near us!

3
I comb her every
day while my mom
combs my hair.

4
She sits on our computer
keyboard all the time,
but she looks so cute WARDROBE STYLING BY SARAH CLARY FOR THE WALL GROUP. GROOMING BY SUMMER TRAN. PROP STYING BY TRACY MORGAN.
I don’t want to move her.

5 CHILD WRANGLING BY MELANIE SAWYER. ON CHARLOTTE: SKIRT, RYLEE + CRU. JACKET, ROCKETS OF AWESOME.
My family calls
the two of us Char Char
and Chan Chan.

6
I’ve never heard
her hiss, and she only
meows for treats. Adopted from
Happy Homes Animal
Rescue, in Old
Bridge, New Jersey;
rescued from
a pet hoarder.

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