Return of the Toll Collector

This may just be my favorite new story.

In the old days when Ruffin was in his prime we played lots of games. Ruffin even invented a few of them. One of his favorite games was Toll Collector. (see the last photo) Whenever I went down stairs he would lie at the top of the stairs and wait for me to collect a toll. I would not be allowed back up until I gave him kisses.

Just about everyone knows the story about how I got Griffin and how he became Ruffin's replacement. Every once in awhile Griffin does something or shows me something that only Ruffin used to do. 

And today, I got my Toll Collector back.

And here he is, the original Toll Collector, Ruffin