We got to the car and I carefully avoiding jostling the lollipop (already open and sticky), made sure the car seat straps weren't too tight over his puffy snow coat and generally treaded lightly so as not to upset the balance of my chemically-enhanced preschooler.
What with the mournful Molina, the hazed-over Dunst, and the puffy uncertainties of Maguire, we in the audience are the only ones who still believe, without qualification, in thrill and spill.
But even now you can get a Belize-style weekend breakfast with over-easy eggs and puffy fry jack (fried dough), a succulent white meat chicken-filled tamal with the texture of a delicate savory pudding and a refreshing cold drink of pureed guanabana fruit called soursop juice.
Now they are 15 and 16, nearly all are in high school and they hulk over me in puffy parkas or with long legs and gangly arms protruding out of shorts and tank tops.
The mentorship I developed with Puffy over the years turned into a creative business relationship when the two of us eventually went to LA to pitch a movie/ video game we developed together called Hire Ground.
If I'm being honest, one combo was an update of how I wanted to dress in college: a burgundy puffy vest over a purple, green, blue and yellow rugby over a lightly striped button-up shirt.
When I arrived at his farm, he greeted me in cowboy boots, tan leather chinks over bluejeans, a red puffy vest, and a flat-brim baseball cap.
Or, more likely, sheer desperation has invited miscalculation.Picture the Tory leader poring late at night with puffy eyes over those opinion polls.
The layered, ruffled capelets are also sure to be on the summer fashion map over organza blouses and puffy skirts in pale blue or pink or white.
But a minute later, wearing puffy vests over their dresses, and still clutching their toys, the teammates found each other and hugged with true affection, swaying and smiling and talking.
