how many lick does it take to get to the center of a blowpop?

well, if your kate it might take you all day just to open the lollipop.

my photo lab sends a blowpop in every order delivered. this is genius marketing. so when i am trying to work on something and an order arrives i sing Hallelujah. not because i will get to crunch down on the juicy blowpop but because it will occupy kate for a good hour. 

this is a good example. i gave her the lollipop and told her to stay int he chair and eat it while I packaged some items. it took her FOREVER to get it open.

then the licking begins. 

supposedly this is how a kitty would lick a lollipop while lying on a chair. 

and the licking continues.

then after a while I will look up and say "kate, where is your blowpop?"  and this is the look she will give me.

"uhhh!?!"

i am always baffled by this. how do you misplace a lollipop that you are licking?  in the process of pretending and daydreaming the blowpop gets put down and forgotten. thankfully this time it was on my desk laying on top a stack of invoices and not in her hair, under her bed or in the dirty clothes hamper. and yes, those are real examples.