Because of Thanksgiving break and since she is only in school until 12, I've been spending a lot of time with my niece MG. And I gotta say she is a cute, funny kid. And here are some reasons why:
MG scared the crap out of me the other day. I was in my room with the door open and my back was to the door. I had my music playing on my laptop so I was blissfully unaware of little MG creeping up behind me. As I am dancing along to the Glee soundtrack in my chair, she got just out of my peripheral vision and yelled "Boo!" I turned and I processed "Oh it's just MG. She's six. She's not an axe murderer" but I still screamed like a little girl. MG found this to be hilarious.
So hilarious that she was bragging to Gran a little bit later. I told MG I was going to get even but she said she was just going to "keep [her] eyes on the door" of the playroom. So, she was in the bathroom that connects the playroom and my sister's room so I snuck into my sister's room, listening to MG brag to Gran how she scared me. I started to yell but it came out in a laugh but she still got upset. Well, she claims she wasn't crying, but rather "[her] eyes were just wet".
My mom got MG and her sister SD each an advent calendar for Christmas. You know, the little calendars where you open a little slot/opening/box each day and get a piece of chocolate in a fun christmas shape. I love em! And so MG explained that she accidentally opened the 21st slot on the 2nd because "I didn't see the one". So then my mom asked if she was going to open the 2nd on the 21st and MG gave a very "You're a silly Gran" look as she said "No, I'm going to open the three". I think she thought Gran was asking what she was going to open next as opposed to how she was going to correct her mistake.
MG and I watched The Wizard of Oz together. I told her little facts like how the horse of a different colors is really painted with Jell-O powder and how in the book the shoes are silver but since it was (one of) the first movie in technicolor they changed the shoes to red so everyone would think they looked really cool. She didn't care for these facts but she did explain to me how the soldiers didn't like the witch and when she melted, they jumped up and down like this (complete with a jumping demonstration since apparently I don't know what it is).
MG is only 6 but she has a real appreciation for word play and I LOVE this. However, sometimes I am unaware of what she picks up on. We were on the way to the Mexican restaurant near our house and niece SD brought a flashlight with her in the car. SD was shinning it in baby sister AJ's eyes and I told her to stop because it was probably hurting AJ's eyes. And then SD said it didn't hurt and starting shining it in her own eyes. I then said "SD, that's not a good idea either" and MG started cracking up next to me in her car seat. "That's funny cause you said EYE-ther and you were talking about eyes. You're funny Aunt Annie". Good to know I am funny even when I am not trying to be.
The other day, I had to go check on Baby AJ to see if her leg was stuck in her crib because she's started rolling over in her crib and she was crying. MG wanted to go with me and I said AJ could not hear us because then she would want to get up and play but she needed to finish her nap. I guess I didn't clarify that AJ couldn't see us either, because MG marched right into AJ's room but she didn't make a peep. I had to grab MG and pull her back but it was all for nothing because AJ saw her and lost it. She eventually fell asleep but not after being really mad that Aunt Annie and sister MG tricked her into thinking she was going to be rescued from her nap.
Randomly, MG told me she had a present for me. She handed me a balled up piece of computer paper that she had decorated with my name and Georgia G's (I told you, I really tell her how much I love UGA). And I unwrapped it to find this little Bernese Mountain dog figurine I had when I was little (I don't remember the company, but my sister and I collected them all so clearly they have been passed down to the nieces by this point). I told her thanks and put the dog down on the table. I guess my mom put in their playroom because several days later, I looked on my nightstand and found the little dog once again. I asked my mom if she put it there and she said no. So then I asked MG and she said yes. Well, she didn't say yes but MG lacks a poker face. You family members know what I am talking about: The shrugged shoulders, the closed mouth smile, the eye roll to the ceiling all as if to say "Gosh darnit, I'm so cute, you can't possibly be mad at adorable me!" Not that I would be mad for any reason, but it's always easy to tell when MG is guilty.
Oh and MG also admitted whenever you have her trapped and are tickling her, she lies and says she "just pooted" so you will let her go. She's a clever girl that one.
So just some little MG stories from the past few days. Don't worry parents of other nieces, your other girls will get a post about them sometime soon. Especially since all 16 of us will be together for Christmas!!! Hooray!
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I am laughing so hard, I'm crying. So hilarious. I can't wait to see MG and AA! Or is it AM?
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