Tonight I was in the kitchen preparing and putting up a bounty of fresh squash and green beans from our garden when my phone rang so I asked my husband to answer it. It was a FaceTime call from our sweet little opinionated threenager.
She and her momma went to Texas to spend some time with daddy who is working out on the road and we miss her/them terribly. We're used to getting to see her at least 2 or 3 times a week since they live right down the road. I had called her earlier on my way home from work and the only thing she would say to me was "Nanny, I need you come cuddle me". This was a clue that she had gotten in trouble and wanted Nanny to come rescue her. Even though I knew she was just fine, it hurt my heart to tell her I couldn't because they are 8 hours away, and I knew she wouldn't understand why her Nanny couldn't come love on her like I normally do when she calls me and tells me she needs me to come cuddle her.
Anyway.....back to the story of this phone call. I fully expected to hide from "munsters" under a blankie with her on this FaceTime call as we normally do and we eventually did. But the first thing I heard when Papa answered the phone was a tiny little voice, ever so quietly telling him, "Papa, you need come get me, momma's scary". And then her momma in the background cracking up laughing and asking her what she said again. This little girl is full of attitude and comes up with the most random things to get you right in the heart! We figured out that she just didn't want to go to bed and wanted us to come "save" her.
We later hid from Papa's "munster" that looked like a "inja turtle" and the tickle bug and gave her kisses and off to bed she went with a sad face because we couldn't come "save" her from her "scary momma".
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