Alayna - "Go faster, Wohn!"

September 2021

Alayna is in a booster car seat today, right behind me, John's driving, and we're leaving Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Clinton and his family are leaving at the same time.  On the highway, we end up in the left lane, and Clint's in the right.   Alayna spies her uncle's car.  She gets all excited, bouncing in her seat (as much as she can being seat-belted in) and emphatically commands her grandfather, "Go faster, Wohn."  At her age many words begin with the W sound, so John comes out Wohn. 

"Go faster, Wohn!  They're weaving us!  We want to win!"  

Nov. 2021.

Oh, I gotta tell ya something funny, don't know if I can describe it properly.  I was pretending to eat their toes,  Alayna, 4 y.o., and sister Noelle, 2 y.o., standing next to each other laughing, I said, "If you won't let me eat your toes, then I'm gonna eat your nose."  Immediately, fast as you can snap an old twig, Alayna's right hand zipped across her own body and clamped onto Noelle's nose!  

And they stand there,  a sizzle of excitement, giggling, anticipating what's next!

Dec. 2021

Alright, I can't hold back.  Gotta tell ya what Alayna said, maybe it'll bring a smile of cheer to your face, as my old folks would say.  Alayna wanted an apple, I said, okay, turned to the drawer to get the apple slicer, she'd already grabbed the fruit and taken a bite.  

I said, "Alayna!  That's a big apple.  You won't eat it all, let me cut it up and you can share with Noelle."  Her response was, "GrammyPam, I can't sthare.  I'm shick."  What a minx!  She turned away and did a fake double cough-cough.  

Jan. 2022

Little Alayna sat with me during church on Sunday.  She was all bouncy and happy, I suspect it was enhanced by being back in familiar territory after being on the road for hours and hours.

 She dug through my stack of books and settled on an open-flap book.  When she pulled the big leaf away from the page "Peek a boo",  said the baboon, next "Grrrr" said the tiger.  And, finally, when there was that pause, when all things go silent, the preacher is done, the song was sung, the embarrassing bell gets rung, little Alayna, forgetting to whisper, in her best "I'm afraid" voice , loudly squeals in fear, "B-B-EAR-RR!"