Thursday, December 3, 2009

Naughty Or Nice?

Today was the day we wrote our letters to Santa. As Olive and I sat down at the table full of colorful paper, stickers, markers and glitter glue, she turned to me and very seriously asked, "Mom, is Maggie on the naughty list?"

Good question.

I mean let's face it, she's naughty. So naughty in fact, "Naughty" is one of her most used nicknames. She will respond to "Naughty" when called. She even laughs when we call her that, knowing full well she is indeed, naughty.

But, it's the time of year when the label of naughty or nice is extremely important. Especially to a four year old little girl who is sternly reminded every hour or so to make "good choices" to be in the good graces of dear old Santa Claus.

In order to honestly answer this pressing issue, I decided that we needed to discuss our feelings on the subject matter and review any evidence we had. The following is what we found:


"Eating" at a SuperMex. Screaming, squealing, tongue everywhere...

NAUGHTY!



Typical mealtime.
Food untouched and squeezing out of her chair minutes after being wrestled in...

NAUGHTY!


Locked herself outside proudly flaunting a necklace she swiped from Olive's jewelry box (which was obtained by knocking it off it's table), then proceeded to taunt me by licking the window.

NAUGHTY!

Will remove her diaper ANY chance she gets. And once that cool air hits her bare hiney... let's just say I have bottles of Resolve carpet cleaner in pretty much every room in the house.

NAUGHTY!


Climbed up onto the kitchen counter (via Olive's princess throne that she pushes from the living room to the kitchen for the sole purpose of climbing) and attacked an avocado (with the skin on)...

NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY and NAUGHTY!


Quite possibly her worst offense to date:
Using a cell phone in church DURING her baptism...

HOLY NAUGHTINESS!

Although it was quite clear on what the answer was, Olive was quick to spare her sister from a stocking full of coal come Christmas morning.

"I know! If you wear a diaper and are a little sister then Santa puts you on his nice list because you're cute."

Well, that settled it.

Naughty's nice.

8 comments:

Kenny said...

I'm looking at EVERY picture and seeing my daughter. I'm thinking we might need to get them together just to witness what kind of shenanigans they could get into.

Amy said...

stop it...ohhhh maggers!!! she crrracks me UP!

A Rosie Family said...

But she really is so cute! It's a good thing Santa takes that into consideration.

GREAT to have you back by the way!!!!!!!!!!!

zuniga family said...

But all she has to do is flash that cute smile and BAM, all the naughtiness is taken away!

Olive is such a great big sister for sparing her sister!

Kaylynn said...

Our baby daughters would get along well. Love it!

mommy melissa said...

that little maggers is just too stinkin cute! and olive is so sweet... the things she's says are wise beyond her years :)

Totally Hess said...

Shawna - you write the best posts ever!

Braden and Jodee said...

I heart Maggie. I will have to say the girl is clever. Very clever. I just love her.