Lynn's niece Aidan is really the only child that has never warmed up to me from the start. I don't know if I scare her because I can be a little loud or kinda jumpy but for whatever reason she just doesn't really care for me. Two years ago when Lynn and I were in Oregon for Christmas Aidan would not give me the time of day, even though I tried to bribe her with snacks and all kinds of stuff.
A year or so before that when we were all in Wisconsin she would walk around saying, "Where's Nacy?" (no that's not a misspelled word, that's how she said my name) When someone would answer her and point one direction she would travel the opposite way!
Last year we were doing a web cam at Christmas time and as soon as I walked into sight on the computer Aidan got a disgusted look on her face and hopped off her Mom's lap and walked away. We all laughed, but I started to wonder if she would EVER like me.
But this year in Oregon I think we had a breakthrough! Aidan let me sit beside her in the car and go with her to the game park and look at the animals. Then the real breakthrough happened and Beth (Aidan's Mom) got it on film......I was calling the ducks by quacking through my hands and Aidan thought that was really cool and she was trying to call them too....
She bought some postcards at the gift shop and when we got in the car she said that one of them was for me. YEAH!!! So at the next stop I bought her some chocolate candy and I think we now have a working relationship. It only took 4 years but I think we are now friends.......thank goodness!Nanner
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That's great, Nancy! She needed a little bit more time to figure out what we already knew.
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