AmaraLand

So let me tell you about Amara and the laundry. It has become kind of a thing between us. Amara has her own room here but admittedly I use her room for laundry when she isn’t here. Our washer and dryer are in the garage and the most convenient way to get there is from Amara’s room. And the most convenient place to put clean laundry — is on Amara’s bed.

OK, so sometimes Grandma just happens to forget and leave clean laundry on Amara’s bed. Shame! The first time she became aware of my forgetfulness was probably 3 years ago. When she found laundry on her bed a second time it became a thing. The minute she would get here she would go running to her room to check up on me. And if there was laundry on her bed she would take me by the hand to her room and just kind of points at it — like what is this doing here? Sometimes I would leave laundry there on purpose just to see her face!

A year later I wrote to my sister "Her personality and everything is exploding! I just love it and she picks up everything especially intonations and stuff. The kids came over the other day and I had laundry all over Amara’s bed — I knew I was in trouble! She walks in there and I hear this loud OH     MY     GOODNESS! What happened in here Grandma?  I couldn’t help but laugh and scoop up laundry."

A couple of months ago when she found laundry on her bed she says to me with the straightest face Maybe you could just start finishing the laundry before I come over. This was the day I had taken her to Shea’s birthday party. I reminded her that was why I didn’t get the laundry done. She replied. Oh.

A couple of weeks I was at her house and said I had to go home and finish laundry and she says to me — with that little gleam in her eye and where are you planning to do this laundry? Can you tell she likes to tease her Grandma?

Last week when I was getting ready to leave she was begging me to stay just a little longer. I told her I had all kinds of stuff that needed to get done. She whined some more please, Grandma. So I looked at her with this big grin on my face and said but Marzie, there is laundry on your bed. We both laughed about that one!