I thought you all might like to know, that Gigi encompasses "goose" any which way you look at it. Geese can be downright mean. And for those of you who have met The Goose, you might have noticed that she's not always so friendly at first. A first greeting usually consists of an encounter with her scowl. Here at the nest, we call it her "mean mug".~This comes standard issue from the Aller side.~
I've yet to figure this out.. Perhaps she's wondering what your story is? It could be that she's trying to decide if you're worthy of her attention, or a way to keep people out of her bubble. Or... it could be a dominance thing. She might be sizing you up to decide if she can take you down. Seriously. It wouldn't surprise me if one of these days she punched a sweet old lady full of "Hi Sweeties" and "Aren't you cute"s right in the mouth.
You might know, she is just a treat to take shopping. I mean what else would you expect out of this child, right? I'm going to go ahead and chalk this behavior up to the "stranger danger" phase that most kids go through, so this isn't all a bad thing... On a side note, if The Goose did this while out with her Daddy... I'm 100% certain that this would be one of his PROUDEST moments as her parent.
I, on the other hand, have dealt with her lack of grace for well meaning strangers one too many times. The classic response to her mean mug is: "well aren't you a serious little thing?". But I have gotten a "What's she doing?" or "Is she ok?". And I've had a person just flat out do an about face once in awhile, nothing more said.
Most often, I just apologize and tell the sweet onlookers that "she's just tired" or "grumpy". I genuinely feel bad, as these people have gone out of there way to tell me what a cute little girl I have, and here she is giving them her best Walter Matthau impression.
Occasionally, she adds some theatrics to the show. Scrunching up her face worse than normal and tacking on a scratchy "NO!". A time or two she has thrown an object, aiming for the person who is clearly a donkey in her opinion.
But so far, nothing beats the time she goosed the most adorable older man, who was approaching her in my favorite thrift shop, telling her what a cutie she is. Mean mug going in full force, she slowly blinked her eyes, opened her mouth.... and let out the loudest, most blood curdling scream you have ever heard. Not a cry, but a deliberate, controlled, "I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey" kind of scream. This sent every eye in the store straight to our direction. Seriously, he turned a million shades of red, and so did I. He didn't stick around to let me apologize. No doubt embarrassed, likely wondering if the bystanders thought he was trying to kidnap her or something, he promptly left. I'm surprised he didn't have a heart attack.
I'm sure Dear Daddy would have been doubled up in laughter for quite a spell, but I on the other hand, was mortified that my little girl would waylay such a sweet old man. So you see, she even gooses strangers. You just never know what she's capable of. It really wouldn't surprise me if she hauled off and hit some unsuspecting stranger with a dose of "the medicine" right across the smacker.
Oh yes, the "medicine" is a favorite in her arsenal of antics and ambushes. She mostly pulls this trick out on her brothers though. I'll share more on the medicine in a post coming soon...We're going to have to drag Uncle B. into that story!
For now, I will leave you with one last mean mug.
~Larissa
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