I am no stranger to Megan's BIG personality, but this extended sleepover has given us all a heavy dose of Megan from which we might not recover. Our weekly game nights have schooled us in the ways of Megan, but usually Adam and Amy are the ones she harasses so although she is still challenging for the rest of us, on those nights they're the ones who have to "deal" with her. Not so with this trip. She is ruling the roost and wearing us all down. She has had each of us in tears at different times, and packs a whole lot of Megan into her tiny, almost 3 year old self.
Adam (her father/my brother) often says "There's just so much Megan" and that is the truth! It would be impossible to ever overlook her. I don't know if it's because she's a 3rd child or what, but she is an expert at making herself heard. The amount of noise that comes with her is quite staggering. She is loud and tends to repeat herself constantly to make sure she is heard. Last Sunday Randy was making sandwiches for lunch while I was getting ready for church and this was the conversation that brought me to tears with laughter.
Megan: (Loudly) Um Randy, I want a p'nut butter and jelly samich.
Randy: Okay
Megan: (Louder) Ranny, I want a...
Randy: Yep, I got it.
Megan: (Louder) Ranny, I wanna
Randy: A peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I know.
Megan: (Louder still) Ranny I wanna p'nut...
Randy: Yep, you told me, I'm making it.
Megan: Ya, I want a p'nut butter and jelly samich!
It was amusing to overhear this, but this is how she operates and wears us all down. Even when we confirm that we have heard her request and are working on it, she reiterates it to the point of insanity. (This is a very effective technique and guarantees she gets what she wants because she keeps talking until we give it to her.)
She had Landon in tears in the car on the way to Seven Peaks the other day because she wouldn't stop talking to him and repeating things over and over. I told him to talk nicely to her and he immediately burst into tears (he's almost 9!).
As for me, I have been doing my best to be super patient because I know there's no changing her. But she works on me all day long, starting with her march into the bedroom to wake me up by chanting "I want brefast" over and over again until I'm practically running to the kitchen to get it for her. Once in the kitchen she will squabble with the other girls until she gets the seat she wants, then will tell me 20 times which kind of cereal she wants, then she'll tell me she wants milk in it (I know this), then she wants to look at the back of the box of cereal. I am then granted a 5 minute reprieve until her next need is shared.
During the course of the day she is insatiably hungry, often asking for food within 20 minutes of finishing breakfast! How is she so skinny? I have no idea, except that she's keen on fruit.
She leaves her kitty and her blanket all over the place and then gets distressed when she can't find them.
She always asks to "Watch a little show."
Her puppy bladder is very active and often she'll go outside only to return 30 seconds later (forcing me to come open the screen door because she can't reach the handle) because she has to go potty. (Even if I asked her right before she went outside if she had to go!)
She can never seem to locate her water bottle and tends to find everyone else's before finding her own. This makes all of us crazy.
She changes her clothes 10 times a day, usually it's her swimming suit or pink leotard, but this means many pairs of underwear which usually end up anywhere except the dirty clothes.
She is good about wearing "Sun Spring" but makes me crazy with it because I will just get her all lathered up only to have her at the pool for 5 minutes and then back inside to watch a "little show" and lay on my couch covered in sun screen!
Of course, these are just the antics of an almost 3 year old which means there's a whole lot of cute that goes with her. She's funny, she's cute, she's sweet, and she's fairly irresistible even with all the taxing behaviors.
{Notice her CocoPuff mustache}
She says things like "I need my sisters," "I want to see my kids," and "Jill, I be lots of quiet." She is good about going to bed and takes a 3 hour nap every day (this is her best quality), so this makes up for a lot.
This morning I said "Megan, you're killing me" to which she sweetly replied "No, I not."
No doubt her strong spirit and personality will serve her well in her life. There's no need to worry about her fading into the background and letting people take advantage of her, that's just not going to happen. What an adventure this has been (and still is) for all of us. Good times, good times.
**What are we to do?**
