January 14, 2007

Monday's Child Strikes Again

Five years ago today, on a chilly Monday afternoon, the youngest Llama-ette was born.

As with her newly seven year old sister, Mother Goose got it right. Darker and curlier hair than either of her sisters (a genetic present from the Missus' family), she's got a liberal sprinkling of freckles across her face and enormous eyes that look like a pair of bright blue searchlights. She's also quite large for her age and strong as the proverbial ox - swimming coaches are already pestering us about getting her involved in competition. UVA swimming scholarship, here we come!

In the case of the youngest Llama-ette, Mother Goose might have added "and hearty of voice" to her description. The gel is known around the family as Little Miss Bullhorn. owing to her habit of always expressing herself at the top of her lungs.

The gel's defining personality trait can probably best be summed up as "divilment," a cross between a buccaneer and Harpo Marx. Topping her list of favorite pastimes is the game of Getting A Rise Out Of Daddy. The LMC cheerfully predicts that down the road we'll be facing biker boyfriends, startling tattoos and demands for sky-diving lessons. I'm not sure he isn't right.

UPDATE: BTW, remember how I described the seven year old as having "a ready smile and an all-around air of sympathetic jollity about her"? Well, we had an ice-skating party in honor of her birthday yesterday. Now, I grew up in South Texas and never really learned how to skate. She, on the other hand, has attended a skating camp and been to many other birthday parties like hers. The result? She spent the afternoon challenging me to races around the rink. Not only was she beating me, she was lapping me. And laughing like a loon the entire time.

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Comments

Sounds like everyone had a wonderful day.

Posted by: LeeAnn at January 14, 2007 05:48 PM

Happy birthday to the youngest youngling!

Posted by: GroovyVic at January 14, 2007 06:28 PM