Thoughts on Nicknames

This will surprise you, based on her unpleasant, anti-social personality (sarcasm), but Fiona is well-beloved at school. Especially at the YMCA after care program. She told us this week that all the teachers at after care had given her a nickname: Nugget. I can't imagine how they came up with such a perfect nickname for her ... completely unrelated, at her 6 year well check, she was 40.5" tall (0.42%) and 34 lbs 1 oz (1.41%). We basically high-fived that we are still on the growth chart! She has also mentioned that the big kids like to pick her up because she's so tiny. [She is totally fine with the nickname. The teachers asked her permission to call her that. They are so sweet and respectful.] It does make me giggle when I pick her up and they yell "Nugget" across the room. And then I greet her with a "hi Bug!" People are going to wonder if she has a real name.

Earlier this week, I was telling Declan that my Grandpa Johnson used to call Auntie and me "Pumpkin" and "Peanut." He was very intrigued by the story and was trying to imagine me as a Pumpkin. Then he got really excited and asked me to call him "Blueberry." And that has been the nickname he has wanted all week. He answers to it - and occasionally will ignore me until I call him Blueberry. Quinn has been trying out Pumpkin and Peanut to see if one fits her. But I'm pretty sure she will always be my Bot.