My mother-in-law has an identical twin, Rose. The pair celebrated their 74th birthdays on Dec. 26, which is the day most of the Gulli clan piled into my in-laws' house.
Sam, apparently, did not recall every seeing her Nana and her Aunt Rose in the same space.
When we got there, we were bombarded by about 15 people waiting to kiss us. Because she's a ham, Sam always becomes the center of attention.
After a few minutes, she bounded into the kitchen, threw her arms around Aunt Rose and said, "Hi, Nana!"
The crowd chuckled. Aunt Rose chuckled, but she hugged Sam tightly.
"Sam," I said, "that's not Nana. That's Aunt Rose. She's Nana's sister."
And then Nana walked into the room.
Sam was pretty sure this was a sci-fi movie. She looked back and forth. Then she slid over to Nana.
"Look, Nana, it's you!" she announced, pointing at Rose.
The crowd cracked up. Nana cracked up. Rose cracked up. Sam looked befuddled.
Nana tried explaining to her again. Sam looked at Rose, back at Nana, back at Rose.
Then she declared, "Nana, you're silly." And she walked away.
So for Sam, there were two Nanas at Christmas this year. What she told or showed to one Nana she had to tell or show to the other. During one extended search for Aunt Rose, Sam even looked underneath a bathroom door and called her: "Aunt Rooooo-ose! I got something to show you!"
What's the best thing your child said or did during the holidays?
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