Naomi the Ninja!

Let me introduce you to Naomi, NayNay, the "Pocket Monster," Naughty Natasha, Naomi the Ninja!
                                                     

This granddaughter of ours has a lot of nicknames for such a little girl! When she was a baby, her sisters gave her the nickname NayNay. Pocket Monster and Naughty Natasha..Well, if you know Naomi, you know why the last two names are so appropriate. This little body has a great big spirit just waiting to burst! She knows the world is at her fingertips and she wants it now!

Naomi's grandmother Raejean, loved the name Naomi. She never understood why anyone would call her NayNay. In honor and in memory of my mother in law Raejean, I always call her Naomi.

Naomi is funny, full of energy, witty, smart, artistic, mischievous, imaginative...and a NINJA!

The ninja story will come later...

I love to watch Naomi play as her imagination takes her to far away places. I love her witty comebacks as she converses with her siblings. One day not too long ago, she was trying to get her sister, Jazzy's attention. I don't know if Jazz was ignoring her or was immersed in whatever she was doing, all of a sudden in her "pocket monster" voice, I hear Naomi yell, "Jazzy, Jazzy, snap out of it, just snap out of it!"

Last week the family daily devotionals were on trial and adversity. Each of the kids stated what trial they needed to work on. Naomi decided she would work on listening and not talking back to mommy, daddy, papa and nama. The next day, I asked her to do something. I hear a tiny, little mumble from her. I give her the "Nama Look" and she says to me, "What? I didn't talk it out loud!" I tried so hard not to laugh. Well, it didn't work, I laughed, I laughed oh so much! She's 3! How does she think up these things?

On another occasion, I was watching our granddaughters Avery and Sophia. Avery couldn't find one of her slippers. We looked everywhere. I told the grandkids that I would pay $1.00 to whomever found the slipper. Ciela was the lucky winner of the $1.00. Naomi was not a happy camper! Not two minutes later, the slipper is missing again. I happen to go outside and Naomi is sitting by herself in the yard, with a big pout on her face. I ask her if she knows where the slipper is. She hands it to me and says, "I hid it again, so I could find it and get the $1.00." There are days where she frustrates me to no end, keeps me on my toes every minute of every day, but oh Naomi, how I love you!

We were at Seaworld looking at the fish aquariums. Naomi is pounding on the glass, I tell her to stop, she looks at me and says, "Why can't I break the glass?"

She gets so frustrated, angry and just does not understand why she can't go on the big rides at Seaworld or Disneyland. She stomps her feet and folds her arms and says "I big!" She is no respecter of persons, no matter the age or size!

...The Ninja Story

More often than not, one or more of the kids end up in our bed to watch TV at night. More often than not, they fall asleep.

I am a very light sleeper. I hear everything. If the kids wake up and get out of our bed, I hear them, mostly because our bed creaks. Even if they move in our bed, I hear them...not Naomi! She will be in our bed at night and in the morning, she's not there! The bed never creaks, I never hear her get out of the bed...Naomi is a Ninja! She jumps like a ninja, moves like a ninja, fights like a ninja, treads lightly like a ninja, she's smart like a ninja and is as smooth as a ninja!

Any ninja knows, you can not acquire these skills, you are born with them! You may ask, where does she get these skills? In order to get the answer...you must ask an Olayan!