Wednesday, October 28, 2009

My failure.

See this little imp? He is my nephew. His name is Nixin. He is four. I tried to bribe him. I failed.
A little background is required. Nixin is kinda shy and I don't get to see him very often because he and his family live near Duluth. So I like to offer incentives to Nix to help him overcome his shy nature. I usually play on his love of sweets, most especially chocolate. I have in the past been known to say things like "Nixin, I'll give you this M&M if you give me a hug." What? Don't judge!

On a recent trip to the farm, we got to celebrate two birthdays, mine and my nephew Noah's (Nix's big brother). On the night we ate my birthday cake, I noticed the incredibly fast way that Nixin shoveled in his cake and how he was particularly infatuated with the frosting. hmmmm... a seed was planted.....
So, two days later, when we celebrated Noah's birthday with this fabulous Bakugan cake made by my aunt Claire, I volunteered to do the cutting of the cake to put my plan in motion. And here is how it went down...

ME: Nixin, I'll give you this frosting if you tell me who is your favorite? [as I pointed to myself and showed him a spatula thickly covered with frosting]

NIXIN: [no response]

ME: Come on, Nix. You can have all this yummy frosting if you tell me that I'm your favorite. Now, who is your favorite? [as I continued to try to entice him with the globs of frosting]

NIXIN: [crickets]

ME: Don't you want the frosting? All you have to do is say that I'm your favorite. [using my best begging and pleading voice]. Who is your favorite?

NIXIN: [very quietly and without any hint of a smile he says]..... Abby

My entire extended family bursts out in laughter. And then Nixin cracks a bit of a smile. I pretend to pout [ok, it was real]. That little punk was playing me!

but he seriously does love Abby more than all the frosting in the world!

6 comments:

Kristy said...

awwwww!! That is just the sweetest & funniest blog ever !!!!

Abby said...

He is so funny! We kind of hold that against mom now! She did try though, I'll give her credit 4 that.

the mom~ said...

LOL, I loved hearing this story at lunch last week, so cute!

Lori said...

That is THE BEST!! I love that you will stoop to my level! I have to do the same thing with Jim's sister's kids. Not flattering...but necessary. Keep up the good work. I guess coming in second place to Abby isn't so bad....

Heather said...

I love this story...what a little cutie he is. Don't give up on bribing him. He'll come around!

MM said...

Kids do say the darnedest things....cute.