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Navy has had a love affair with her nails since she was little. She bites them, and I found out today….then she eats them. So yesterday as I was cutting Scout’s nails (he who used to bite them, but changed his behavior on his own with a little bribing), Navy asked him if she could have his nails. Scout had just gotten in trouble for being stinky to Navy, so he replied in a very sweet sing-songy voice, “Sure Navy, you can have them ALL!” I then asked what she wanted to do with them. She was sheepishly quiet, so I jokingly asked her if she wanted to eat them. Then she gained all the confidence in the world and said, “Yes!” Meanwhile, Scout was handing all of the nails over to Navy as I was reprimanding Navy on her disgusting behavior. She had her hand out in front of her with all of the nails sitting on top, and I knew I had to do something fast! So I went over and hit her hand from the bottom, and the nails went flying.
If you would have seen the sadness that overtook Navy’s face, you would have cried right with her. At first it was partly because her beautiful nails were all gone. But then I realized that she was especially sad I was the culprit. Scout and I were cracking up, but I ended up feeling so bad that I brought her on my lap and told her that what I did wasn’t very nice and that I was really sorry. Then we talked about how nails in a tummy would probably cut it all up, and that eating them was a bad idea. She told me she wasn’t going to forgive me, and moped away.
It was really a funny sight that turned into a decently sad one. But turned funny all over again when I called after her that if she would just try, she could have beautiful nails like Mommy….. When she looked back to see my nails that have grown over the past two weeks, she ran back and grabbed my hand as strongly as she could and tried to bite MY nails off.
This girl is as disgusting as it gets.
But that is almost what I love about her most.
Her unapologetic ways.
She is who she is!
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