Meg: The Princess of Hide and Seek!

This past Saturday, my mom's side of the family got together to celebrate the June birthdays. We were all sitting in my grandma's backyard eating cake (one that I made!) and ice cream.

Cousins are funny things, don't you think? I'm the oldest cousin on both sides of my family, and quite frankly, I'm  now becoming old enough to have kids some of their ages! (weird feeling) Well, my five year old cousin came up to me and asked to play hide and seek!

Sure! So I ran and hid in the little playhouse (at this point it was just her and I playing the game). I didn't conceal myself very well, mainly hoping the game wouldn't last too long ;) The other little cousins began to catch on what was going on, so they'd all one-by-one walk past the playhouse to whisper to me "She didn't see you yet!". Hehe it was fun.

My cousin rounded the corner and approached the playhouse. 'This is it!' I thought.

I was wrong. It was only just beginning!

She looked right at me all crouched in the farthest corner, quickly looked away and started looking all around. She turned back to the door and exclaimed "I just can't find her!".

And she walked away.

Now she was just messing with me. I sat in that same spot for another ten minutes before looking up again. To my horror there she was; playing another game with the other kids. And it WASN'T hide and seek.

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So I got up, sneakily ran back over the circle of adults, sat right down on the ground in-between my aunt and uncle, and then the REAL game of Hide and Seek began.

My cousin ran back to the playhouse to "search" for me again. But THIS time she really couldn't find me. One by one all of the little cousins entered the playhouse, amazed at my "sudden" disappearance, and searched high and low.

"Wha--? Where'd she go!"
"She's gone!"
"She was just here!"
"I bet she climbed in the roof!"

They were all amazed. And I'm surprised they didn't see me walk right past them to the adults just minutes before. So they spread out all over the yard, calling my name. My five year old cuz suddenly realized she hadn't quite won the game yet!

My "search party" looked in the bushes, the baby stroller (??), the garage, and even inside the house.

Silly kids! I was in plain site the whole time!

Well in the mean-time, my three year old cousin (whom just recently became a big sister herself) was looking at her five month old sister. Madds came over and looked at the baby and said "Oh look! Isn't she so cute?"

My little cousin looked up at my sister and quite matter-of-factly said, "Yeah. She's a hamboogah [hamburger]"
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Yessss :)