Happy Birthday Poosie Doo!! For those of you who don't know, that is my sister Maria but growing up she was rarely called anything but Poosie thanks to our oldest sister Melanie. I can't remember the first name Mel came up with because it was shot down by Mom. I am sure Mom still regrets allowing Poosie Doo to stick, especially when she would run away at church and one of us would holler "Poosie Doo! Come back!"
Here are some memories I have of Maria.
Mom always said she was a little boy in a girls body because she was very active.
She was born with a funny bald spot on her head that was fun to poke.
She loved my made up stories that I told almost nightly. At one point all 4 of us youngest girls shared a room; two sets of bunk beds made it work. Those bunkbeds provided hours of entertainment from becoming forts to shaking trains. And we SHOOK those beds. It was amazing they never fell on anyone!
I witnessed her picking ABC (already been chewed) gum off the road.
She was my buddy and Annie was Miranda's.
She and Annie were pack rats and collected all sorts of treasures (garbage) in baggies.
She has a picture of her when she was a baby in a pink fluffy dress.
We all joke that she got all of the supposed 1/8 indian blood because of her dark coloring.
She made Mom HUGE when she was pregnant. Dad took a picture of mom laying down looking up between her legs to show how big her belly was. YIKES!
She likes to talk. =) I think all us Finch girls do!
She stole my favorite girls name, Rachel. OK, she didn't steal it, Justin wouldn't let me name a girl that so I am just happy to have a niece by that name.
She couldn't say the "R" sound for forever. Mom says she knew Maria needed Speech Therapy when she came home from school with her name written "MAWIA", exactly the same way she said it!
She loved WHAM'S song "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" and would boogy away to it as a little baby. So in honor of Poosie Doo's birthday, click on the following link and enjoy some music!
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
I tried to get this video here on my blog but could not get it to work.
4 comments:
All those memories cracked me up! Oh we have the best family! Thanks for the trip down memory lane, now I just want to poke her bald spot!
I love the memories, so fun! By the way I think everyone said the name was "Gooch", but obviously I wasn't born yet! Happy Birthday Poo!
Yeah, it was Gooch, I still can't figure how Poosie was any better. Thanks for all the fun memories, and yes I did eat ABC gum - more than I like to admit! When it rains in the summer and you can smell that hot asphalt smell, yeah that's what it tastes like-I'm sure Annie would agree! :) It cracked me up watching that Wham video, I have never actually seen the group, thanks to mom and dads ban on cable (maybe that's what's wrong with us) I especially loved their short shorts! Thanks again!
I still miss your stories, they were the best!
I am happy to say I already knew almost all of those fun facts. Maria is such a colorful and joyful person, I am so happy to know her. And yes, I think ALL the Finch girls like to talk. When I read about Maria's inability to pronounce "R" I remembered Miranda always calling your cabin her "phoperty". :D
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