{"id":13819,"date":"2021-02-12T19:35:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T00:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/?p=13819"},"modified":"2021-02-12T19:38:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T00:38:07","slug":"name-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/name-game-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Name Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maggie&#8217;s teacher has a grown-up daughter named Margaret. So it took the teacher a few weeks to get used to calling Maggie &#8220;Maggie&#8221; and not Margaret. Right around the time she got the hang of it, Maggie decided she really wanted to be called Margaret at school (I told her that probably wasn&#8217;t going to happen at home).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_080457.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13825\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_080457-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_080457-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_080457-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s been going back and forth between Margaret and Maggie and told her teacher either name is okay with her. So when it was time for cursive practice, Maggie&#8217;s worksheet had Maggie AND Margaret on it. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_081955.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13826\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_081955-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_081955-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_081955-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maggie told me that the lowercase cursive &#8220;r&#8221; makes her think of a dress with only one sleeve. Handwriting &#8211; but make it fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Lately though, she&#8217;s been signing all of her papers &#8220;Mags.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210210_194321-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13820\" src=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210210_194321-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210210_194321-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210210_194321-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210210_194321-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210210_194321-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s also been making her Ms into mountains because they&#8217;ve been studying landforms. I&#8217;m not sure what will be next &#8211; Margaret has a lot of nickname options. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maggie&#8217;s teacher has a grown-up daughter named Margaret. So it took the teacher a few weeks to get used to calling Maggie &#8220;Maggie&#8221; and not Margaret. 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