They Call Me Aunt Momma

 

My sister, her husband and my nieces live about 4 miles down the road from me in a semi-rural area.  They have a pond behind their house and some kind of creature has been building a nest right on the edge of the pond and is damaging their dock.  The picture above is not an actual picture of their critter, it’s just one I found that will give you an idea of what they are dealing with.  My brother in law has been ill and hasn’t been able to handle anything around the house which has left my sister and nieces to tend to everything.  The following is a facebook conversation which began from a status I posted a day or so before New Year’s Eve. 

My nieces call me Aunt Momma and I love it.  My sister had a dream when she was pregnant with her oldest about her children calling me Aunt Momma and it stuck.  Her 2 girls are a great source of entertainment for me.  The niece that is commenting below is a Senior in High School.

Status Post:  (myname)  wonders what is going on New Year's Eve

Niece said:  Beaver hunt!

I said:  It's not a beaver!

Niece said:  Well what ever it is we are hunting it. It's a nutria, we've been observing it and doing research the past couple days. It's legit

I said:  so what did the research say about killing them?

Niece said:  Well they didn't say anything bout that, Roger (family friend) has some live traps that he is supposed to bring over. I really wanna see him alive before dead

I said:  I think we should just shoot it and get it over with

Niece said:  Yeah a part of me thinks that cause the pictures that we googled are scary looking. It's like a giant rat with large orange teeth

I said:  definitely just shoot, forget taking it alive!

Niece said:  Haha words of wisdom from Auntmomma! :) I hope killing a nutria isn't a crime..

Daughter-in-law chimes in:  i thought the party was at your house

My Life Long Friend chimes in:  small get together at my house

I said to my niece:  --I'm pretty sure that it is nutria season right now. I already have my license with 4 tags for nutria. 3 male and 1 female. LOL
I said to my daughter-in-law:  --We'll see if  Pa’s Geritol kicks in
I said to my LLF--ditto

Niece said:  Haha your little hunter lingo makes me so proud to call you my aunt

I said:  you know I used to hunt, right? want me to post a picture of my monster doe?

Niece said:  No wayy? I would love to see this monster doe you speak of

I posted my monster doe picture from my Thanksgiving post and she was amazed.  They still haven’t killed the thing yet and the jury is still out on whether it is a beaver or nutria.  A couple of their guy friends came over to hunt the nasty thing but didn’t bring a gun big enough to kill it.  I guess I’m going to have to load the rifle, put on my camo and take care of this situation myself…