Many names....

Melina has many names. She has been called our little princess, troublemaker, silly, sugar plum, stinker, etc. The list goes on and on. Russ will call her "my little elephant" sometimes because she never forgets anything. I've even said "patience, my dear" (I totally got that from my mom) to her before when she is pestering me about something. When you call her by any of these names, she immediately argues with you and says "NO, LINA!" It's actually kind of funny to argue with her because each time you say whatever name your calling her at the time, she keeps saying "Lina!" progressively louder. She definitely knows her name.

Another name she can be called is "mess-maker" because she is really good at making messes. For example: she decided to empty out the ottoman which is basically a glorified toy box.



Speaking of messes, here is another common mess. Melina likes to empty off her bookshelf.