Dear Group, Here's something I wrote this evening that had to do when my brother was just a baby when we lived on Chilton Ave.in Niagara Falls. No it doesn't have anything to do with Niagara Falls except that's where we lived at the time. I just thought it might remind you of something similar in your own lives. This evening I was trying to put some order into the mess of papers on my desk and in the process I used my handy little staple remover. Except I've always preferred to call it a nipper napper! Why? Well I blame it on my mother! When my baby brother John was really my BABY brother (he's now 60 years old!), Mother used to make him giggle and squeal by starting out like this. First she let him see what her fingers were doing as she made a nipper napper motion with them like you do when you want to indicate that someone talks on endlessly. You know, you bring your thumb up to the rest of the fingers of your hand and you open and close your hand like that to indicate that someone's mouth just keeps on going. And once Johnny saw her fingers, he knew what was coming next-Here come the nipper nappers!! Mother would then slowly approach his little belly with her nipper napper fingers letting him know that "Here come the nipper nappers!" And the closer they got, the more he anticipated what they were going to do when they reached his belly. He knew that they were going to tickle him! And do you know what? He was right every time. And he giggled and laughed and squealed every time and then just waited until she did it all over again. Now I don't know if Mother every played "here come the nipper nappers" with me but I do know that every time I use a staple remover using the same hand motion, I know for certain that it's a nipper napper. Well, wouldn't you? vee

Hi Vee, That is the cutest story. Thanks for sharing. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia.net> To: <NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 9:26 PM Subject: Here comes the nipper nappers! > Dear Group, > > Here's something I wrote this evening that had to do when my brother was > just a baby when we lived on Chilton Ave.in Niagara Falls. No it doesn't > have anything to do with Niagara Falls except that's where we lived at the > time. I just thought it might remind you of something similar in your own > lives. > > This evening I was trying to put some order into the mess of papers on my > desk and in the process I used my handy little staple remover. Except I've > always preferred to call it a nipper napper! Why? Well I blame it on my > mother! > > When my baby brother John was really my BABY brother (he's now 60 years > old!), Mother used to make him giggle and squeal by starting out like this. > First she let him see what her fingers were doing as she made a nipper > napper motion with them like you do when you want to indicate that someone > talks on endlessly. You know, you bring your thumb up to the rest of the > fingers of your hand and you open and close your hand like that to indicate > that someone's mouth just keeps on going. And once Johnny saw her fingers, > he knew what was coming next-Here come the nipper nappers!! > > Mother would then slowly approach his little belly with her nipper napper > fingers letting him know that "Here come the nipper nappers!" And the > closer they got, the more he anticipated what they were going to do when > they reached his belly. He knew that they were going to tickle him! And do > you know what? He was right every time. And he giggled and laughed and > squealed every time and then just waited until she did it all over again. > > Now I don't know if Mother every played "here come the nipper nappers" with > me but I do know that every time I use a staple remover using the same hand > motion, I know for certain that it's a nipper napper. Well, wouldn't you? > > vee > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > For a list of Niagara County records microfilmed by the LDS church, see > <http://www.familysearch.org>. >