At my family gatherings, growing up, all the cousins would knock on the table or the walls and say, "Oh listen, there's Jahooty--he lives in the walls." It was kind of a thing that the big cousins would do to delight and capture the imagination of the little cousins--Jahooty's always fun and harmless, never scary. I have no idea where it started or the story behind it or if other people know about Jahooty, but it's kind of fun and silly, and my kids love being in on the joke.
Tonight the girls and I were talking about Jahooty and I said I didn't know if Daddy's family knew about Jahooty. I said, "I'm not sure if Grams and Zeide are Jahooty people. Do you think so? I mean, we love them, but they don't strike me as Jahooty people."
A said, "Yeah. We love them, but they are NOT as fun as your family."
Ahhhhhh...sweet victory. Thanks, Jahooty.
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