The best surprise that can happen in my day is when Beth and Brett post new photos of my beloved nephews on Flickr. While poring over them does something to fill the hole in heart that can never truly be filled until I'm skittering around on my hands and knees with Theo (gee, I hope he still likes activities based on this--my willingness to do is all I've got in my bid to be the cool aunt!), it also pains me to see how much they have changed since I last saw them in July.
A close second, happiness-wise: the things Ben will say to get rise out of me, especially when he has a friend around to spur his wisecracking.
MM: Oh Theo, why do you have to grow?
Ben: So he doesn't turn out like Arnold on Diff'rent Strokes? Bork bork bork!
(He also likes to do Swedish Chef impressions when this particular friend is around.)
Whatever. Ben has been tossing around ridiculous child names--he'll be watching a movie and will call out across the house:
Let's have a kid and name him Thurmond Deluxe!
so at least I know I could someday experience a day like this of my very own:
2 comments:
Okay...so first I saw only the dog in the top photo. "Strange kid," I thought. Then I realized that the tree was hogging all the light. Which made the second photo of the nephew dragging the tree to its doom make sense.
When will you make a new post with more clever remarks from that Ben guy?
Devoted MM reader
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