"Nephew, the Kidlet needs some quiet so he can eat. Can you please find something to play with that isn't noisy ( Read more... )

I currently have six nephews, one niece, and a couple of close friends with toddlers ( Read more... )

If someone had told me, eight years ago, that one of my Important Aunty Duties would be to express unalloyed delight - along with exclamations of "Wow!" and "Well done!" - when a nephew rang me up purely to tell me proudly that he'd done "a big wee", I would have thought they were insane.

Now, I just consider it normal.

The conversation's ( Read more... )

This week, for the first time, Nathan started trying to attract attention by saying "Ahn Deed!" which is the closest he can get to my name.

He also has decided that, not only can he climb in and out of bed, he can also climb up onto his change table to get a new nappy.

The conversation's happening over at Dreamwidth. Feel free to comment there ( Read more... )

Here's a few images from the last few months.

A fountain, in Mildura:

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I'm a pretty big fan of all of the age groups my nephews have passed through so far. However old they've been, there's been something that I could point to as a reason why that age was just brilliant, from an auntyish perspective.

Most recently? It's almost-six*-year-olds - and frisbees.

*Alex is six; Caleb is almost-six. While I technically have ( Read more... )

Went to Scienceworks with the nephews (and sisters) yesterday.

This is a science-themed museum, designed for schoolkids. It has exhibits with push-button activities everywhere: you can turn a giant key and see what the lock mechanism does; play with coloured lights to get different blends of colour; turn a big magnet to drop baked bean tins into a ( Read more... )

Been rather MIA lately. This is because I've been busy...

...watching Leverage seasons 3 and 4. Which means, for the first time in living memory, I'm up to date with American tv and can read websites without worrying about spoilers. For at least the next week or so.

...cuddling nephews. Gotta say, even though it was annoying having Nathan so ( Read more... )

This weekend has been extremely busy (but fun).

Friday:
Birthday!
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My nephews are hilarious in many ways. The latest development is when they're being interrogated on the latest inter-sibling fight. (Inter-sibling? Intra-sibling? Anyone? Bueller?)

You see, they have yet to develop guile - or any ability to lie without it being utterly obvious to anyone over the age of six ( Read more... )