My brother, his girlfriend, and my niece were up today, so they got to come over and see the house. I realized I have absolutely NOTHING in my house to entertain a four-year-old with. I don't even know where the coloured pencils are! Fortunately, she was sufficiently entertained for a few minutes by helping me weed the garden. She volunteered. I ( Read more... )

This is a conversation between my brother and my niece, Saturday at my grandmother's. She's three except she totally shouldn't be because I'm sure that much time hasn't passed.

My bro:Paige, tell everyone what we have on top of our tree.
Paige:Barbie!
Everyone:*cracks up*
My bro:*trying not to laugh too hard* No, sweetie, it's not Barbie. It's an ( Read more... )

My aunt had her baby last night. (She lives on the west coast, and we're all on the east. When you have a kid late at night, consideration and effort stop you from alerting people right away.) It's a boy, named Ian.

Hubby says she's actually had it for nine months, it just came out now. Have I mentioned that we're not having children?