katina, my friend, this is for you. thanks for reminding me to get on my blog and write. i vacillate between wanting it to be like my journal and then not. so i keep a digital journal on my laptop but then i also keep this. crazy. i should get over my privacy issues. nothing is really private anyway.....
so i hope you don't mind but i find my journal writing is WAY more fun for me if i'm writing to a friend instead of just a vague anyone... humor me. :)
so, what is up in my life? i've had a super fabulous last few weeks with visiting family! yeah i went to pennsylvania to see my bro and his happiness for an entire week! they've lived there now for about 6 months while he does his residency for pediatric dentistry. (he has 1.5 years more to go) and it was just awesome to see them all. i adore my bro. he makes me crack up all the time. and rachel is great too. we all get along rather well. and i got to hang out with the kids. lane is almost 3 and he's a thrill a minute. ivy is 6. i got to take lane the very first day and go to her school to be the 'mystery reader.' it was pretty exciting. i brought 'big bad bunny' and the kids loved it or maybe i loved it more! (i could read to kids for a day job)
so it was pretty great. and i totally fell in love with lane. last time i came, he was only a baby and i really could only understand a few words. now, he's like verbal extraordinaire and hilarious. he loves ACTION! i'll put up a video of him. or maybe no one else will find it exciting but me. anyway, one time we were in the living room, he and I and rachel while ivy was at school. (kinder is ALL DAY here, btw) and i had just picked him up. he said, 'auntie meenin, will you drop me?' i laughed. what the? rachel and i both laugh. so, i humor him but no way am i going to drop him from my 5'7.5"! so i get on my knees still holding him. and then we go thru a series of 'gentle drops' onto the carpet where he gets progressively more and more upset at my inability to deliver. he wants it done the RIGHT WAY. 'no, auntie meenin, no! not like that!' so finally, on the 4th try, i just go for it. totally drop him (from my knees) and he just squeals with delight. it was hysterical.
i love kids but i think more if they are related to me. it's true. i see the difference now. ha!
