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I don’t exactly rate my Thanksgivings- for me, as long as I’m hanging out with my family and eating good food, that’s pretty much all I need. However, today was probably one of the most fun Thanksgivings I’ve had.

First, my brother and sister in law didn’t get their dogs fixed in time, and so there were 3 adorable 2 week old puppies in the house. Second, my sister in law’s entire family (almost) came- her niece, her parents, her brother and his wife and their son, her aunt, two cousins, and the cousins’ nephew and niece, and her brother brought his two dogs (so there were 4 adult lap dogs and 3 puppies whose eyes haven’t opened yet) (this is in addition to their 3 kids and my parents). Her family is awesome and fun, but what really, really made my day was watching one of her cousins playing with my 5 year old playa nephew. Please note that he’s 5 years old and has a 6 year old girlfriend. And makes a point of introducing himself to every pretty girl no matter her age.

Now, my SIL’s very pretty cousin who is probably around my age seems to be as taken with my nephew as he is with her. They danced together, she listened to his philosophy on life, and even took the time to figure out what on earth a “white thunder suit” is (turns out they’re police car themed shoes with blinky lights on the front). In fact, at one point, he had my SIL’s SIL packing his vitamins in a ziploc bag, and when we asked him why, he said “Because I have to take my vitamins every day, and I’m going with her.” as he pointed at SIL’s cousin.

So, at the end of the evening, I’m sitting and chatting with my brother as my nephew continued to woo a woman approximately 5-6 times his age… I forget what he did or said, but my brother laughed at him and said “You’re incorrigible.” My nephew paused for a moment, then said “No, I’m lucky!”.

I hope everyone had a Thanksgiving as good as mine.

Recently, my cousin’s came up to visit from Texas. The last time I’d seen them the oldest of their children were just over a year old- they’re now 12. Gah!

While I only got to spend one day with them all, it was so funny to see them doing things that we did at their age.

It started with the middle child (the youngest is absolutely adorable, but not yet into this stuff). Remember doing the special handslap tricks? When I was in school it was something like “when Billy was 8, he learned to roller skate, skate Billy, skate Billy, half past 8, cross down and…”. Well, she and my niece got along soooo well, and all day that’s all they did. No chanting, just the hand slap thing, but all day.

Next thing you know, one of the oldest (twins- boy and girl) starts with the “Johnny, Johhny, Johnny, Johnny, whoops, Johnny, whoops, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny”. Tapping each finger as he goes and sliding between thumb and forefinger. I definitely remember that.

This gets his sister (the other 12 year old) to get me to say “Owha tagoo sam-I”. Say it quickly now!

And then “If this is a pencil, and this is a pencil, is this a pencil?” Um, yes? “Okay, if this is a pencil, and this is a pencil, is this a pencil?”

Then on to:

M R Ducks

M R Not

O S A R

C M Wangs

L I B

M R Ducks

What a trip! Some things just never change I guess.