28 December 2008
Nii Nii's Big Sister
Saturday January 03, 2009 Filed in: Life as we know
it
Well, I think Aleah has finally realized no one is
going to take Emily home. She is here to stay, so she
has decided to finally acknowledge that Emily is in
the room. "Nii Nii" is the closest approximation
Aleah can make so far, but we think it's sweet. Aleah
has also begun to nurse some of her dolls, which
Blake thinks is a little weird, but Aleah wants to
participate in raising a baby too. She is starting to
kiss Nii Nii on the head, and make sure we know who
the baby is by saying, "It's Nii Nii! It's Nii Nii!
It's Nii Nii!". "Nii Nii's crying." or, "Nii Nii's
sweeping", or "Nii Nii's in dere" are also common
phrases we hear around here.
Playing cards and taking names. . .
Saturday January 03, 2009 Filed in: Life as we know
it
Well, my mom (Paula) got here and we discovered that
she left her coveted Solitaire for Mac CD at home,
and therefore unable to load it on my dad's Mac that
they did bring. I tried to get her interested in MY
games (Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars or Worms
3D), but she just was not interested. Talk about
generation gap! So I was able to find a site that let
me download and buy Hoyle Card Games 2008. Mom was
elated! So I have now purchased the same gift for her
for birthday AND Christmas! So, I have found a gift I
can give her for every occasion! Now she has branched
out from Solitaire and is playing a lot of Gin and
Spades. The latter we have begun playing as a family
every couple of nights, and it has been a blast!! If
I can just convince Shawna to quit going "Nil" or
"Blind Nil" every stinkin' hand! But we have loaded
the card game on all of my computers here in the
house, and I thought ya'll would like to see us as we
play. Pretty good likeness huh?!
