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Feb
16
My sister-in-law and niece came to visit us this weekend. My niece is 9, and it always makes me happy to watch my tough as nails teenage son with her. With the rest of us he has this attitude that we are just not cool enough for him to look up from his Very Important text messages to give us his full attention. But my niece is the only girl with 3 boy cousins. She adores my sons, and especially Tanner. They’ve both always been very good with her, and played with her even when it meant Barbies. But I totally expected that to end, and one day they’d just ignore her, or barely tolerate her.
I was pleasantly surprised when I found my 13 year old tough guy and his darling 9 year old cousin playing Guitar Hero, free style, her singing “I’m a Pretty Princess” and him playing back up. Is that not the sweetest, cutest thing?
What was not sweet or cute was when I asked him to help me clean the house before they got here. I gave him specific chores, which included vacuuming the house. I had most of the cleaning done, and saved the vacuuming for very last. I assumed that as he vacuumed, he’d glance around the house and take care of anything that needed picked up or put away.
I don’t even know why, but I made a quick run through of the house just before they were supposed to get here. I checked the guest bedroom – where they sleep. At first glance, it looked good. But wait, what was that white thing dangling from the bottom of the desk chair? Could it be a pair of boys underwear??? How did that even get there, when it’s the guest bedroom?
My son was no help in figuring out why there was a pair of tightey whiteys in the guest bedroom, maybe because he was rolling on the floor laughing. I’m not clear on how he managed to vacuum that room and not notice them, either. I am just so glad that I decided to check that room one last time.
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Audrey on February 16th, 2009 11:25 am
That is funny. I’m always surprised at how things end up in the strangest of places. Guitar Hero sure can mend an age gap or gender gap. We love Guitar Hero oh and Mario Party. My girlfriend came over with her 5 year old son. He ended up being one of the 4 players in Mario Party. He loved it. The other 3 players were adults and he certainly held his own. It’s so fun to get to “visit” the blogs from Bloggy Carnival now that I have time and can read and post.
Sheri on February 16th, 2009 8:35 pm
Audrey, you’re so right. Kids of all ages enjoy that wii and when they’re playing it the age difference doesn’t matter.
Glad you stopped by, please “visit” again!