A Fun Night

Last night my niece who is 18 months old said my name for the first time. At least it sounded like my name. There is just something about a little child learning new to talk that gets me thinking. It is so amazing watching the process of a new born child learning and growing. The kids were over last night for the bridal shower we had for my future sister-in-law. After the party, my brother, his wife and the kids stayed to chat and to play. I, of course went off to play with the kids because after all I am the favorite aunt and I have to keep up that reputation by playing and letting the "adults" talk. My nephew is 4 and very into Star Wars. Girls cannot play Star Wars because there is only one girl in Star Wars, Princess Leia, and his mom is Princess Leia so I didn't get to play Star Wars last night. "Maybe next time Lisa, you can be Princess Leia" he told me. That was okay because Ella, my niece, wanted to play with me. She has learned to crawl up and down the stairs now and we spent a lot of the night going up and down. We had quite the game going towards the end of the night. I told Ella I was getting tired so I laid my head down on the stairs and pretended to sleep. The next time we went up the stairs she would stop after every two steps and lay her head down and pretend to sleep. It was very cute. Then we would sit down on the bottom step and tap our feet on the hardwood floor. She found that to be absolutely hilarious. She would tap her feet and then I would copy her and tap my feet. She would then laugh her cute laugh and repeat the process. This went on for 5 minutes. Then we would repeat the stair procedure. I had quite a workout playing with her.