Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Family Time!

Imagine you are at home and your extended family has come to visit. They pull in the driveway. You quickly run outside to wave. "Hello! It is good to see you!" Being the helpful person you are, you bend over to pick up some things from their car and bring them inside. After opening the door, you yell when you get in the house "Mom, Dad, they're here!" Set down your load and sigh. Your parents hurry downstairs to leave with your Aunt and Uncle. "Goodbye!" you say.
Your six year old cousin is very excited to be with you, but he is a handful! You decide to run upstairs and shut your bedroom door so nothing important gets broken. You sigh in relief because you got there before he did! Then you hear a crash downstairs. You carefully walk down the stairs, no use falling you know. "Oh no!" You see one of the glasses on the floor in pieces. You bend over to pick up the larger pieces and throw them away. Then you sweep up the rest. Your cousin is now jumping on the couch in the living room. "Don't be a monkey!" You say. He laughs and sits down. You open the door to the closet and reach up high for those kid movies your mom never got rid of and choose one. "Would you like to watch a movie?" you ask. Your cousin giggles. You mimic his high pitched HEHEHE. Then you squat down and put in the video. While you're squatting, you let out a sigh of relief, at least he'll be sitting for a while. Then you stand up and walk into the other room. All your mother's picture frames on the chest high cabinet are knocked over. You straighten them. "How did he..." you trail off. "Nevermind, I don't want to know." You look in the living room and notice that he's asleep. Then you go upstairs and sit in the comfortable chair and breathe a sigh of relief. Ahh.... Peace and quiet!

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