Fun times

I had gotten an email yesterday from Lynlee about coming up today for a visit, so last night my dad informed me that my "brother-in-law" was coming out today to continue the bathroom tiling project and he was bringing my "niece" with him. "So," Dad adds jovially, "guess who gets to wrangle the kid?"

So I called Lynlee and gave her two options: plan our get-together another time, or bring Pax with her and we let the girls play together. She thought Option #2 sounded good.

L and Pax arrived first, and as Pax was modelling her "new crocheted shirt that my mommy made for me" (which was beautiful, by the way -- maybe I can talk L into posting a pic of it), Jamie and David arrived. Pax, in her precocious, adorable, un-shy manner, walked right up to Jamie and said, "Hi, my name is Pax. What's your name?" How cute is that?

I suggested that Jamie show Pax her toy box, and they were off. There was only one snag in the whole afternoon. The girls were holed up in Pauley's room doing whatever it was they were doing, when we heard the door close and Pax exclaim from the hallway, "You're not the boss of me!" Lynlee called her in, and she told us Jamie was being "snotty." Personally, I was not surprised as my niece, Higher love her, can be a bossy little cuss. I asked Pax if she'd like to play in my room by herself for a little while, and she agreed. As soon as Pax went in my room, Jamie came out of P's room, telling me she wasn't being bossy and that she wanted her "real friends" Isaac and Natalie. This was all with a very convincing pout.

Have I mentioned my niece is a drama queen?

I suggested she and Pax take a little break and asked her if she wanted to rest on the couch. She mumbled no and curled up. I looked at L, and she nodded knowingly and said, "That's a yes."

I went back to go to the bathroom, and before I was done I could hear the girls squealing and playing together again. Don't know what L did, but it worked. ::hugs L::

Our afternoon ended with the girls sitting together in Dad's recliner, coloring and watching "The Prisoner of Azkaban," while L and I discussed how we got into the books and what we liked and disliked about the movies and debated whether Harry is going to die in Book 7 -- I'm a happy ending girl and say no, L is a poopyhead and says yes. ::sticks out tongue at L:: But we both agree that Severus isn't bad -- she says Dumbledore ordered him to kill him, I say he came out and knew the Death Eaters were going to make a painful death for him so Sev ended it quickly and painlessly.

After L and Pax left, Jamie and I continued to watch HP while Jamie "combed" my hair. In short order, she fell asleep on the couch. When it was time for her and her dad to leave, David and Dad were ornery and let Achmed and Rebel wake her up with puppy kisses.

After they left, my grandmother called to wish me luck tomorrow, then Dad and I finished watching Star Trek TNG and shared a pizza while watching South Park. Soon it'll be bed time so I can get up and go have my stones lasered tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be home tomorrow evening.

Hmm . . . I think I need some razzleberry pie. Don't want to be TOO hungry while waiting for surgery tomorrow. ::grin::