Brotherly Love

[logisticslad]

I've been spending the day at my brother's helping him look after my two rambunctious nephews while mom is away on a business trip. We've been having a blast, but it has been tiring. We've been to the park, then played with Play-Doh. My older nephew and I have created a Play-Doh game called "Snakes and Snails." He has me make a snake with a big mouth and fangs, and then a number of little snails which the snake happily pounces upon and devours. It's snails because my brother has a fish tank that has been infested with snails and he's been trying to be rid of them for months. My nephew is a pretty sharp cookie. At one point I asked him if he was afraid that the snake would try to eat him and he said no because he isn't made of Play-Doh :-) We took a trip to the bookstore and I bought them a dinosaur and an Elmo book. The dinosaur book came with a model dino skeleton and we had much fun playing with it. We had chicken nuggets and cheesesteaks for dinner and my 18 month old nephew kept mock feeding me his nuggets and milk - baby humor! Mom called and everyone said hello. Then it was back to the park for swings, sandbox, slides, and hind 'n' seek. We read Bob the Builder stories and have put them to bed. Now my brother and I are crashed on the couch hanging out congratulating ourselves for having survived the day. I'm staying over and the nephews have assured me that they will wake me up for breakfast. I'll help out in the morning so that my brother can take a shower and then they're off to a friend's birthday party and I can go. I'm having a great time, and I'm sure I'm going to sleep well tonight!