Pulling my toes to make me grow tall, making up silly nicknames, and singing songs like Little Bunny Foofoo…these are some of the great memories I have of my Aunts from when I was young. I have always thought that some day, I would like to be an Aunt just like them… After Thanksgiving, we had 24-hours in Raleigh, so we spent it with Thomas’ younger sister, Suzanne, and her family. She has two kids – one year and four years old – and I had a great time being an Aunt.
Dallas and Thomas with Suzanne and family
Yesterday, I came across an old photo of me holding the now-four year old when she was just a week old. She was very cute, but honestly, I was a bit scared of her. I wasn’t really in child-mode at that time, and for a while after, I was more worried about making her cry, than I was with trying to engage with her. This time though, I finally felt like the kind of Aunt I want to be. The four year old is now old enough that I can talk and play with her. We had a great time together.
Dallas and Niece - 4-years ago
Since Thomas and I don’t get to see our niece very often, we try to send her a postcard from every country we visit, telling her about the places we go. (Remember, Uncle Traveling Matt from Fraggle Rock?) This trip, we gave her 3 pre-stamped, pre-addressed envelopes so she can send us “letters”, and even before we finished explaining it, she had filled it with something to mail us. I can’t wait to see what she sent us.
Kiddie Bowling
While we were there, we went bowling with the family – our niece’s first time. They had special ramps to help her aim, and bumpers popped up whenever it was her turn – she even got a couple strikes. Her little brother seemed content just watching. I can’t wait until they’re both old enough that we can take them hiking, camping, or on other little adventures.
Dallas and Nephew
We were just passing through Raleigh on our way to Oregon, and our time there seemed too short. We got a quick visit with Thomas’ friend Dave (Thomas is going to be his Best Man in a Dominican Republic wedding this Spring), and a quick visit with my friend Gorski. Thomas’ older brother, Mike was also in town and we got to play some tennis together.
If you’d like to see the rest of our photos from this part of our trip, they’re posted on Flickr:
- 24-hours with Thomas’ Sister and Family (24 photos)
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the boys love uncle traveling matt! they are pretend every postcard is from him, it used to really hurt my dad’s feeling! :)
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