Child's Play.

Early this morning, I received a comment on MySpace from Val (who lives down the street from me), begging me to come over and keep her company as she watched her nephew. (She's not yet old enough to drive, so she's stuck at the house.) After much prodding, I headed over there at 11:30 am for a few hours.

Upon arriving, her nephew, Jacob was sleeping and we proceeded to make lunch. Val assisted in making me a delicious BLT and doritos. We discussed some urgent matters and then retired to the living room for TV and lunch. Jacob awoke soon thereafter...






Val had decided to play Pictionary and Guesstures with me, although with Jacob to watch, we could not play successfully. After changing his diaper, Val and I started watching high school musical. That's when it began...

Jacob proceeded to take the box of Pictionary cards and throw them into the air. I looked at Val and said, "Do you think you should put those away so he won't keep doing it?" She replied, "Oh, it's okay, I'll just clean it up when he's done." Jacob then took the box of Guesstures cards and added those to the mix...







Now Val was mad.She began to get frustrated and huff her breath. She looked at Jacob in disgust at the mess he made. I gently reminded her that I had warned her that this could happen. She would pick up a few cards and then beg me to help her (to which I kindly declined because of the previous warning). She would then get even angrier and kick and scream bloody murder! I was thoroughly amused...






I finally decided to briefly help Val (while occasionally throwing more cards on the floor) and Jacob was placed in the jumper to stay out of the way...It was truly a riotous afternoon...Let's just say she's not quite ready for motherhood...