One of the high points of this Thanksgiving has been getting to see my oldest cousin’s children more. Nico, 6, and Luke, 3, are super cute. And Nico loves me. Luke? Well… he wasn’t so sure.
On Wednesday night he waddled up to me and said, “There’s a mean Elizabeth in my class.” Then he stared at me accusingly for a moment before picking up his dump truck and pushing it around, muttering, “Mean Elizabeth.”
Thanksgiving Day when I passed him in the hallway he said plaintively, “Why are there so many Elizabeths?”
I think I was eventually able to win him over with my willingness to pretend we were in a space boat, but man. What could this Elizabeth actually have done to him???
-->Feed me text
November 27, 2009 at 11:31 am
Awww. Luke sounds like a very complex character. And very sweet. I hope this other Liz didn’t hurt him too bad!
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