whilst my sister-in-law has been ill with hyperemesis gravidarum. now that she has given birth (to a little girl) she is better again and able to look after him. so i have to step back and let her be his primary carer again. it’s quite a wrench, i’ve grown to love him very much. but it is the right thing to do. i’m here australia for a couple of months and then i’ll go back home to england. during that time my role will be to help out doing cooking, cleaning, shopping and laundry as i have been doing, but not looking after the little ones except the occasional helping hand. he needs to get used to his mum looking after him again. it’s going to be really hard to leave.
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How I did it: I don't think I am a typical "good aunt". I forget birthdays and such. But I am lucky to have a forgiving bunch of nieces and nephews. They range in age from 19 to 5.
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She likes to do things on her own so I let her do it, including making simple breakfast for us..
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and went out running together. Py seems like to love running around in the morning. She didn’t whine or beg for me to carry her back home. We ran for 1 round for 20 minutes and then we went to the temple to play more.
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i’ve had lots of fun recently, but i think the most fun of all has been going to the botanical gardens with alb’s excellent nephew T (age 8). he was amazingly interested in the flowers, fish and ducklings, took loads of photos, showed us around “the alps” and “japan”, pointed out the Edelweiss, and was just totally ace.
also, he can use the word “ironic”. at age 8. he’s a hero.
joyjoei is ...
- She likes to take pictures so much that we had to hide our cameras.
- She is a beach bum. An island hopper.
- She likes going to new places and rarely gets cranky though it was a long drive.
- She likes to hang out by the pool, all day.
- She mimics me.
- She takes pictures of feet.
- She likes to look at blue-eyed cute foreign boys!
- She likes to dance.
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...gosh, i am so in love with this girl..
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She is getting bigger and smarter. We like to make her laugh by doing goofy thing, and you know what.. she is now the goofiest girl I ever see..
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My little sister (18) is having a baby this October. I’m super excited and hope it’s a boy (is that bad!) I hope to be the best Aunty I can be, this includes during the “baby” times, I’m not too fond of babies lol. I love toddlers :-)








