Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Best Thing About Mother's Day

I got a chance to chat with my older sister Aimee. We had the usual chit chat and, when we were finishing our hellos, this happened...

AIMEE
Oh, that's what I was going to tell you.

NICHOLAS
What?

AIMEE
Joshua has been accepted into an accelerated program. He'll spend fifth and sixth grade with the same teacher. No grades. Just a focus on advancement.

NICHOLAS
That's great.

AIMEE
We couldn't get a sitter so Josh actually sat through the briefing. At the end, I turned to him and said, 'What do you think?' and he replied, 'I think I got my brains from Uncle Nick.'


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I think that kid has a bright future.

1 comment:

Twynne said...

I love this story. Being an aunt/uncle is pretty great, if for nothing else than the unconditional hero worship.