Godson outing

[mrissa]

Words we explained to Robin today: mild-mannered
confession
perspective (both senses)
neo-Cubist
patsy
bookie
Edited to add: and phlegm. I forgot phlegm.

Robin, upon seeing the stairs at the Children's Theater: "Here, Aunt Marissa, take my hand on the stairs so you will feel more steady." He was also concerned about whether I would feel unsteady if I had to take his sister into the theater bathroom to change her, before he knew she was going to decline today's invitation, and had volunteered to come help.

Best little dude ever.

Really do need a new icon with him, though.

Comments

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Godchildren are the *best.* How old is he?

[akitrom.livejournal.com]

Did he already know "Cubist"?

[ckd]

He is the best indeed. I'm glad I got to meet him at Fourth Street.

[redbird]

Most excellent.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Seven. Our goddaughters are both two, one of them here and one in Texas.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

No, but the book he was reading didn't have it by itself, so we explained both halves of it.

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Neat! My elder nephew is about to be 8. (Uh-oh. That means I need to find a present pronto. Has Robin any brilliant ideas?)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Robin is absolutely chock-full of brilliant ideas.

Whether any of them would be relevant to your nephew remains to be seen. He is currently very fond of the Wimpy Kid books and his new Warhammer set. He is a little book fiend, so if you're looking for book recs, he's your guy.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Outstanding! That's such a fun age.

*goes off to look up neo-cubism*

[ken-schneyer.livejournal.com]

Utterly sweet.

[timprov.livejournal.com]

Does he have the mammoth book? Every kid needs the mammoth book around that age.

Er, for people not in my head, the mammoth book is The Way Things Work.

[mkille.livejournal.com]

Excellent.

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

"Here, Aunt Marissa, take my hand on the stairs so you will feel more steady."

I think I just melted a little inside.

[one-undone.livejournal.com]

What a sweet little guy. I love thoughtful kids. It's hard to believe he's really 7 already. I forget we've been here that long!

And were you indeed steady on your feet today? Did you have a run of decent balance for your outing? I do hope so. My vertigo is almost gone now and I'm so glad to be rid of it, but it still catches me from time to time, and with each "reminder" I am all the more thankful for the times in between. Hope yours continues to improve.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

My steady times are fairly predictable right now, and this was one of them, so that was very good indeed. And the next one will probably be with my nieces, so that's nice, too. Unless the airplane totally messes it up, which it might. We'll see.