Magic Auntie helblonde to my darling nieces, that is.
I so enjoyed visiting my BIL's family over the weekend. I wish we'd had more time. I wish I hadn't been sick. I wish we had had more chances to just sit down and chat with my BIL and SIL. They're good folks.
Our 2 y.o. neice is a whiny, grumpy girl right now, but her 3 y.o. sister was a real delight. We made Chirstmas cookies and she rode on my shoulders at the zoo and those we my favorite parts of the weekend.
I also had my traditional favorite holiday fun. Every year I give them (lots) of Christmas cookies and every year my BIL tells me how much he hates me :) I'm unrepentant. Everyone else likes them. The 2 y.o. definitely approves. She figured out how to climb the stools at the kitchen counter just so she could get into the cookies.
The flying with the sick is not so good. Real behind-the-counter Sudafed is the win.