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This past week my brother Joel and his lovely wife Becky needed me to watch their cute little boy, Master M.  He is about 20 months, if my calculations are correct.  We had a blast!

I was a little worried on how to entertain Master M, since we don't have many toys at our apartment.  Luckily, with small children, everything is a toy.  His favorite thing at our house were these little stress balls that have bells in them, which are from China.  Master M loves holding one in each hand and shaking them as he runs around.  This was useful for me, because with the constant jingle of bells, I always knew where he was.  We also had a lot of fun rearranging the magnets on the refrigerator and taking all the change on of my little change dish and lining up the coins. Master M also had fun taking apart the lint roller.  Seriously, the lint roller entertained him for about 20 minutes.

After a little while Master M and I decided to go an adventure to the Living Planet Aquarium.  While in the car I learned first hand that Master M has very strong opinions about music.  He vetoed Bon Iver very quickly.  However, guess what band he loved, Pomplamoose!  We listened to their song "Expiration Date" 3 times in a row.  Every time the song ended Master M would say. "Again Janni, again."  And make the sign for "more".  It took me a little bit to figure out he was talking about the song.

When we got to the aquarium we found out it was closing in 15 minutes.  Luckily the girl at the front desk let us in anyway.  It is a small aquarium, so 15 minutes worked just fine for Master M and I to run through and see everything real quick.  We have short attention spans anyway.

Master M by one of the big fish tanks














This big wheel that you could spin was Master M's favorite thing at the aquarium, even more than the animals!  He would call it a "clock", so cute.
Group picture right before we had to go.
Joel and Becky met up with us at the Aquarium and Master M and I said our farewells.  I look forward to when Master M and I get to have more bonding time in the future!

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  1. Lee AnnApril 9, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    What a cute aunt and nephew. We got to visit Mason and his parents last night to celebrate Joel's birthday. See you tomorrow on YOUR B-DAY!

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  2. Joel and BeckyApril 10, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    Cute! What a great Aunt you are!! Mason had a FABULOUS time with you & has talked about "Janni" & "Janni's car" all week!! :) Thanks a million, again, for watching Mason for us! He loves his Aunt Janni!!

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  3. KristaApril 11, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Pomplamoose! Yes! Indoctrinating at a young age, I see.

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  4. grammawoodApril 27, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Maybe I should get a lint roller for my playroom.

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