Snapshot

My cousin DiscoMom does these and I love them.  Melinda, my sis, also does them about Trina, our youngest sister.  Here's the scoop:  Spencer, Emma, and Adam stopped by tonight while everyone was out at Mutual/Activity night.  I was the only one home.  When Spencer noticed this, he looked up at me and said "Uncle Dan, do you want to play Pirates with me?" (Insert doe eyes and smile here)  Uh, OF COURSE!

A short while after getting in the appropriate pirate gear, including swords, pistols, and of course, some belts to go around our shoulders... (Spencer was very particular on that one).  We dug for treasure in my Dad's closet, sailed on a boat on the couch, and even delved into other fun play scenarios, all while maintaining our "pirate-ness" of course...  At one point Spencer said "I'm sick!" and so we started to play hospital.  Emma was the nurse, and I was the fellow pirate.  When it was time to give the "go-to-sleep" shot for the "operation," Emma was noticibly absent, so I had to do it.

Me: "Shouldn't the nurse be giving you the shot?"

Spencer: "Well, pirates can give shots too, you know..."

Me: "Oh, I didn't know that, OK."

Spencer: ("snoring", because I had put him to sleep)

    I really need to play more often with these guys, how else would I have found out that Pirates can give shots?

Here they are, my current niece and nephews (and in a little over a month, another one!)

The newest one yet...


Isaac
Spencer

And Emma.