PontifiKate

Go Tug On Your Ears*

First: I love the Moseman family. They’re just awesome. I was closely mentored by Bart & Carrie for my five years at UNL and have so much to thank them for. I love each of their three kids so much it’s unfair to all the rest and LOVE the excuse to spend time with them when I babysit twice a month.

Second: Babysitting this week was a very special kind of fun. Early on in the evening the girls started pressing me for a story -- any story. I kept expecting it to subside so we could just play, but when it didn’t, I thought I’d quelch it with a page or two of Harry Potter 1, which I’d brought over and was anxious to start in on. The girls were not opposed to my idea (other than asking, “It’s not scary is it??”) so I started in. And they sat still, and they followed the action, and they asked good questions, so we read a chapter-and-a-half!! I still can’t believe they were into it for that long. We only stopped because it was bedtime and we had to. It was SO FUN reading a children’s book like that to real-live kids! It really is geared towards children, after all. (As Moseman girl1 proudly pointed out, “I could read that on my own, too, because I think I know almost all of those words.”) I just love Harry Potter and I love sharing it even more. What fun!

Third: As some of you may already know, the Mosemans are expecting a

Fourth: Woo hoo!!!

*The title is a reference to the strategy used by Moseman girl1 to distract Moseman girl2 when Moseman girl2 found out she could scare Moseman girl1 by referencing You-Know-Who in frightened tones. “Hey, maybe You-Know-Who--” “Aah! Go tug on your ears!” to which Moseman girl2 laughed so hysterically that she forgot about scaring her sister. How endearing. Did I mention I love those kids? :o)

posted by Kate @ 1:20 AM