Munchkins

The bad thing about coming back to the Mitten three times in five months is that I have absolutely no vacation time left for anything else. I have no vacation time for this trip, frankly, but I am here anyway.

The good thing, though, is that my nephew and niece are no longer afraid of me. It was so sad in August when it took them days to accept my presence and they never really liked me.

I threw them in some leaves in October, and that won them over.

Now they will climb all over me, and even let my parents leave the room without horrific screams as if being left with me is the worst fate imaginable. The little one will just turn up nestled in between me and the back of the couch when I'm trying to take a nap.

I like those munchkins.