I'll push myself up through the dirt and shake my petals free
I'm resigned to being born and so resigned to bravery.
~Dar Williams

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Nieces extraordinaire

This post is dedicated to two of my four nieces... Sarah and Megan. I recently spent an entire week with them, and I have to say that they are pretty much the bomb.com.

Sarah is eleven years old and very thoughtful. For example, she offered to watch her younger siblings so her mom could get some things done and take a nap. Also, her little brother was sick so she offered to stay home from our fun afternoon at Reading Terminal Market so that he wouldn't be lonely. As you can see, she's very beautiful, but she is kind to everyone, doesn't care one wit about being popular, and is a whiz at math and science. In fact, while I was visiting, she conducted a scientific experiment to see how various excercises affected heart rate. THEN she plotted her results and conclusions on an Excel graph and presented her research to the family.


Megan is eight years old and doesn't hold still for more than three seconds at a time. She loves to be have FUN. She also is really great about helping her mom and dad with the younger siblings. In addition, she is a wicked artist. This year, one of her paintings was purchased by the superintendent and is hanging in his office. Megan has a fantastic sense of humor and loves to tease everybody. She recently informed me that she is one of Chris's secret girlfriends, which spells trouble for me - I can't compete with this kid!

2 comments:

Joe and Joanne said...

Cute pics! Aren't neices great?
I like the picture of you in the upper right-hand corner (in the red dress). You look lovely!

Diana said...

Are those Darin's girls? It's only been in recent years that I think I finally learned all my cousins and which family they all belong to, I haven't even tried with their kids! Anyway, they are cute!