The Bug and The Hammer

My nephew and niece have come to stay with us for the weekend.  It's a great opportunity for my family to spend some quality time, alone, with the youngest members of the extended family.  Sure they are young and we haven't had little ones in years.  But it's like a riding a bike right?
     I mean, sure, it's off to a bit of a challenging start.  The Bug threw up 3 times during the night.  Coco was bunking with her, which was fortunate.  For us.  He was such a big help.  He came immediately and got us.  He helped with clean up and getting her re-settled, before getting himself re-settled....down in the basement.  He changed rooms.  He moved so that Demi could go stay with the Bug.  That left me with the Hammer.  He was up at midnight.  Again at 2.  Then up for the day at 4.  I made the most of it.  At 6 we went downstairs, snuggled up, and watched SportsCenter.  The Hammer was content just sitting with Uncle.
     So what if it was minus 4 degrees.  Sure it only warmed up to 9 degrees.  It was going to be an indoor day anyway.  At least the Bug rallied.  She went to her first skating lesson.  You would never have known she was sick during the night.  We all napped this afternoon.  All of us.  Demi and I did what we did with our kids when they were young.  On tough days, when they napped, we napped.  I changed diapers.  Quite a few diapers.  It had been years since my last go round with the landfill nightmares.  The novelty wore off quickly.
     The boys were great with the kids.  They played a lot with them.  They catered to them.  The boys knew the Bug and the Hammer would be missing their Mom and Dad.  So they went out of their way to entertain them.  It was really great family time.  The smiles and the hugs were so worth it.