Love You, Sweetheart, Bye!

[mrdreamjeans]

One of the joys of this Christmas has been the opportunity to spend time with all of my great nephews and great nieces. My nephew, the Fed Ex driver even made it to the family gathering at the last moment. My Christmas was complete.Today I want to tell you about Conlee ... or Princess Conlee of Diana, as I call her. Five year old Conlee has a huge personality. She's scary smart, is able to embrace big ideas, is quite theatrical (wonder where she gets that) and is often in trouble. Her name is in the dictionary as the definition of mecurial. So, we get along great!

Last Saturday, as I was driving between Little Rock and Longview, TX, I called my nephew to alert him as to my arrival time. I was chatting with Ryan as he was completing the task of setting up the air mattress in the room where I slept. Suddenly, there was a much younger voice on the phone (Conlee had taken Ryan's phone and moved to another room). Her first words to me? "Gruncle Neil, why don't you have a wife?" On my end ... *two beats of silence* ... "Umm, Conlee, some people just don't find a person to be their husband or wife for all time. Conlee, where's your dad?" :)

The next morning, I walked into the living room and Conlee had put her sunglasses on Georgie. I asked why and she insisted it helped his eyes. Georgie just laid there quietly and suffered the indignity. Actually, he endured all of the attention with dignity, being loved on by every one of my family members.

I said my goodbyes on Sunday morning and hit the road for Pflugerville. To surprise me, Conlee and her little brother Ethan, put their Christmas gifts on from me. Conlee wanted to pose for a photo. Again, this girl has personality. What little girl doesn't pose with legs crossed just so in a purple ensemble with leopard skin pants, sitting on the tongue of a trailer hitch?

When I arrived in Pflugerville, after driving five hours on the backroads of East Texas, I called Ryan. As we ended the call, Ryan put his phone on speaker. Per his prompting, the kids hollered Merry Christmas! One beat later, Conlee shouts, "Who is this"? LOL! I replied, "Gruncle Neil". Another beat and she says in the voice of a 35 year old with a two pack a day cigarette habit ... "Love you, Sweetheart, bye!"

Comments

[billeyler]

Hilarious!