Playing with Dolls

Ryan continues to have revelations regarding having a little girl. His entertaining comments have continued throughout the weekend with concerns that along with a girl comes lots of screaming, sleep overs, ballet shoes and dolls. Growing up with only a brother has not prepared him for a life with gals. Lucky for us, Ryan has been learning a few things about girls these past few years - we have a niece Aynslee who Ryan just adores (and Aynslee thinks he's pretty special as well). Aynslee is three years old and loves her dolls. Ryan is always telling me the story of hanging out with her this past Thanksgiving when she asked Ryan to play with her, and he said sure, what are we going to play. She sat him down surrounded with all the dolls she could gather at Grandpa and Grandma Osterhaus's house and began lining them up from smallest to largest. He said, ok, what do you want to do - she said, "Uncle Ryan, we are now playing!" He had no idea what was going on and was so confused....what do you mean, sitting with a bunch of dolls and then lining them up was playing? Poor guy has a lot to learn.

Aynslee and Liam with Ryan and I at Christmas.