Last night I had a meeting at church and I called my sister to see if one of my nephews would be able to be in the nursery with Zoe for an hour. I bribed them by saying this was a paying gig.
Apparently my nephews have a social calendar that rivals Zoe because they were all busy. However my sister offered to come to church and play with her for a bit. We went out to dinner beforehand to have some time to catch-up. That's when my sister showed Zoe her plan. She pulled out a pink, round balloon looking thing that everyone instantly recognizes as a Whoopie Cushion.
Nicole made some comment that her youngest son Connor had put that in there, but I know Nicole better than that.
That's exactly what they did. She taught Zoe how to blow it up and how to make it toot. It was at that moment an unbreakable bond between aunt and niece developed. My meeting was often interrupted by loud laughter from Zoe as she let another one rip!
As we were leaving church Zoe ran up to her Aunt Nicole with a big hug and a kiss. I couldn't be more excited to see a bond between them grow. My sister has been a role model and friend to me throughout my life and Zoe would be very blessed to have the same with her.
Actually I think it's safe to say that Aunt Nicole has made herself a place in Zoe's heart as this was her prayer last night:
Dear Jesus, thank you for today. Thank you for the time with the tooting thing and my Aunt Nicole. I love her so much with my whole heart. Amen.
My prayer was exactly the same.
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