This past weekend, we were again graced with the presence of a special little girl, Saorla. The proud child of my brother Rob and Karen, Saorla is about as much fun as you can pack into a 10 month old. She's an adorable little angel.Mel and I got to spend some alone time with her on Saturday, taking us right back to the joys of parenting infants. It was fun going back to trying to figure out why they are doing things, what they were trying to communicate and trying to get your message to her. It's fun but exhausting work. Its a neat reminder of why you should have kids when you are young and have lots of energy. ha.
So I am working out yesterday morning and decide to change it up and play some Wii baseball (yes, that's what classifies as working out in my book - full contact Wii baseball). And guess who is on my team? Saorla.
My kids, apparently, went in and created a Mii for her. For those the uninitiated few, a Mii is your custom avatar you make to look like you and represent you in Wii games. It's fun, just trust me on this. And of course, Saorla smacked in a home run for me. She's going to be great!
So, there she was. A teen image of what my kids think Saorla will look like. Her hair was in a ponytail to the side, she was about as tall as Reagan and definitely looked like her. I suspect Reagan created it.But how cool is that? My kids expect Saorla to play games with her, so we're all in this weird waiting period until she's able. It's neat for me, as a parent, to know that we all, especially my kids, can't wait to meet the Saorla of the future. It's sweet.
And that's a really big part of what we know about Saorla so far: she's sweet. From the cute pretend-shyness to the adorable beard-pulling she does on her Grandpa Mason, it's very sweet. Then again, you get apples from an apple tree. (Karen is the sweet one in this example, while Rob is well, Robbie).
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