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10 July 2007

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My four-year old nephew, who's staying with my parents for most of July while my brother teaches band camp and my sister-in-law visits family, says to my dad, "Grandpa, I have some advice for you. You should take it under advisement."

The "advice" was more of his crackpot theory about how his dad's black-and-white printer can actually print in color.

They borrowed a DVD from the National Gallery of Art, full of profiles of famous artists, to watch the segment on Henri Rousseau (my nephew went to the big Rousseau exhibit three times before it closed). There's a segment on Matisse in Nice and since my nephew's a big Matisse cutout fan, and Matisse did his cutouts in Nice, he was keen on watching it. Unfortunately, the program didn't cover cutouts.

My nephew says he plans to tell the curator (with whom he conversed about Jackson Pollack last month) that her DVD on Matisse in Nice is incomplete.

post by: Hugh Janus at: 13:52 | 9 comments

I love him. When is his sibling arriving again?

posted by jrossi4r 10 July | 14:14

His bro's due in November. (I love him too).

posted by Hugh Janus 10 July | 14:19

It has been my experience that each child born into my family has been progressively odder than the last. This is a good thing. I can't wait for Nephew II stories.

And you should totally get him an Officer Baby onesie.

posted by jrossi4r 10 July | 14:28

"We are being sent to a safe area away from the disturbance. Our job will be to divert traffic away from the trouble zone, and to protect public property. You will have live ammunition, but there will be no call to use it - TACKLEBERRY! Do you understand, numbnuts?"

posted by Hugh Janus 10 July | 14:37

Listen, I know the girl for him one day. She's four and can outfish three men with a cane pole, but is girly enough to demand everyone else handle the icky parts. She picked out her clothes the night before, including boots (very organized :) and stuck it out the entire three hours with no complaining whatsoever. I was checking my watch after 45 minutes.

She is very smart and thinks farts are funny. She'll remember something you say, bring it up months later and have a crack on you to go with it. She's also an elegant hostess and will make sure you know where the tissues, facilities and snack cabinets are.

Four is fun.

posted by auntbunny 10 July | 15:14

Heh, she sounds awesome (she's obviously very smart if she thinks farts are funny).

My dad says my nephew, though interested in all sorts of stuff (he's been going to the Smithsonian museums once or twice a week since he was two; he'll be five in September), is still wrapped around three main things: cars, words, and jokes.

Oh, and also his dog, Mateen, a schipperke, who he calls "White Moustache," "Distinguished Little Gentleman," and sometimes, "The EV-1."

posted by Hugh Janus 10 July | 15:41

Yeah, four is fun - my youngest is that age and he is awesome (he also thinks farts are funny - hilarious in fact). Just old enough to be more or less human but not old enough to think they know more than you.

posted by dg 10 July | 15:42

Hugh Janus, does your nephew like puns? If a kid can tell a good pun joke, they have an instant place in my heart.

Note that the above is not a pun.

posted by muddgirl 10 July | 16:06

Yeah, he digs all sorts of wordplay. I'm at a loss for examples, though. He's a really funny kid.

He takes after his dog, who also jokes around a lot.

posted by Hugh Janus 10 July | 16:10

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