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My niece is the cutest. Ever. Last night she came over to my house while her parents worked, and my family went to see the VIP showing of Hunger Games. She has quite the hilarious personality! I always have so much fun with her. When I went to pick her up, my mom had given her her very own CTR ring. She was so excited to wear it and show it to Uncle Kyle because its a special ring.

Can you see her excitement?!

My favorite part about seeing my niece is her excitement to see me. Seriously. It melts my heart every time. As soon as she sees me she yells "Elena!" and runs and jumps into my arms while we chat and say how excited we are to see each other. Yeah, pretty awesome. And yes, I am the favorite aunt... but that's just between the two of us :)

Our night was filled with bike riding, a walk around the neighborhood, teaching her random words in spanish (per her request), grilled cheese and tomato soup (I know, so healthy and in line with my new desired "eating habits" haha), Little Mermaid (in which she imitated Ariel throughout the whole movie; even asked for a hair tie to put around her ankles to keep them together like the mermaids!), throwing around my large exercise ball (hey, that's considered exercise, right?), coloring, and the beginning of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (her new favorite).

Nights like that really make me excited for my own children. Until she gets crabby and doesn't listen to me. Then I'm happy to hand her back over to my brother and SIL. But let's be honest, that hasn't happened in a very long time!