My uncle is just 10 years older than me. Actually there's less of an age difference between he and I than between he and my mom (his sister). Because of that, I grew up following him around like a puppy. In my grade school mind, you couldn't get much cooler than my uncle. I think part of that stuck with me a little. :) I still think he's pretty cool--my aunt, too. It's always neat spending time with them because we have so much in common. They both did their undergrad and grad work here at IU and they share my love of Bloomington. They're also both microbiologists so I can talk science with them (which we all know I love.) Actually, they're kind of the reason that I first became interested in research...but another story for another day. So it was really fun to spend time with them.
Now, they've added to their/our family. They have twins who are now about 9 1/2 months old. I really enjoy kids in general, but these two take the cake. Haley and Bobby are the cutest babies I have ever seen--I may be biased, but other people seem to think they're pretty cute as well. Honestly, there's not much I can tell you to relay how much fun it is to spend time with them. Their smiles are infectious and they share them easily. They even wake up smiling. You peek into their cribs and they just grin--excited to
begin the day. They talk often--baby jibber jabber and really like music. It's funny how there is a distinctive difference between boys and girls already. Haley really examines things. She'll hold a toy in her hands and turn it around and just look at it really closely. Give her a book and she'll be entertained for quite awhile. Bobby, on the other hand, is a slam-banger. He loves anything that makes noise and throws his toys around as hard as he can. I had so much fun with them and miss them a lot!I also got to see Princeton (where they both work: my uncle as a post-doc and my aunt as a lab tech/manager). It's really neat--so historical and old compared to things here in the mid-west. We also went to NYC for part of one day. It just so happened to rain all day that day, so we didn't end up doing most of the touristy things. We went to the Museum of Modern Art which was really fun. You don't always get to go to those kind of places with the intention of spending the whole day, so we really got to see a good chunk of the museum.
I really like the painting galleries. They had a lot by French artists that I had studied some in HS (Monet, Cezzane, Matisse, etc). They also have van Gogh's Starry Night, which I didn't know until I saw it there. There were also some very cool architecture and technology exhibits. After the MoMA, we took the subway over to Times Square and grabbed some lunch.So all in all, a fantastic trip. :)
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