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My Brother NoseUntil age nine, I was an only child, and apparently, asked Santa Claus for a baby brother every Christmas. I don’t remember that, although, what I do remember is the day my mother brought my baby brother home from the hospital. I arrived home after school and there stood Mom cradling her little bundle of joy in her arms. She sat down on the couch and beckoned me to sit beside her.

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“I think he’s all red and wrinkled. Can you take him back?” I replied in the total honesty of a nine year old. Mother began to cry. She took him to her bedroom, locked the door and didn’t come out for a long time.

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I was informed that my baby brother, Steve, would be sharing my room. I realized all too soon that this was most likely my punishment for calling him red and wrinkled; as well as, strengthened my desire to return him to the hospital. He cried every night, at the same time, until Mother or Father came and got him. When it became quiet again, I would slip back to sleep until… he started crying again. I couldn’t understand why if they liked him so much they couldn’t keep him in their room. off; canada goose outlet online reviews you’re not paying any attention to your brother!” Mother would say.

canada goose coats on sale Hmm, I learned that “This Little Piggy” gave him the giggles, and that wasn’t so bad. “Peek A Boo” was another entertainment tool, along with “Eye Winker, Tommy Tinker” and it had the added effect of making mother think “we were just so cute.” I was turning out to be a pretty good babysitter. canada goose coats on sale

canadian goose jacket The two bedroom “Cracker Jack” house we lived in was definitely too small for our little family. So, when father was offered a job in another town, we packed up and moved to a larger one. We now had two bedrooms on the main floor and a third in the basement. Mother was uneasy about letting me sleep downstairs and I was certainly not thrilled about the aspect either. It was kind of spooky. So once again Stevie and I shared a bedroom, but by this time he canada goose outlet store montreal was sleeping through the night. Mother continued to canada goose factory outlet expect me to canada goose outlet miami get up, get ready for school, and slip out silently. A skill I still had not mastered. canadian goose jacket

By the time Steve turned three, I was nearing thirteen and too old to share a bedroom with my baby brother. So I made the move downstairs, which was still a bit spooky. But now I had my own room and this was way too cool. Soon I got over the creepy decent into canada goose outlet hong kong the basement well sort of.

I was still canada goose outlet winnipeg address expected to “watch” my little brother while Mom fixed dinner or had some other activity to do. By this time he was much more mobile and vocal. So we would play hide and seek, cars and all the things that boys like.

One of his favorite games was “tickle.” I learned quickly that three year olds will do the same thing over and over until they wear you out. Tickling was one of canada goose outlet houston those things. He would run all around me shrieking and jabbing his stubby little toddler fingers in my ribs, thinking he was tickling me. I would then catch him, lay him on the ground and tickle him.

He would cry “stop, stop sissy.” So I would stop, only canada goose outlet parka for him to get up and start all over again.

One day, while in a particularly ornery mood, I didn’t stop tickling him. I tickled him until he wet his pants. He cried and I got the belt on my backside. That was the end of the tickle canadagooseofficials game.

One Saturday afternoon my family piled into our 1964 Ford Fairmont station wagon. We were headed for a drive in the mountains, a favorite pastime of my parents. Of course, we had to stop at the gas station to get some “petrol,” as my father called it. At this time seatbelts were a thing of the future and small children rode standing in the middle of the front bench seat between their parents. My brother was no exception. I sat in the back seat and while Father was pumping the “petrol” into the car, I was busy playing “Eye Winker, Tommy Tinker” with little Stevie. When I got to Nose Smeller, I pinched his nubby little nose between two fingers and said, “Oh I got your nose.”

He quickly pulled away and demanded to see his nose. I held my hand up displaying my thumb between the two fingers. I wiggled my thumb and said, “See, there it is.”

He frowned, felt his face with his chubby little hand and said “Uh uh.”

“Yep,” I said wiggling my thumb at him.

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Canada Goose Jackets “Nope, I’m going to throw it out,” I said as I rolled down the hand crank window and pretended to throw out his nose. Canada Goose Jackets

“Mom,” he fussed. Mom was getting a big kick out of this exchange and only shrugged her shoulders at him.

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“Your nose canada goose outlet online uk is right here on your face,” Mother assured him, ready for the game to be over and our afternoon adventure to begin.