A shout out to Jimmy again for being such a patient big brother.\u00a0 He was trying to teach Tazie to throw a football tonight (inside the house, unfortunately, but I guess I’ll pick my battles!).\u00a0 She LOVED hanging out with him.\u00a0 As I was putting her to bed, she started to cry and begged to finish her throwing lesson from Jimmy instead of going to sleep.\u00a0 She wailed, “But I love my awesome brother and want to play with him FOREVER!!!!”<\/p>\n
I still made her go to bed, but I loved the sentiment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A shout out to Jimmy again for being such a patient big brother. He was trying to teach Tazie to throw a football tonight (inside the house, unfortunately, but I guess I’ll pick my battles!). She LOVED hanging out with him. 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