My Witty Nephew

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Whilst on my visit back east, I spent just a little more than a day with my brother and his family in Montreal. I don’t often see them and it’s always great to catch up.

Spencer and me. We texted this picture to his Mom while watching Inspector Gadget

On the Monday before I left, while my brother, Michael and his wife, Heather went to work, I was able to catch up with the goings-on I’d missed on WordPress, take a walk to the nearest strip mall and enjoy a Timmy’s coffee and my favourite part of the day – pick up my nine year-old Nephew, Spencer from after school day care.

It was a cool day as I set off. I mumbled a reprimand to myself for not packing warmer clothing. But the crisp cool air was invigorating and brilliant fall colours looked bright in contrast to the overcast sky.

I reached the playground beside Spencer’s school in a few short minutes and watched him kick around a soccer ball with some friends. When he finally saw me, he waved me into the yard…

or so I thought.

I was half way into the yard, when a petite, French Canadian Day Care employee called out, “Hey, you can’t be in here while we line up the children to go in!”

“Oh, sorry, I didn’t know, I’m here to pick up my Nephew”  I said.

She softened, “You have to pick him up at the door around the corner and sign him out.”

I nodded my understanding and left the yard.

Once inside the day care, a table blocked me from going further in and I let the woman behind the table know that I was there to pick Spencer up. After checking my ID (my brother had sent an email that morning to let them know I was coming),  she picked up her Walkie Talkie and asked them to send Spencer in.

Impressive security – I thought!

As we walked home, Spencer asked me why I’d gone into the yard. I explained that I had thought he had waved me.

“Well I didn’t,”  he asserted

“I know,”  I replied.

He stopped, looked down and kicked at the dirt with his foot.

“It’s not your fault Spencer, I messed up. Did I embarrass you?”

“Nope,”  he replied. “You embarrassed yourself.”

A meadow near my parent’s place

~ HUMP DAY CHRONICLES ~