James is awesome

This is a picture of my nephew James and me taken tonight at dinner (he always makes a crazy face when someone points a camera at him). I love this kid - he makes me laugh so much. Here's a sample of the conversation at dinner tonight at the Saline Inn, our favorite local diner.

Katherine to James: "From now on, your nickname is going to be 'Sarcasmo.'"

Me to Katherine: "But isn't that your nickname? ZING!" (I never claimed I was funny.)

James: (totally cracking up, slapping his knee, etc)...."Wait, what does 'zing' mean?"

Some James facts:

He's going to be Baby Bowser for Halloween

He has two favorite songs: "Do as I'm Doing" and the Mario Galaxy song (as I'm typing this, I'm playing that song and he is singing along and acting like he's conducting it.)

He's taking a dance class that he claims is "really embarrassing" but I think he secretly likes it.

He's also taking an karate class that he really likes.

He just showed me a clay frog and asked, "how do you like this sculpture I made of Katherine?" then he went and said that to Katherine and now they're chasing each other around.

He cracks me up.

I will post pictures of my pumpkin carving this weekend, by the way. I haven't forgotten!