Baby in the House

Two of my host parents' three children came to visit for the weekend. Rachel took her one year old baby, Poppy, who brought so much life into the house. It's amazing how much you can laugh just by observing a child that age. Apart from Poppy, the others also amused me with their comments on her actions. She grabbed Private Eye at one point, a satire mag, probably comparable to the German Titanic, and since she wasn't really interested, she threw it away again. Tim commented: 'You're right, it's not as good as it used to be.'
As lovely as Poppy is during the day, I don't want to spend any more nights sleeping next to her, though. Her bed was put in front of my door the first night and she started crying at 5 o'clock in the morning. Since Judith anticipated that might happen, I grabbed the ear plugs that she wisely left on my nightstand and they helped me sleep until 12 pm, hehe.