Our niece Jessica has a newfound job as a babysitter. A couple of weeks ago, we hired her to sit for Rebecca while we went out. Rebecca was more than excited to be spending time with "my Jessica," but she took offense at the job title. Rebecca proclaimed " I'm not a baby, I'm a kid! So Jessica can kid-sit me!" When Myrna came home, Rebecca reported to Myrna that Jessica had been doing a very good job kid-sitting her. Later, they were eating dinner. As usual, Rebecca was an active contributor to the discussion at the table. Sweet Jessica, however, is quiet and reserved (in other words, Rebecca's opposite) and was apparently not saying much. Rebecca stopped what she was saying, looked at Jessica and said, "Jessica, dont just sit there like a tree! Talk like you're a people!"
Rebecca has been sick for the past few days with an upper respiratory infection. On morning three, she said to me, "Mama, I think I'm ad-er-gic to 'dat frog in my froat. He needs to hop outta there!"
There is no end to the amount of joking and laughing that goes on in the Cisneros house. One night, Ramy was picking on Rebecca, and she had just about had enough of it. She looked Ramy in the eye and said sternly, "Daddy, FOCUS!"
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