"Are We There Yet" The Other Way Round

Due to Bro asking to not show family-pics to strangers, the full version is here, friends are welcome, just let me know.

So yesterday Bro and his family came over - and, despite actually we don´t present each other but little Niece - they came with pressies, too.

Certainly little Niece helped me eagerly after she´d helped wrapping them before ;-)

Actually it´s quite known I´m afraid of dogs, but this one awwww:

And he´s useful, too:

With usb for energy.
Such a cutie:

And that wasn´t all, my, I dunno, guess we really are back to presents for everyone, which is difficult, as adult you actually have everything, no?

Still this bag is very cute (just bad I have soooo many bags!):

After some jogging through the living-room - am I thankful no one lives bunderneath us! - Niece picked some books from behind the swing. The only children´s book there is "Are We There Yet" (English), the others were with cute pics but still thoughtful books for adults.

So playing with the easy chair was more fun:

And Sully and Mike got another chance, too:

They even brought some cake and Niece helped me getting plates and forks and since we don´t have a coffee table in the living room and since no one wanted to eat at the kitchen table in the kitchen or bring the kitchen table over we ate on the floor. Alas.

Guess once I sold the crosstrainer I´ll buy a table I can store there. Cake on the floor - we´re not in Egypt or such!

Later Niece asked for a puzzle - which I had - guess 5 ages +, she´s 3, so we had to help, Bro actually:

And yes, I admit, actually we bought it to puzzle ourselves when cooking something that needs to simmer for a while...

Niece wasn´t that pleased...

But she concentrated so hard, a little accident occured.
Mind you.
Certainly she wanted me to help.
So, for about 10 minutes I struggeled with the - really tight tights, whilst everybody - except Niece - laughed their heads off!
Niece stayed very calm but looked at me like I was dumb, LOL.
Another "man, am I clumsy" was answered with a "yeeeees"...

Really, my respect to all Mothers who manage this on a struggling baby!

SIL then remembered I wanted to give Niece "The Little Prince" as puzzle-book last year, which was too early, so we got something adequate after all :-)
We looked at family pics on my PC (Bro doesn´t have them yet) and often someone said Niece looks just like us, Bro and I.
Poor SIL, Niece has nothing optical from her.
Guess it´ll be the character then...

Really at times I could swear that was her, not me in the pic...

The title?
Little Niece seems to assume when she refuses to say good-bye properly they stay ;-)