Funny Brother

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As far as brothers go, I lucked out. Twice! I have two brothers, with the three of us sisters sandwiched in between, which means I get the best of both worlds having an older AND a younger brother! Both of my brothers are excellent, hilarious men, but today, I want to feature my younger brother.

Brendan was born 17 years ago today. When he arrived, I was 11.5 years old! Despite our age spread, he's been my buddy since the day we met.



My brother loves to read, ride his bike, and work out, is super smart, funny, caring, and intuitive about people.

I visited them for Christmas 2012 and while walking outside in a nature reserve, I stopped him, saying, "Let's take a picture together."


I laughed when I saw the result, but said, "This time make a nice face!"
So we posed again:

(I don't know the random guy behind my head or anyone else in the periphery of the photo either, actually.)

"Hey! I said a NICE face!"
He laughed, "Fine, this time we'll both make silly faces."
"Okay...!"



"HEY!!!"
Brendan laughed and laughed!
My little nephew Henry walked by giggling and said, "I saw your tongue, Aunt Laelia."

Brendan has done this to me in the past and yet, I fell for it again, completely unaware. (Apparently a "silly face" for me, always includes sticking out my tongue?)

Happy Birthday, my dear (no longer little) brother!

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