Bad influence

I have been deemed a bad influence in my family. I don't have any children of my own, but I am richly blessed with many nieces and nephews, three of which live just across the street from me: Caeden (8), Mila (6), and Drew (1 1/2). 

When Drew got to an age where he was starting to roll over and try to crawl, various things he was doing looked an awful lot like things I was doing with Kevin. Dregan (one of my other nephews) informed me that he was doing pilates. It wasn't long before Drew was doing "down dog" on command.

The other day, Shelley (my long time friend and sister-in-law), overheard Caeden and Mila playing in the other room. While other children their age play "Cops & Robbers" or "Cowboys & Indians", MY niece and nephew are playing "Trainer & Client". This game involved Caeden standing over his sister while she said "I'm ready to try THAT (move)" while he told her, "no, you have to get THIS one right before you can move on". It also involved him making her do push-ups with her feet on the bed. Where he got THAT one, I will never know, I have only recently tried that one myself.

Now when I come home and talk to Shelley about some new torture that Levi or Austin have devised for me, I am asked to demonstrate. There are young minds/bodies that are watching and listening. Oh, how I love warping them.