Row, Row, Row Your Boat

I'm living with my cousins in Albuquerque for the summer. I really quite enjoy it since they live far enough away from Salt Lake that I really haven't had a chance to get to know them as well as I have some other cousins. Last night my 15-year-old cousin "Jeff" and I stayed up until about 11:00 while he played PS2, at which point his mom came downstairs and told him it was time to go to bed. I've been enjoying my position in the house as parent-helper, so when I saw he was hesitant to go to bed, I decided to try my hand.

Me: "Jeff, do you know what you need to do?"
Jeff: "No, what?"
Me: "You need to sing a song."
Jeff: "What???"
Me: "Yeah. You need to sing a good-night song to your teddy bear."
Jeff: "I don't have a teddy bear! He's a monkey!"
Me: "Oh. Well, you need to sing a good-night song to your monkey."
Jeff: "What song?"
Me: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."
Jeff: "You're weird."

I proceeded to accompany "Jeff" up to his room. I kept on him about it, and eventually, between his giggles, he got out one round of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." It was awesome. I mean, how often do you hear an almost-16-year-old guy singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" to his stuffed monkey?

He then went to bed, so I guess I can count my experiment as a success.

I love my life.