Sheesh I want you as my uncle! Usually all I got growing up from my uncles was a piece of beef jerky and a bottle of Pepsi!
Don't be bashful about playing with the scope in the daylight. Put it through it's paces, learn how to calibrate and train, practice slewing, etc. Better to become acquainted with the controls in broad daylight than fumbling with them under dark sky conditions. I invested in a good AC adapter for mine so I could monkey with it without running through a gob of batteries.
Enjoy it, and tell your nephew he's one lucky son-of-a-gun to have such a generous uncle!
-------------------- Tim Champion of small aperture scopes everywhere!