Cousin Fun

While our weekend trip was SHORT... it was loaded with fun for the cousins!! This is the treekids' ONLY girl cousin (out of a current total of 8 grandkids they have 1 girl cousin and 4 boys! Ah, but we are in luck... there is one more brother and he has NO children! Uh, but no hurry... he is in college still.) sitting with Branch. They both loved that they were wearing matching pigtails!! AND, who couldn't love THAT squinty-eyed smile!?! I recall all of the treekids making the same cutie face! Ahhhh, I'll have to dig up some old photos...

Blossom is only a little more than two years older than this cutie pie, so they played well together and talked little!

This wild group of hooligans cannot be said the same of! Ages from left to right, 8.5, 7.5, nearly 6, nearly 4 and LOUD, fast and furious was their game!! We took them into town to a rec center where they ran and ran and ran. Thank goodness for that, as it rained ALL DAY on Saturday!

Branch was lovin' on the youngest cousin, 9 months. She thinks real babies are just grand. I guess that "Baby Alive" from Christmas just isn't quite as alive as this one. She was so proud of herself feeding him his cereal. Too bad they don't live closer so she could try it out more often and find out that maybe, just maybe, it isn't "all that." But, she claims that she is definitely going to be a mommy when she gets to be big.

Grandma likes to buy matching or at least coordinating clothes for all of the kids for a nice picture whenever we are all together. It is a great idea. It often is insanity and we have a few pictures to remind us of that! I think it was 3 years ago that the photo shows only one kid out of six looking toward the camera... two are trying to squirm away and are crying, while the older sibling is trying to keep them in place. WHAT A HOOT. Ah, well... what to expect with little children off a routine and having fun!! 

The girls are cooperating nicely... ah, but oh, such nice socks, Blossom!! (She had a fever, was shivering and had a terrible cough. The picture session had to be fast. She was fading fast and had few smiles to share. But, she was willing to sit on a swing!!)

Always a squirrel or two in the bunch...

Not too bad of the treekids. Poor little Blossom just didn't have it in her to do a real smile.

Dad and daughter watching all those crazy cousins... can he convince her to go back into the mayhem? I think Grandma and Grandpa were getting ready to go and she chose to give hugs and kisses instead. Good choice, kiddo!

Pops was game for a bit of "Purshing" as Blossom calls it. It was too cold to go swinging through the air, so her coat had to be located! I suggested a whole set of CLOTHES, but she wanted to "match."

These two characters insisted on a "twisted head" picture... uh, well, ok. Here it is twisted heads. What makes boys be so strange?!?! I guess it is kind of two-headed dragon like. But, still. Where does this craziness come from? Dads, I suppose.

We all had a great time on our visit. We hope we get to hang out again soon. We love you all!!