Cousin Bonding

We had a visitor this weekend, well actually three of them.  My sister Shelly, her husband Zack, and their kid Morey all came out for a couple nights.  While Shelly and Zack went off and played at Disneyland, Morey got to hang out with us for plenty of crazy cousin memory making.

Can you believe these boys are only 6 months apart?  Ethan is at the top of the charts, Morey hangs out at the bottom.  There is a little bit of a size difference, but they loved playing together...

...most of the time.  'hey, you took my train!'

but, two seconds later they were sharing and playing together again.  I love how easy kids forgive.

 

Brielle was 'mothering' Morey all day.  All day she was saying 'Mom, do you want me to watch Morey for you?" Or 'Mom, can I hold Morey's hand so he doesn't fall in the water?"  She is a sweet girl, and a good helper.

We took a walk to the river to throw rocks.  I loved watching the different approaches from these three kids.  Ethan searched for the biggest rocks he could find to throw in.  Morey went for quantity, picking up rocks and dirt with both hands and throwing as fast as he could.  Brielle cleaned and polished each rock before throwing it.

As you can tell, the boys had a hard time resisting getting in the water.

So, then we went swimming to get all the splashing and water play out of their systems.