Cousins are so much fun

Last night, Collin's cousins (Ben (6 1/2), Will (4) and Hollis(15 mos) ) stopped by from out of town on their way to the beach for vacation for the next week. Collin has met them before when we drove to their house and stayed the weekend when he was 10 months. The boys had a really good time then. They had even more fun this time. When they arrived, Collin was so happy to have people over to his house. He immediately lead the boys to his play room to play with his cars, balls and other toys. Hollis quickly joined them and found the play piano. When it was time to eat, I did not think the boys would stop playing long enough to eat but they did. Collin wanted to sit next to his buddy, Will, and eat what Will was eating. Here they are taking a break from playing.

After dinner, they played for another hour mainly on or near the slide in the living room. Yep, daddy brought the slide in the house one day from the garage. Since we don't have a back yard for Collin to use the slide in, why not the living room near the TV? Anyway, all of the kids had a great time climbing up the slide and then sliding down. We had to watch and make sure Hollis was out of the way since she kept walking in front of the slide and wanted to climb up it the opposite way.

Collin and Hollis took a bath while the boys got ready for bed. After his bath, Collin joined Will brushing his teeth. Collin followed Will around all night so it made since that he would want to copy Will brushing his teeth too....down to spitting in the sink which he had not done before.

Of course, Collin wanted to sleep with the boys who were settling for bed right outside Collin's room. He did go to sleep quicker and much better than I expected though......until he woke up at 12:30 crying and would not stop. Daddy went to get him before he woke our guests up and brought him to our bed. We have never done that at home and have only let Collin sleep with us once which was during vacation this past June. He did go to sleep until a little after 4am. Maybe he wanted to see what the boys were doing.

They left early the next morning so they could get on the road since they had a long drive ahead of them. Here are the guys right before they had to leave. Aren't they cute?