Collin: Cousin Time!!!

Friday afternoon, I picked Timmy up from daycare to spend the night with us. Timmy was really excited to see Collin and I when we showed up at his day care. He wanted to show us his classroom which he was not in when we arrived because they were celebrating a birthday party for one of the kids. While in the car, Timmy wanted to show Collin the birthday party "thank you" gift while Collin wanted to watch a movie. Timmy finally gave up because Collin was not paying attention to him. He had no idea that getting Collin to quit watching a movie is nearly impossible. He did stop to comment twice saying that "Timmy talks really loud". Yes, Timmy is very animated and has a lot to talk about.

When we got to the house, the boys started playing in Collin's room really well together. That did not last long because Collin was irritated with Timmy for not playing what Collin wanted to play. So...they played separately for about 30 minutes until Timmy came out of Collin's room to play. They continued to play great together until it was time for a bath before going to bed.

Collin thought both of them would want to sleep in his old room where the bunk beds were still set up. I found Timmy sad behind the bedroom door because he wanted his mommy. I told him that I was here and would make sure that he was safe. He was still upset until I distracted him with asking where he wanted to sleep with his nap mat. He decided he wanted to sleep in the middle of Collin's current room....even though Collin did not plan to sleep there. They both stayed asleep until the next morning after 8am. Yeah!!!

The next morning, we went to the bagel place before I planned to take the boys to the park. Timmy selected a chocolate chip muffin and Collin wanted a chocolate chip coffee cake. Lots of chocolate around the table. Both of them ate really well. We then went to the park to wear them out a little. The boys had fun sliding down the rolling slide and playing with some of the balls we brought until they wanted to swing. That, of course, involved me. I was really enjoying being able to read a magazine. Oh well.

I pushed the boys for about 30 minutes. They had a blast! There was a lot of laughing, talking....and giving me directions about how high and when to push again. Collin is still scared when he goes too high.

Timmy's face shows just how much fun he was having.

We left the one playground to play on the other one. We were only there for 10 minutes before Timmy had to potty. There is not one at this playground so we had to go home.

Once home, we went swimming for over a hour. We had fun using water guns, hitting balls and playing shark. Timmy uses floaties but was really brave in the water compared to last time. After the park and swimming, the boys were not tired at all. Mommy needed to rest though so we got out. They boys played in the playroom while I rested on the couch.

Since Mimi was coming over later to watch Collin while we attended a wedding shower, Timmy stayed with us longer than we expected him to. Aunt Lisa came to pick him up Timmy about the time we were leaving. She had Leah with her. Too bad we had to leave because I would have liked to have stayed to play with her a little. We got home 3 hours later to learn that Aunt Lisa stayed most of the time we were gone. Hearing this, I looked around the house which did not look like it had three kids playing in it for that time.

Mimi did her usual Saturday and stopped by garage sales before heading to our house. She found a pink car for Leah....however, it looks like she either made the boys or the boys wanted to drive the car and pose for pictures. Collin looks huge in the car!