On Tuesday, we went swimming in Aunt Gretchen's pool! It was a "toasty" 71 degrees and Cubby and I were the only adults brave enough (well, maybe stupid enough) to get in! As you can see from the pictures, Emily was quite the water baby but Christian thought we were nuts and was not a fan of the cold water.
Wednesday brought yet another beautiful day (sunny, mid 70s, no humidity!!!) and we went over to Onondaga Lake Park. The area there is very nice--it has both a big playground area and a huge recreational area and trail for joggers, bikes, picnics, etc. We played and had lunch there. The kids liked going down to the water and Emily and Cubby pretended to go fishing...the lake itself is extremely polluted and so no one really fishes there. That afternoon, it was back into the water and Emily and Cubby swam until their lips were blue! This time, Uncles Peter and Chris got in the water with some of the other kiddos and they made a decent whirl pool (mostly to keep warm, I think!).
Looking back, it was really neat to see how Emily related to both Ethan and William differently. She and William played well together with toys, reading books, and imagination-type stuff. With Ethan, Emily identified with his adventurous side and the physical stuff like swimming in the pool climbing everywhere at the playground. It was fun to see various parts of her personality come out with each cousin. Christian just loved being around all of the "big kids" and trying to do all that they did.
We hope you enjoy the slide show!
4 comments:
sounds like a great trip. So glad it went well. I love to see kids enjoying their cousins!!
Looks like so much FUN!
That looks like a lot of fun. It is so nice to visit with family and also to see the cousins playing together. Glad to see you had a great time and all went well.
I'm glad you guys had fun on their trip. Sounds like the kids might nap well for you for a few days.......let's hope!
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