Last Wednesday, we trekked on up to Dallas and hung with the fam the next day. Then, on Friday, we brought the four-year-old Lone Star Niece back here with us to give my sister a pre-schooler-free period with the new baby and, more importantly, to begin the all-important tradition of (drumroll, please, Blackhearts) COUSIN CAMP!!!!!!
Since then, the Lone Star Girl, the Lone Star Niece and the Lone Star Baby have been busy here in Corpus Christi with making Father's Day presents, having daily craft time, playing outside and in the indoor tent, reading stories, going to the beach, going to storytime and craft time at the library, playing in the splash pool and walking to the ice cream shop. We had fun. (Also, the Lone Star Girl got valuable helping-out-cheerfully experience!) We plan to do it every single year forever. It was great!!!
Tomorrow, we trek back up to Dallas to return the brave and adventurous and truly angelic Lone Star Niece to her parents who have missed her very, very much and to hang for a bit more. The girls are going to wear their Cousin Camp 2007 t-shirts. Cousin Camp is the best. You may want to instruct your siblings to pro-create and stuff so you can try it. Really.
2 comments:
Sigh. I'll have to rely on Bede's side of the family for cousin camp. It sounds great. When I was growing up, I so desperately wanted cousins my age. My cousins were all much,much younger, or much, much older (to a 6 year old). Now, my new batch of 1st cousins on my side of the family are young enough to be my nieces and nephews. They're pretty good with Lucia, though.:)
That sounds lovely! Unfortunatle our nieces are grown, with jobs ( one is living in Japan now!) but it would be marvelous.
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