Cousin Time

David is on vacation with his mom, while his father is in Catalonia spending time with David's paternal grandmother Filumena. David and I hoped in the car and headed for Alberta for a planned "unplanned" vacation. Our plan is to make no plans, and see what we feel like doing each day.

The first week we spent many hours having "screen time" (TV with grandpa, LEGO website videogames, ipod games time). We got to play soccor in the Banff Trail Elementary school yard with Grandma. We even got a walk in across the overpass to the University that goes across Crowchild Trail.

David had his first sleep over without one of his parents being at the house last night. On the eve of St. Patrick's day, David chose to stay over at his Aunt Anita and Uncle Doral's home. He was offered a couch to sleep on, but he chose the floor in the middle of the living room. His cousins Meighan and Ceilidh each chose a couch. His wise and older cousin Dalton chose to sleep in his own bed.

I asked David if he woke up in the night, and if so, who did he snuggle up with. He said he woke several times, but just got himself back to sleep. He chose to sleep on a huge tiger stuffie given to him by his Aunt Miranda and his Uncle Richard a few years ago.

In the morning, he and his cousins made a fort in the livingroom with every blanket they could find. After completing a number of crafts, they turned to Mario video games.

Getting a photo of Meighan and David both looking at the camera was a big challenge. Who could turn their face away from the joy of the video screen just for a blog post? The dual smile in the last photo is a fake smile so that the video screen would not be turned off for the photo.

Happy cousin time!