Photo fun
Thanks to Kathy I'm starting out the New Year with a look back. The task is to go to the 4th photo folder and choose the 4th photo and tell four things about it.
I don't have photo folders, and in fact I don't have a lot of photos on my computer since my husband tends to store most of our family photos on his computer, but I went into iPhoto and viewed my photos by event and chose the 4th photo from the 4th event.
So here goes:
1. This photo was taken in July of 2005. We were on a trip back East with the kids, the first trip with my son who was only a few months old.
2. This particular day the kids and I spent with my cousin and her kids. My cousin J (who is actually a third cousin, not a first cousin) has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. We've known each other since we were two years old, and lived next door to each other from age 7 to about age 11. Growing up in a town with a small population the fact that we were next door neighbors also meant that she was the only other kid within reasonable walking distance at that age. The fact that her older sister and my older brother were the same age meant that the four of us spent a lot of time together (and the fact that they had a swimming pool didn't hurt!)
3. For a variety of reasons this trip to Boston had been really stressful and difficult, and the day I spent with J and her kids was so relaxing I almost cried. Punkin played with her cousins (who are one year older and one year younger, so they played together really well) and I just sat and held Buddy and talked with my cousin, and it was the first time I felt like I was on vacation in years.
4. My cousin lives on a pond. It's actually more of a small lake, but this being New England they call it a pond. Their house is 10-15 feet from the edge of the water, and their kids spend lots of time swimming. This day Punkin put on a water floaty and the three kids just swam and splashed and had so much fun. At some point during the day J even took the older kids out for a spin in the canoe - what fun!
Last summer when we went back east J once again came through - she took both my kids for an overnight so the Italian and I could get away for a night together. Nobody has done that for us before or since, and it was a slice of heaven. Once again the kids spent lots of time in the water and they didn't want to leave.
Even though we talk on the phone a lot I really miss my cousin. She is a good friend, a nice person, a great mother, and I wish that she and I were not three thousand miles apart.
I don't have photo folders, and in fact I don't have a lot of photos on my computer since my husband tends to store most of our family photos on his computer, but I went into iPhoto and viewed my photos by event and chose the 4th photo from the 4th event.
So here goes:
1. This photo was taken in July of 2005. We were on a trip back East with the kids, the first trip with my son who was only a few months old.
2. This particular day the kids and I spent with my cousin and her kids. My cousin J (who is actually a third cousin, not a first cousin) has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. We've known each other since we were two years old, and lived next door to each other from age 7 to about age 11. Growing up in a town with a small population the fact that we were next door neighbors also meant that she was the only other kid within reasonable walking distance at that age. The fact that her older sister and my older brother were the same age meant that the four of us spent a lot of time together (and the fact that they had a swimming pool didn't hurt!)
3. For a variety of reasons this trip to Boston had been really stressful and difficult, and the day I spent with J and her kids was so relaxing I almost cried. Punkin played with her cousins (who are one year older and one year younger, so they played together really well) and I just sat and held Buddy and talked with my cousin, and it was the first time I felt like I was on vacation in years.
4. My cousin lives on a pond. It's actually more of a small lake, but this being New England they call it a pond. Their house is 10-15 feet from the edge of the water, and their kids spend lots of time swimming. This day Punkin put on a water floaty and the three kids just swam and splashed and had so much fun. At some point during the day J even took the older kids out for a spin in the canoe - what fun!
Last summer when we went back east J once again came through - she took both my kids for an overnight so the Italian and I could get away for a night together. Nobody has done that for us before or since, and it was a slice of heaven. Once again the kids spent lots of time in the water and they didn't want to leave.
Even though we talk on the phone a lot I really miss my cousin. She is a good friend, a nice person, a great mother, and I wish that she and I were not three thousand miles apart.
posted by Marie at 10:13 AM
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Beautiful. --syl (hope to see you Friday)
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