Older Cousins make Good Buddies

In general, we visit with the Ford family on a regular basis, but the girls have had the opportunity to spend even more quality time with their cousins during January. Tim & Judy are in Florida this month, and Muffin has been very nice in volunteering to watch the girls for me once a week. I took these pictures after I arrived to pick them up one evening last week:

Jordi is just now old enough to start to enjoy puzzles, and I remember this one from when Emily was little! One of the reasons the girls love visiting over there so much is that Muffin always has the widest array of the most fun activities possible at her disposal. (You like puzzles, you say? Voila! Here is an alphabet puzzle, with curves even! Ta da!) Another reason is that cousin Emily lets them borrow all her fanciest accessories, like the headband Jordi has on here and the Hello Kitty "dress" Caroline's wearing in the next picture!

Caroline likes the toy selection, too, of course, but the big attraction for her in the Ford household is all the physical activity constantly going on over there! Caroline loves to race and "bop" and play ball, so it's no surprise that she's grown so fond of her big cousin, Richard. Isn't she sweet to give him a hug as she says goodbye? (and isn't he sweet to hug her back?!)