The Chronicles of Tadpole and Little Cub: When Cousins Collide

Kayley and her cousin Soleil finally got to meet this last weekend! Alright, so they aren’t related by blood at all, but Soleil is my best friend’s little girl. We think of ourselves as sisters, so thus Kayley and Soleil are cousins. We had a fun packed home when Alison, Tony, Soleil, Lindsey and Andy came to spend the night with us. Alison, Tony and Soleil all the way from Cali, and Lindsey and Andy all the way from Canada! This was Kayley’s second time meeting her Aunty Lindsey and Uncle Andy, but her first time seeing Aunty Alison, Uncle Tony or Soleil in person (we video chat).

It was sweet to watch the girls try and figure out how to play with one another and gives hugs. Kayley being almost 6 months, and Soleil being a year old made it so their comprehension of these two things is still growing. A couple sweet hugs ended in the girls both on the ground looking like they were in the middle of a wrestling match!

Sweet hugs

And then they fell over and weren't sure what to do

It was also fun to see Soleil trying to pet and play with Hoshi. Hoshi is so great with children. Even when Soleil accidentally toppled on top of Hoshi, all Hoshi did was meow. Of course she then realized that unlike Kayley, Soleil can walk to her and she scurried away. It shall be interesting to see what Hoshi does when Kayley starts crawling.

Watching the Hoshi. Soleil also shared her toy cell phone with Hoshi

Right after Soleil fell on Hoshi

"Wait, kitty! Come back! I didn't mean to fall on you!"

It was great to catch up with everyone and watch the babies play with one another. The boys had fun playing some sort of statistics math game with Kayley’s toy while we girls chit chatted, made dinner and cooed at the babes.

Alison with the babes. Looks like Kayley wants the phone

Making dinner for the gang.

Soleil playing with Aunty Lindsey

The boys playing their game with Kayley's toy

Even though we all could have gotten an extra hour of sleep, we of course stayed up late instead catching up with one another. The next day after church we all went to see Gram Bell in her new place that she just moved to a week ago. She was very excited to see us all and watch the babies play. Kayley and Soleil really loved playing with Gram’s Swedish and Danish wood horse.