Almost 4 Years Old

Today, May 30, 2013, we are about 10 days away from Brandon and Colin's 4th birthday. The boys got the biggest present anyone could ask for. Bigger than any toy or any thing. Their cousins, Poppy, Teddy, and Annie have come to visit. They will be here for a month visiting. We have spent the last 3 days doing nothing but playing with their cousins. They get along wonderfully! You would never know that they have not seen each other since the boys turned 1. (Teddy was almost 2) Now, they swim together, play together, laugh and build together. The boys are 3 peas in a pod. Poppy is wonderfully motherly with them. She exudes a sense of caring. She is so very similar to Rachel in that way. So the boys are used to their cousin loving on them. Annie only makes them smile. She always has had an amazing way with the boys from birth. Luckily she has come to visit about once each year. The boys LOVE their Annie. For family who lives nearly halfway around the earth, these kids all have a special bond. I'm so happy to see them play. I fear explaining to the boys that their cousins have to go home and we don't know when we will see them again.