Jonah's cousins came over to play this morning! They had a very fun playdate, which involved checking out every one of Jonah's toys, upstairs and down. The highlights (for me) were watching Jonah 1.) push Declan around on the bus, 2.) show his older cousins how to use the Ballapalooza, and 3.) race to knock over Cailin and Declan's block towers.
Shortly after Cailin and Declan arrived, Jonah dug into his book collection (which he does frequently) and pulled out his "facebook", a photo book of his relatives, (which is somewhat rare) and opened directly to the page with Cailin and Declan's picture! Coincidence? Possibly. But there seemed to be a hint of toddler thoughtfulness: "I've seen you somewhere around here before... oh, yes, here you are in my book!"
I had to run some defense in the form of building super fast structures to keep Jonah occupied with demolition that didn't interfere with his cousins' towers. Declan built his own piles of blocks and got so excited after knocking them down he would run in place while shrieking with joy. Cailin was a very good sport about building things for Jonah to knock over, but after many, many crashes, she wanted to destroy a tall tower of her own!
