Houseguests

My sister Rebecca is here with her two kids, Kaiden & Risa, and we've been having a blast. They flew in on the 9th and we drove out for Risa's birthday party. We drove back on the 13th in time for Will's family to visit, and this week we've had some time in town.

Risa is now 2 and has quite a personality. She calls Graham either "Gim" or "Baby Graham-ma". In fact, she calls everyone over 20 "Grandma", including me. When she is trying to get you to be quiet, she puts her finger horizontally over her lips and says "Thhhhhhhh..." She was not a big fan of getting her hair cut for the first time.



Kaiden is almost 4 and has been enjoying his new Thomas trains (and because of the Thomas movies, he describes himself as being "cross" when he's upset). He is pretty sure there are lions and tigers behind most fences. He LOVES Baby Graham and is constantly helping him. For instance, he fed Graham his first food. We were coming home from the airport and Graham was crying uncontrollably. Suddenly he stopped, and we thought he had gone to sleep. Actually, Kaiden had just shared his Chips Ahoy cookies with him, as evidenced by the brown mush all over Graham's mouth and the half cookie on his shirt. The next morning, Kaiden tried to pick him up to quiet him and he ended up on the floor. We now keep a pretty close eye on both of them. :)


We've been to the playground, we've gone fishing, and we've been shopping a few times. Here's a video of their first fishing trip last night, which didn't quite go as planned:



Kaiden refused to come within 10 feet of the fish (especially the catfish, or the "one with the mustache"). He got extremely upset when I took Graham to see it and cried most of the time until they went to the playground. Will's only comment was, "I'm glad we didn't plan a whole morning for this."

They'll be here for one more week and we plan to do a few more firsts before they leave. More stories to come...