Cousin Cory Comes To Visit

Cory came to visit with us for a few days and we had such a great time with him. Laina is in LOVE! She had so much fun with Cory who was wonderful with her and gave her a lot of fabulous one on one time, played whatever game she wanted, drew tons of great pictures for her and basically succumbed to her every whim! Older cousins are great!

When Cory first arrived, Laina couldn't totally remember what his name was so she kept calling him "little boy"....as in, "what's that little boy doing"....and "when is that little boy going to wake up".....After a day she locked in his name and she then kept calling him Cory but the "little boy" phase was adorable given that she's almost 3 and he's 15 years old.

Another funny moment has to do with her beloved stuffed animal, Kittyhugs (KH). A few months ago she found one of her old baby burp clothes and she decided it was Kittyhugs' blanket. She likes the blanket to be wrapped around KH's body in a certain way. For the longest time, only I had the proper (as in Laina approved) technique down. Then after some intense tutorials, Daddy passed the big test and gained Laina approval with his wrapping technique. Well when Cory was here she asked him to wrap KH up and he had no idea what she wanted. I was not in the room at the time. So Laina came running over to me and said "Mommy....Cory not know how to wrap Kittyhugs"! So I showed Cory what she was talking about and explained the whole process to him. So a day or so passes and Cory says to me "Auntie Sandy, I did it - I wrapped Kittyhugs the right way for Laina!!!" It was so funny. Cory was proud that he had passed the Laina test and Laina was excited that Cory did it the right way. Cute little moments...

We also went mini golfing and it was Laina's first experience with golfing. She did a great job! Cory and Daddy coached her along the way and she had a lot of great shots. Here are some pictures of our visit with Cory...hanging out at home and on the golf course!

Cory is a great artist. Here he is drawing for Laina with the Doodle.

Isn't this great! At Laina's request he drew all the Mickey's Clubhouse characters. This one was my favorite - because I'm a big fan of Minnie!

Laina watching her golf ball head toward the hole. Will it be a hole in one?

Right in the hole!

Me, Cory & Laina on the boat at the golf course.

Another great shot!

An ice cream treat to cool off. It was SO HOT!
She's smiling at Cory in this shot.

Loving her ice cream.

Cute Cousins...