This summer I spent a week with my aunt and uncle in the outer banks and got to see my eldest cousins' kids for the first time in about 6 years. The're now 8 and 10. Talking with the younger one is easy - you sit and she talks. It was harder getting to know the elder one. And they live in Mexico, so I wanted to make the most of the chance. It was also exhausting, since they're both in better shape than I am and the simplest way to make they hapy is to play basketball/tennis/soccer, jump into shoulder-high waves, or dance whatever dance they've just choreographed. They spent several hours one morning giving my brother and me "lessons" in percussion on jenga blocks and then adding moves to the rhythms. They're amazing people. And they kept 5 adults (my brother and sister and two cousins and me) running all week. It gave me an even greater respect for people kids trust. And for my parents:-j
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Date: 2004-09-03 06:46 pm (UTC)It was also exhausting, since they're both in better shape than I am and the simplest way to make they hapy is to play basketball/tennis/soccer, jump into shoulder-high waves, or dance whatever dance they've just choreographed. They spent several hours one morning giving my brother and me "lessons" in percussion on jenga blocks and then adding moves to the rhythms. They're amazing people. And they kept 5 adults (my brother and sister and two cousins and me) running all week. It gave me an even greater respect for people kids trust. And for my parents:-j