Mr. Go Getter

The other day, James was trying to wake me up (as usual) at 7:30 A.M..  This is how our conversation went:

James: "Mommy, get up!  Get up!  Get up, Mommy!"

Mommy: "James, go watch Caillou.  Why do you need Mommy to get up?"

James: (with lots of enthusiastic fluctuations)   "CUZ!...... Ummm....... Outside.... Playground.... Anna..... Sylvie....    Woovi (Levi)....  Seffy (Seth)...

And he then proceeded to list every cousin he could think of.

This is his expectation of how every day should turn out.  And every day he is sorely disappointed.

Granted, this was just after we had had "Cousin Day" at our house.  "Cousin Day," for those who aren't aware of this glorious day, is when all the Woodbury/Randall/Leavitt/Peel cousins go to one person's house - and this occurs once a week for the entire summer.  Therefore, because we rotate between 5 of us (Leslie, Wendy, Becky, Danielle, Ashley) we each get 4 Thursdays where we don't have any kids.  I benefit the least from this because I only have the one child.  But still, James gets to bond with his cousins, get out of the house, and have one day every week filled with tons of fun activities.

For example: On my Cousin Day, we did the slip-n-slide in my front yard, ate popsicles outside, watched the movie Cars for two hours (which James is obsessed with....I mean - OBSESSED), ate corn dogs for lunch, played Twister, had storytime, painted frames and took pictures for Father's Day, walked to the park in 110 degree weather, played Red Rover & Hide 'n Seek at the park, walked back home in 111 degree weather, drank gallons of water, ate more popsicles, and then went home totally tired and dehydrated!

James was in total awe the whole day that all of this was actually going on.  That Mommy was actually playing all these fun games for a full day, instead of in 5 minute spurts.  And, he was in COUSIN HEAVEN.

So naturally, when he woke up the next morning, he wanted Cousin Day all over again.  Don't worry James, this Thursday, all of your dreams will come true :)  Good luck, Becky!