Dinner with Uncle Alex and cousin Edie

After the brunch, we were trying to get our house slightly together before a small group came to eat Pappasitto's take-out for dinner. As I put away laundry in Collin's room, he was too quiet in his closet. When he came out, he brought with him yards of tape from a cassette, stretching around his bedroom and later throughout the entire house. So while I cleaned up one area of the house, he stayed busy creating a much bigger mess.

Edie, Collin's cousin, came by for dinner. They had fun talking to each other from high chairs.

Then when none of the adults could get Collin to take another bite, Edie tried. And look at the result!

Showing off for the older woman, Collin accepted several bites of yogurt from Edie. As the night came to an end, we realized all 3 of Collin's silkies (a square lovey that was a gift from cousin Trish which Collin now won't sleep without) were in the washing machine. So Uncle Alex read him 30 minutes worth of bedtime stories while they dried. They went through almost every book on his bookshelf (since Collin will cut you off when he doesn't like a particular book), and Uncle Alex got all the glory of the much-later-than-normal bedtime.