East Coast Cousin Time

(Anyone catch the title pun? Yes, we're a bit jet-lagged right now)

Lucy, Mom and I just got back from a fabulous trip to Princeton, NJ to visit family. My brother-in-law Davey is getting his doctorate at Princeton and my sister Kate just had her second son, William.

With a newborn, 1 year old and 2 year old in the mix, we intentionally had zero expectations for doing anything while we were there, which made the week really relaxing and enjoyable. We spent most of our days hanging out watching the kiddos play, taking small trips into the town and campus, and eating lots of wonderful food.

I also took about a thousand pictures.

For me, one of the best parts of the trip was watching Lucy bond with her cousin David. Here's some of the fun they had together.

Naturally, a good portion of their time together they spent playing in the dirt, which resulted in some very dirty faces:

Then there was bedtime story-reading with Davey:

And pool time when the weather hit 85 degrees.

Princeton campus has the cutest children's library, complete with a tree-house that was just the perfect size for them:

They loved exploring the campus together

And when Lucy got tired David pushed her in the stroller

Of course, one of the biggest reasons we flew to Princeton was to see the newest little cousin. And while he couldn't take part in the older cousin's adventures, Lucy did enjoy meeting "baby Wi" and handing his mom his pacifier.

Will spent a good portion of the visit doing this:

And occasionally we even got a smile out of him! I love those newborn grins!