role model

Ada loves Monday nights. Every Monday night we go up to my brother's house and Ada gets to play with her cousins. Well mostly she watches her cousins play but more and more she is starting to get in on the action.

Last night there was a lot of commotion, running around, and just general chaotic kid fun. Ada was in hog heaven. I think her favorite part of the night was following her cousin Eric around and immitating everything he did. There is only a four month age gap between the two of them and that makes them perfect playmates because they are interested in the same stuff. However, in the world of balance and coordination those four months are pretty significant, and Eric seems especially balanced and coordinated for a little guy. So watching Ada try to do everything her cousin is doing can give me a little bit of a heart attack. Lucky for me Eric seems to know he is the older more responsible cousin. I think he knows that he needs to be careful of Ada while she is tagging along. Last night, even in the midst of the chaos, when Eric saw Ada trying to climb into the same chair as he had just climbed in- he calmed down, sat back, and watched - silently cheering her on - until she finally made it into the chair and then, she sat on him.