PNW Part 2:

The adventures of Thomas and Riley...

 

These photos are so very precious to me in a couple of ways. One, it's of my first child and my first nephew :) Pretty cool. But moreso because their relationship that day reminded me soooo much of how Angela and I interacted with one another when we were their age. You see I didn't realize it before, but Thomas and Riley are exactly the same years apart as Angela and I. If you wanted you could replace the pictures above with Angela and I as well. For instance mom asking Angela to please hold my head so she could get a good picture of the two of us. The one where they are by the fountain I can hear Angela's and more than likely Thomas' voice "Mom/Grandma Emily/Riley is putting her hand in the water!" And Riley looking on as Thomas attempts to climb the deck fence...you know she is studying how he did it so she could try it later..Lord knows I did many things just because I saw Angela do them! The best part though was earlier in the day when as soon as Thomas arrived he immediately went to the couch and started reading his book. Riley on the other hand, excited to see her cousin, kept poking and prodding and getting in his face as any excited 2yr old will do. Thomas kept pushing her away because all he wanted to do was read his book, and he was VERY enthralled with his book. At one point, he called to me and asked "Auntie Emmy can you PLEEEEASE tell Riley to leave me alone? I just want to read my book!" For a moment I had a flashback to when Angela and I were kids and I wanted to play, and yup, you guessed it...all she wanted to do was read her book!!! ahhh the memories :)

P.S. I love you Angela!