Hanging out with Cousin Aya

Cousin Aya and her folks came to the parade and then spent some time at the house before joining us for lunch at the Noon Hill Grille.  Good times all around.  Sylvie especially enjoyed wrestling with/riding her Uncle Ben.  Of course she  had grilled cheese for lunch, and some of the pasta that Aya passed up.

I got a lot of cute photos of Aya and Syl.  As has been the case their whole co-lives, though, they resisted posing for a perfect shot of the two of them together...  Some of the good ones below.  More (and more of the parade) in the September Gallery.

All of this crazy excitement didn't end Sylvie's day, by the way.  She also had her very first "sleep over" (kinda).  We went to a movie (The Town - pretty good) with the O'Learys last night.  Sylvie hung out with Madeline and Jake, and her old teacher Patty, at the O'Learys' house.  When we got back, Sylvie was snoozing... in Madeline's bed!  Typical Madeline - she gave Syl her bed and took the mattress on the floor.