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Published: 2017-07-04 23:51:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 223; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 0
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Earlier, I was at my cousin Alison's place and spent time with her 1 1/2-year old son, Quillan (Gaelic for "cub"), and he just sat on my lap wanting me to read to him..... but he lost interest quickly. I love my family.Happy Independence Day!
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Kawaii!!
Oh and more seriously, I think that book may be too long and too text for him. Certainly at that age I was way more interested in pictures than in "wee black squiggles". Mind you, by 4 I would read comic books more or less by myself (but liked having a parent or grandparent handy and prepared to explain "difficult words" to me).
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He actually brought over a book.... twice. Both times, I couldn't make it past page 1 before he lost interest.... then again, he IS a one-year-old.
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True; my point was that you obviously want to be a "good big cousin" and spend quality time with him, so I was trying to be a good friend and suggest a way that you'd both get more out of the time you spend with him.
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He's technically my second cousin, but whatever, paws.
A couple of Ali's friends came over with their 2 1/2 year old daughter (birthday is 2/14) and 3-month-old (his birthday is 3/17), and even Livia (the girl) wouldn't stay still long enough for me to read a childhood classic, "Rainbow Fish", to her... I was just happy to see them both have fun together!
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Fair enough; I'd use the term "good cousin" to define the social nature of the relationship more than the biological one. My father's best friend from school is an honourary uncle to my sis and myself, so naturally his wife becomes an aunt (no biological relationship to us either) and their children are cousins.
Similarly, we also drop the "second" from "second cousin" unless actually discussing genealogy rather than being social.
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Thanks! He's a good kid!
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