One of Mr. CP's high school friend's in-laws owns a LOVELY cabin up in Breckenridge which was large enough to accommodate 3 families and 2 more adults. The group included a soon-to-be 4 year old, her baby sister, an almost 6 year old and his younger sister, Baby CP and a super gentle dog named Tex. Boy did Baby CP enjoy himself! On the first night, you could tell that Baby CP thought Tex was interesting, but every time Tex tried to check Baby CP out, Baby CP would yell "No Doggie" and run away. After a few hours, he had seen me and Mr. CP pet the dog, so he finally decided it must be safe and walked over to do some petting himself. From then on, we witnessed Baby CP lying around with the dog, walking up to the dog to pet him and hug him. Standing close to Tex to snuggle. It was super cute!
This is a video of Baby CP walking a friend's dog here in SF. After becoming buddies with Tex, Baby CP now wants to play with all dogs.
Baby CP also loved to run around with the older kids and to play with their toys. The only times he really whined all weekend was when it was time to sleep. Watching him interact with other children is so interesting, and my favorite is when he tries to talk to older kids. When he talks to us, he just speaks more matter-of-factly, but when he talks to older kids, I think he gets the sense that they might not understand him as well as we do, perhaps because we have well-trained ears for his favorite words. So he kind of gets really close to them and repeats himself and then cocks his head to the side as if to make sure they're making eye contact and to see if they understand.
Click here for an awesome video of Baby CP and one of his new buddy playing butterflies. They ran around the house giggling and shrieking for about half an hour. I think Baby CP was laughing and running so hard that he might have thrown up a little.
I just wish I had a video of the kids dance party...these kids have moves.
