Cousin Ruth came to town for a week for her best friend Minna's wedding. She brought her spouse Sean, who has been here before, but for a shorter time. Ruth came on her own to help out last fall when great-grandma had knee surgery.
The point is that the children know and love Ruth. She's one of their two favorite cousins--she and her sister Rachel. Well, they've been replaced, at least in Bentley's affections. Bentley had a wild crush on Rachel, but she's history.
Bentley thinks cousin Sean is The Best. How did he win our little guy over? He played soccer with the boys and Matt. That was good. He admired their Lego structures. He rough-housed with them. He showed them some of his action figures (he collects them). All of that was great, but what was the icing on the cake?
Sean can draw dragons! Sean is a very good artist. He says he trained himself during those endless hours of sitting in high school classrooms. Smart guy. I don't have anything to show for my hours of classroom boredom. Why didn't I take up serious doodling like he did?
Sean draws dragons and robots and many other things. B was most impressed by the dragons. He took the drawings that Sean made for him and taped them onto the wall next to his bed. Bentley has drawn some dragons himself, so this is important to him. Kara just recently purchased him a book on how to draw dragons. If Sean lived closer, we'd ask him to give B some lessons.
Sean is going to be a hard act to beat, although Ruth might have earned her way back to Number 1 Cousin slot on the twins' board by bringing them a box of salt water taffy. Viva is a foodie, so Ruth is undoubtedly #1 for her.
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