We all arrived in Marco on Wednesday - coming from MD, DC, GA and TX. After such a fun time last time (2008) I was really excited about this trip. Everybody had bumped up a bit in age. Maggie Lou is 10, Franklin is 7, Solly is 5, Luis is 4 (his birthday was yesterday!), Eston is 2 and Alejo is nearly 6 months. With the arrival of Alejo, Eston has gone from Baby Eston, to just Eston.
Immediately, it was wonderful to be together. Luis was really excited to see his cousins (especially the one he refers to as his sister). And the cousins, it seems, were excited to see him as well.
The pool was really too cold to swim in, at least for the adults. And Luis was not allowed in the pool without an adult. The closest he really got was climbing up and down this ladder in the deep end. Maggie Lou, at 10, had more freedoms with the pool. While Luis was on the ladder, she was leaping into the (quite cold) pool and then dunking in the (quite warm) hot tub.
Maggie found that Alejo settled down nicely in the stroller, and would stroll him around inside. 
That afternoon, we decorated Train Cakes in celebration of Luis's birthday. I made 3 batches of trains. Maggie helped out by making most of the icing.
Eston was more into the eating than the decorating.
Maggie and Franklin liked both the decorating AND the eating.
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