Frankie And His Cousin On Granddad's Swings

This photo comes courtesy of Aunt Sisi and shows our boy Frankie and his bestie cousin swinging on the swingset that Granddad built for Uncle Peter. He recently retrofitted it with two kid swings. These two are just a month or so apart in age and I can see many a weekend spent together at Grammy and Granddad's house together.

Eloise has a cousin that is that.close in age too, and it has been wonderful to see them grow up together. I was never that close with my cousins, but I'm hoping that these two sets of cousins will stay close as they grow up, even if they're living in the city vs. suburbs or even Elmhurst vs. Switzerland!

Also...Compare this photo above of the Big Beef with his *first* swing ride that took place almost exactly a year ago. He's soooo much bigger! But still loves the swings!

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