Friday was spent in Kansas City with some cousins on my dad’s side. I have to say, I have it pretty good. I have relatives all over the country and despite these particular cousins being of the 3rd and 4th cousin variety, we all hang out quite frequently and I totally enjoy their company. I would be willing to bet that not many people hang out with cousins that far removed but on my dad’s side, we all do. It’s a pretty special feeling knowing that I can go just about anywhere in the United States and I have someone to call if I get in a jam or something. This particular trip I visited with my cousin Vinci, who is actually the wife of my dad’s first cousin. Vinci’s daughter Ann was in town from SD with her son Cameron who I hadn’t seen since he was a baby bump at my other cousin’s wedding two years ago. Vinci’s husband Dan (my dad’s first cousin, for those of you trying to map the family tree) came home for lunch and we all ate and chatted and got caught up.
Cameron was quite possibly the funniest two-year old ever. He doesn’t miss a trick. We were driving Ann and him to the airport to catch their flight home and we was pointing out cement mixers, street cleaners (the trucks that give the roads a bath) and was able to differentiate them all. The best was when he said “look Mommy, a convertible!” Sur enough, there was a mercedes convertible, with the top UP. He knew the difference. Ann’s response? “Can you tell we live in SoCal?”
The cutest was when he insisted on wearing his sunglasses like me. He had blue Thomas the Tank shades and asked me to put them on his face but when he saw mine on his head, that’s where his had to be. When I was goofing around and wearing them on the end of my nose like old-people-reading-glasses, he did the same. Freakin’ adorable. See?
Yep, I know we’re pretty darn cute
Post-airport drop off, Vinci and I went to the Plaza in KC and shopped around. We hit a couple of sales at some big name places where I normally would even afford sales at their lowest but of course, there were cute things and the extra 50% off the already reduced price didn’t hurt any. I had an absolute blast and am reminded that I need to hang out with all of my cousins more often. I smell a family reunion in the works!
I had a great time with my family before I headed out to the Royals game that night. I arrived just in time for the first pitch so I didn’t get to explore too much but since KC is pretty much under construction, I would have to give it an incomplete rating anyway. There was a whole lotta concrete going on there, which didn’t do it for me and for a Friday night game, the crowd left a little to be desired. Kauffman Stadium itself actually reminded me a bit of the Oakland Coliseum in look and feel. But the plans for the improvements look pretty cool so until I go back post-revamp, KC gets an INC (and isn’t worthy of a post solely its own.)
