I’m the youngest in my family, I was the third child… My brother and sister are 10 and 12 years older than me. When I was growing up that was referred to as a trailer.
I somewhat remember my brother being in the house, but I was only six when he went to college. I remember my sister more. Both my siblings went to college and got married. So they never moved back into the house, except for during the summer.
My sister’s oldest boy, was in someway more like a brother to me than a nephew because our closeness in age. When he had his son, I looked at him a more like my nephew, not my nephew’s son.
My nephew sons name is Sutton , he’s adorable, funny and really smart. Of course I am a bit biased, but there you go!
He came over to our house this past Monday… To hang out with Peyton… in age they are nine years apart… But they get along so well.
They had such a great time together, it was so much fun to listen to them and watch them. They played Nerf guns, Minecraft, they tossed the baseball around, as well as a couple other fun things.
I really loved watching them play games where they ran around, as well as use their mind to figure out how to do things. Too many kids just want to sit and play video games all the time. So I love it when Peyton does physical exercise while playing.
He gets along really well with Sutton, and I love how patient Sutton is with him. If Peyton doesn’t understand what Sutton is telling him… he takes the time to explain it. That means a lot to me. Peyton is always very happy when he’s with Sutton, I love that I don’t have to worry about his feelings getting hurt.
Sutton is an only child, so it’s actually really cool to me they have each other. Even though Peyton has three older siblings, they are all out of the house. Since they are cousins, they also have that family connection, as well as a friendship.
I love that Peyton has people in his life that he learns different life lessons from. We all seem to teach him something different, but more important Peyton teaches all of us something…..….
It was adorable because a couple of times my sister asked Sutton if he was ready to go home… He wasn’t ready and Peyton wasn’t ready for him to go. They played their little hearts out, Peyton was exhausted Monday night.
Peyton and Sutton may be cousins, but I think in their hearts they love each other like brothers… Being an older parent and having Peyton being younger and autistic, it warms my heart to know that he has people around him who really love him and will love him.
The boys have plans to do more things together… And that makes me really happy… Like I said earlier in my blog… I looked at my nephew Troy like a little brother, and I absolutely love it that my son and his son, love each other like brothers.