Arrowhead

We spent the last part of the week at my aunt and uncle's house up in Lake Arrowhead. They graciously hosted the circus that is my family, which on Friday night consisted of a total of 19 people crashing at their place. Arrowhead was always the place for us to get together with my cousins when we were growing up and it seems nothing has changed for the new generation.

Three of us had girls in 2005: Megan in January, Kate was born in June and Caroline was born in September. By birth order Megan was all set up to be the leader of this posse, but it doesn't look like leadership is in the cards for her. Caroline the youngest quickly took control of this group and even Kate was more aggressive than our extremely timid Megan.

The one place Megan did shine was in the bath tub. My aunt and uncle have a humongous master tub, great for a communal cousin washing. Megan showed off everything she's learned in all of those swimming lessons that she's been taking with Dad. The rest of the kids just sat there while Megan blew bubbles, went underwater, laid on her back and kicked her feet, with enough splashing to let everyone know that at least they can't bully her in the bath tub.