It began with picking/cleaning up which lasted until about lunch time. Then I did a little arranging of little art on a wall in my studio, the start of an idea and fun. Even Bella gave her opinions, I mean after all some of it is her art :)
Around 3, everyone showed up for our afternoon play date, and here is who came... Liz with Marty 5, Frieda 3 and 2 friends Nora 6 and her sister June 3. Also Laura with her 3 kiddos Allie 5, Dominick 3 and Jacob 1. Including myself and Bella that = 3 Adults and 8 kids all under the age of 6... It was a blast, and the kids all played really well together. They rotated indoors and outside and spent a large amount outside, which they all needed. The four 5 year olds hung together and
the three 3 year olds mixed it up between each other and the big kids. I gotta say, the big kids were really great about letting the little ones join in too. Plus Dominick was the only boy minus his 1 year old brother Jacob so he was feeling like big man on campus when one of the girls would oblige him to a sword fight or let him be a monster and chase them. Jacob was a great reminder of what it's like to have a one year old all over the place, and my house isn't exactly baby proof anymore. I mean my outlets are covered and all the breakable stuff is out of reach, but the kid locks on the kitchen cabinets don't really work so he was breaking out all the pots/pans/bakeware, or getting pissed that the hallway was blocked by a tent full of stuffed animals. Bella's room was completely off limits, choke city! The play date lasted until about 6:30 before folks began to motivate to move on out. Laura had to wait Liz out because Allie was staying to spend the night. The girls did not know this fact because I couldn't invite Marty and we didn't want them talking about it in front of her during the play date. Normally I would invite Marty, but Liz has had a tumultuous week and her husband is not comfortable with Marty doing sleepovers. Marty would have been upset that she couldn't come and John would make Liz's life hell all weekend. I'm not saying he won't do that anyway, I just don't want to be his excuse for it by simply inviting Marty to spend the night with her friends. Anyway, it worked perfectly, the girls had no idea and were ecstatic when we told them. I helped Laura load up the boys and grabbed Allie's stuff on my way back inside the house.
The girls started out sharing the easel, by which I mean I drew a line down the middle of the paper and they each drew on their side :) Then they wanted to paint, and I have these huge pieces of cardboard from all my IKEA packaging so I tossed a huge piece on the floor, drew a line down the middle of that, and gave them each a plate of paint with a bunch of brushes and water. Oh, and I made them take their clothes off before hand because I was letting them use acrylic paint which does not wash out and these two have a tendency to use their fingers and hands to paint with as well. They both made beautiful pieces, and then took a nice long bubble bath using goggles and taking turns going under water :) We ordered pizza and watched Tangled, which Allie had never seen <3 It was well loved, even I love it and I see a whole new repertoire of songs to learn, think Little Mermaid caliber, or just plain AWESOME! Anyway, the 2 could barely hold their eyes open to the end of the movie. Vince carried Bella to bed and I shuffled a tired Allie down the hallway to her palette. Bella mumbled something about a make-up story but couldn't even finish her sentence :) Vince and I then watched stupid tv, I fell asleep on the couch and he did in the purple chair. Hot I know, but it was kind of nice <3 We both woke up around 1ish and stumbled to bed. It was a fabulous Friday!
Happy Saturday xoxox
sounds like perfection<3
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