After Alexandra's first birthday party this past June, I decided that we MUST change the dining room into a play room. There were waaaaaay too many toys in the living room and if we wanted room for her to sleep in her own bed (which, yes, we are still having trouble with) then we definitely couldn't put all of the toys in her room. Anyway, I moved the dining room table that seats six and the hutch into the breakfast eat-in area. Then arranged all the many toys and put them along the walls and got foam letters that fit together to put in the floor to make the place a little more appealing to Alexandra.
For the longest she would not go in there without someone going in there with her (mainly me or her older sister Sadie). Here lately however (Thank you God), she has been exploring her little play room and has decided that it is not so bad in there after all. She is playing in there all the time now. I decided to invite a little friend over for her. This past Friday was Alexandra's first play date at our house. We have been to several play dates and of course had her 1st birthday party with little friends in to play. But, this was her first one-on-one play date in her very own play room. Her little friend's name is Jack, which was an easy name for her to say because her Nana has a kitty named Jack.
Alexandra and Jack played so well together, it was so cute. They ran all over the house chasing each other. They played in her play room, her bedroom which has a tent that both liked. Jack's mommy and I had to sneak a peek at them every once in a while to see how they were doing. They got along so well. I wasn't sure how it was going to go, because she is not around kids her own age a lot. She normally plays with sister Sadie, age 12 and her cousins Nick and Logan who are 11 and 8. I didn't know if she would share her toys or not. She and Jack loved playing together. We peeked in on them at one time and they both were lying down on a big tweety bird pillow. Another time they were inside the toy box together. It was absolutely precious. So the play date was a big success and I believe she and I are ready for another one.
After Jack and his mommy left, Alexandra was pooped and decided she wanted to take a nap on her little bed. They wore each other out. :)
5 comments:
How precious! Welcome to the land of mommy blogging. I visit about 10 of them every morning, you'll have to join me sometime. ;o) I'm glad Alexandra and Jack had fun! Maybe we can come over some now that we're only going to be 10 minutes away! :oD
Ahhh - too cute! The pictures are awesome Mandy! We'd love to have another playdate soon...Jack had such a blast. :-)
Mandy, this is so cute.....wish I could have done this l-o-n-g ago with you and Lori. Look forward to checking on you and the fam.
love,
mama
What a cool idea. Love all the cute photos.
I am very proud of your brand new blog, this is a really good idea and I am glad I convinced you to do it. Just kidding, I am very happy that you are doing this it is an awesome way to digitally record some of our family memories, and we can look at them anywhere. Love your Hubby, Cal El.
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