catching up

it's the weekend...& apparently, the only time i have time to blog is on the weekends :)

so, now i have to catch up on our week - which all started last weekend!

sunday, kennedie got to have a long-overdue playdate with her best buddy calvin. the plan was to meet at the park & do a picnic & playground date - but, it was pretty chilly & windy that morning, so we decided to relocate to our house! calvin & his mom, amanda, came over around 11 for lots of play time & lunch. play dates with two 2-year olds are interesting. we've had friends over to the house before & things have been fine - so i'm attributing the early events of the playdate (tears, tantrums, fights) to age. kennedie was quite distraught to have her buddy playing with her toys - "mine, mine - no mine" "my piano" "my (fill in toy of choice here)" holy cow! i know she shares toys at school with her friends, so this must have been an ownership issue since the toys at school are 'everybody's' & these toys are 'hers'. after putting out quite a few fires, & trying unsuccessfully to explain the situation we decided to venture outside to the back yard & give things a try. there were fewer quarrels outdoors & we had fun with bubbles, slides, cars & sandbox. there was much more parallel play than cooperative & interactive play, which was great - but didn't lend itself well to getting any pictures :( 

after we went inside for lunch (kennedie ate like a champ, calvin was more interested in kennedie's toys) the kids started playing hide-and-seek. this is by far, kennedie's favorite game right now - although she always hides in the same spots & jumps out before anyone has a chance to find her ;) calvin started bring out all of kennedie's large stuffed animals, piling them & then jumping in & covering himself up - kennedie thought this looked like fun & joined in - enter interactive play!!! they started covering each other up, digging each other out & then we started playing the game - one would go & count in the kitchen while the other hid - in the stack of animals (until mommies encouraged & helped find new places to hide). it was definitely fun to see them playing WITH each other & it was over far too quickly :( but we look forward to seeing calvin & amanda again soon!

good-bye hugs