Fruit Inspection

Savannah started bugging me a few weeks ago about wanting to have a playdate. I agreed that it had been a while, but told her (many times) just to wait until school got out for the summer, then we’d have plenty of time for our friends.

Last Thursday night was her preschool program and graduation. On the way to the truck when it was over she said, “Okay Mom, schools out. Can I have a friend over now?” (sigh).

So today I made good on my promise. Her friend of choice is Jaca, whom she has known since they were both infants. (As a matter of fact, they were born only hours apart). And this was a first for me…Jaca was dropped off this morning around 10:00 and will be picked up later this afternoon. So it’s the first time she has had a friend over and the friend’s mom didn’t stay for me to “play with”. It is a little strange, but it is bringing back memories of how much I loved to play with my friends growing up.

Here is a picture I snapped of the two of them while we were outside playing in the water:

I also took some pictures as they were making and eating their special lunches. Just for fun I laid out some graham crackers, peanut butter, red and green icing tubes, sprinkles, and colored sugar. They each had a plate and a knife and got to do whatever they wanted with the stuff on the table. OMG, was it ever fun!

This was taken right before Jaca told me, “Ms Jodi, this is the BEST lunch I have EVER had”. Even Emery got in on the action:

I have really had to get outside of my comfort zone today, seeing as I usually focus on eating balanced meals and keeping my house nice and tidy. But today I just wanted the girls to have fun…and me too! Right now there are toys from one end of my backyard to the other, wet towels in the foyer, juice boxes on the floor of my kitchen, popcorn and greasy fingerprints on the leather chairs in the theater room, and I’m afraid to even look in Savannah’s bedroom! Yikes! (my blood pressure is going up just typing that!)

But I think it was worth it. Since I was not obsessing over cleaning, I got to overhear many of their conversations, too many to list here, that were simply priceless. They played house and had tea parties. Then they played Cinderella. And here is what I thought was really funny. A few years back another mutual friend of ours invited these 2 to come to a princess party and the invitation said to wear a princess dress. Well, all 3 of them coincidentally came as Cinderella. Check it out:

So it was no surprise to me that they decided to act out the Cinderella movie today as they played. Well, at first they took turns, one being a step-sister and the other being Cinderella. After they each had a turn, neither one of them wanted to be Cinderella anymore. They both wanted to be the bossy step-sisters! I was cracking up as they sat next to each other on the couch yelling to a non-exsistent Cinderella who was apparently in the other room, “Get my shoes! I want my dress! Hurry Cinderella! Hurry!!!!”

What in the world happened to everybody wanting to be the princess full of manners and grace? I guess at 4 years old it’s more appealing to be the boss!