the playdate :)

Letter to Alex - by Mommy - 3.1.09

So today was your first official "play date" with Audrey. All week long you would have thought it was Christmas with Santa coming!! "Is is Sunday yet? Audrey's coming on Sunday, rrriiigghht?" Right Mommy? Audrey's coming on Sunday - is it Sunday yet?" All week long was "maybe Audrey will like this book" or "do you think Audrey watches Spongebob?" and my favorite "Audrey might think food is spicy!". :)

This morning you woke us up at 7 am and the first words out of your mouth were "I don't go to school today because today Audrey is coming!!" :) Just like Santa!

We got the house clean and at 11 am sharp Audrey and her Mommy showed up as planned! When the door bell rang you screamed and jumped up and down and said "I NEED MY SHOES ON!!!" because you wanted to run out there.

My oh my was she dolled up! Just gorgeous in her pink butterfly t-shirt and jeans and these amazing glitter green princess shoes with big pom poms on them - and OH MY that AWESOME hot pink sequined scarf!! Mommy was beside herself with how adorable your date was and Jennifer, her Mommy, wanted to make sure you noticed the faint traces of blue/green she had put on her eyelids just for the occasion. ;)

The first thing you did was take her back to your Daddy's office to show her the new "WHOOMP" button (*WHOOMP there it is!!**) that you bought Daddy yesterday. She loved it!



Then we went to Mommy's room and went through all the dress up bins to see if Audrey found anything she liked. She opted for the glitter alien headbands. :)



Then you wanted to introduce her to the kitty cats!! :) She had apparently already heard all about Mimi!! Her Mommy Jennifer had even heard about Mimi! Maggie Moo said hello and ran off pretty quickly and Mimi did you proud by sticking to her reputation of hissing but not biting or scratching. You took a photo of Audrey and Mimi's first meeting. Audrey clearly adored her and desperately wanted to get to touch her, but kept her distance as you warned. :)



Then you showed her your favorite umbrella - the fancy one you told her was "made of paper" and held over her head for her.



Then you announced you were hungry and it was time to make pizza! Audrey and her Mommy had brought all the toppings! Audrey likes black olives on her pizza! You like ham and extra cheese. Mommy had pinepalle and ham and Daddy and Jennifer had mushrooms. You shared your step stool with Audrey and showed her how you do it - you made your pizza and her pizza for her.



Audrey doesn't look a thing like your Mommy - but we do seem to have one interest (other than you) in common:



We all sat at the big table and ate lunch. You both had milk in big boy/big girl cups. Audrey just ate the topping off her pizza while you ate all of your pizza.

After lunch, you chased her around the house (literally), played on big bed, in your playroom and did play dough. Then she spotted your jungle gym outside and and wanted to check it out.



After some time outside in the backyard - you two hit the couch while Daddy made muffins and Jennifer and Mommy talked at the kitchen table. Turns out Audrey likes PowerPUFF girls as much as you do AND you got to introduce her to PUCCA!



She didn't want her apple juice so you drank her sippy too. Finally, after seeing you both appear to want to doze off - I asked Audrey if she was ready to take a nap. She said yes and you said "she can sleep in my bed!" :) We decided it was time to end the play date (it last four hours!!) and promised we'd get you two together again soon!

You gave Audrey a pink trunk with Sunshine and a Share Carebear both, two tie dye pink t-shirts you and Mommy had made, a pink belt that used to be Mommys and a valentine's candy necklace. When it was time to go you told her, all on your own, "let me carry this for you, it might be a little heavy". Both Mommies swooned and I was sooo proud of you!



You got to the car and tried to open her car door for her. :)



Tonight at dinner you said you wanted to take her out to Abuelos next, your favorite mexican food place. You were concerned the queso might be too spicy for her but you wanted to take her anyway. I told you we'd make a dinner date soon.

What a day kiddo - so proud of you and your manners!!

Love,
Mommy :)