Loving Playdates!

We had a fun day today! The moms group came over today with the kiddos for a playdate. This was great timing because we needed to switch things up in this place. The morning started with a 7am wake up which is always good. Dylan woke up sweet and smiley; he was ready for friends. Ava always wakes up smiley so we are set for a great day! :) Dylan helped me finish up the cleaning of the house so we'd be ready for the onslaught. :)

I put Ava down for a nap at 9:30am so she would get some sleep before playtime. The group began arriving at 10am with all the kiddos and yummy snacks. Perfect timing. It was so nice beginning a Friday with our friends. Five mommies came over with about two kids each. One mommy has three and one mommy is preggo with #2. All of us have a 2/3 year old as well as a baby under a year old. It was a busy, noisy and fun place to be. That is if you like that kind of thing.;) All of us mommies agreed that we needed this playdate not only for our kids, but for us too.

Dylan and his friend Camden come from the "hockey" families. So, Dylan was really excited to have a friend to practice with.

Ava's friend, Ethan, is about 2 weeks older. They were playing together, but I missed it. Shucks!

I was in the middle of taking pictures when I heard the howls of unrest. It was about 12:30pm, which is getting close to nap time, meaning the kids were getting tired. I meant to get more of the group. Oh well, maybe next time.

Our morning playdate really set the tone for the rest of our day. Both Ava and Dylan went down for a great nap at the same time! I got to read on the couch and relax. How wonderful is that?! They both woke up smiley so we hit up frozen yogurt for a late snack. Then the kiddos decided to play nicely together. HUGE!

I know you can't tell in this picture, but Ava is walking! She takes between 5-10 steps now before landing on her booty. Yay Ava!

So...all in all, today was a good one. I think that we need to schedule playdates every Friday. By the end of the week, us moms are tired and we need to work together. :) Thank you mommies for all the fun and happy kids!