Friends for Tea

 
With spring break in full swing, Syd and I have had a couple of activity-free weeks and I was hoping to plan some playdates and have friends over to reconnect and have some great visits.  After cancelling several last week with everyone being sick, I was thrilled to have our friends Tracy and Alexis over this morning to play.

Alexis arrived at the door with a gift for Sydney.  It really couldn't have been a more perfect gift, it is the Melissa and Doug Shape, Model and Mold set.  This very cool Playdough accessory kit includes three different rolling pins, a cutting wheel and Playdough stamps along with some little containers of Playdough.  Sydney is so into Playdough, she plays with it everyday, quite literally!  She and Alexis had fun playing with this set this morning!

It was lovely to catch up with Tracy and hear all about what's new with her!  The girls had a great time playing in the playroom, I am loving that we have a dedicated space for playdates!

The weather today was insane, it literally did everything from full on sunshine to huge amounts of hail to snow.  Sydney has been begging me to go on the swings at the park for days on end and it's never worked out, so today after our playdate, we walked up to the park to play for a while. 

Sydney and I have a tradition most Wednesdays of watching the latest episode of "19 Kids and Counting" that our PVR recorded on Tuesday evening.  We usually make a bag of popcorn in the microwave and share it while watching our show but today I decided that we'd kick it old school and pulled out the old hot air popcorn popper.

This beauty was a high school graduation gift.  At the time, it seemed like a bit of a strange gift, but let me tell you, it has gotten it's share of use over the past twenty years as you can tell from the totally warped and melted top!  Sydney loves pouring the kernels in and standing on a chair high enough to see the kernels pop and fall into the bowl.  Such simple pleasures!

Syd decided to eat her dinner al fresco tonight, she bundled up in her jacket and hat and sat on the back stairs to dine, too cute!

Everyday should be this perfect, a visit with friends, fresh air and time at the park, a special moment together on the couch and dinner outdoors.  Gotta love this life!