Firsts: girls day/play date

i have a mom.

she has a best friend.

the best friend has a daughter.

that daughter is like a little sister to me.

the 4 of us:

me-i, me, mom-mom, bff-lois, lil sis-erin

we have, over the years, had girls' days.

a day when the four of us spend some time together.

shopping, going out to lunch or dinner, Centre Island...

there was a break in years and then we finally went to see my brother's comedy show, at the Herongate.

then a few more years have passed.

this past saturday we got together again.

and my little girl came for her first ever girls' day.

it was a great day.

Christmas shopping in Barrie.

dakota and i drove south.

mom, lois and erin drove north.  

and we met.

hopefully we won't wait too long for the next girls day

Dakota had fun, and i'd say she was centre of attention, and loving it.

if saturday was Dakota's day...

Sunday was my little boy's day.

a lovely lady who is in our small group Bible study is actually grandma to Elijah's best school friend.

his friend, C, has a birthday this month.

grandma had a family birthday gathering and since C is the youngest she wanted him to have a friend to play with.

Elijah got the invite.

yesterday at noon Dan drove Elijah over to C's grandma's house.

Elijah didn't want daddy to leave, but we had discussed it already.

Dan was to be allowed to leave, with no tears from Elijah.

there were no tears.. thankfully.

Elijah had so much fun that he didn't want to leave when i went to pick him up.

this was Elijah's first play date with a friend he hadn't known since birth.

with a house full of people he didn't really know.

but C is his best friend and i think that he didn't care who else was around.

next weekend is C's birthday party at his mom's.

Elijah has asked that i stay with him for that.

i can do that if he needs me to.

he is still only 5.  

and a shy 5.

i don't expect him to be completely comfortable all the time, but i am so glad he is starting to be independent.

tired and cranky when he came home.

so we watched The Lorax and ate spaghetti and caesar salad.

the kids had a big weekend.

i'm tired.

dan's tired.

but it was a good weekend, lots of good memories, 

and seeing how our kids have grown up just a little more.