Oh God?!

Yesterday Dylan had her good friend, Avery over for a playdate.  After hours of playing it was time to take Avery home.  The two girls were in the "back back" (as Dylan calls our 3rd row) singing "Starships" like a couple of teenagers when Dylan asks “Mom, how did the very first person get on the earth?”  I’m like “uh…. how do you think?” (really thinking where the heck did this come from? and how do I answer this one!)  “God, put the first person on the earth” D says very proudly and matter a factly.  Then launches into telling Avery “first it was God, then cave people, then dinosaurs…. and did you know New York was the very first city in the United States, then Seattle.  and at one point New York and Seattle were in a war but they worked it out and became friends.  It’s true.  I know all this because my friend Lila told me and she knows this for real.”  - I’m officially stupid, perhaps I should just throw in the towel now - or perhaps talk to Lila more as apparently she “knows everything but not as much as Genya (dylan’s teacher)” to quote Dylan.  Then D says “Hey Mom, turn up the stereo.  Avery this is the Dino 5, they play hip-hop - do you know the Dino 5?”  Avery says “No but I need to have it."

Georgetown Sandbox

Just got back from a super fun time at the Georgetown Sandbox - it's a giant indoor sandbox filled with tons of toys and kiddos! We met our good friends, Olive, Baby Clover, and Momma Kelly for a grand old sandy fun time. Pictures are a little blurry as someone was having so much fun she wasn't staying still for very long.

BFF's Together Again

Here's Dylan, Miles & Gia ~ the trio's back together! It's been a while but it was just like old times. Dylan loves Miles, Gia, and Momma G!

Oh Benny!

Dylan's got a new little friend! His name is Benny and they are joined at the hip! We met Benny and his mom, Magdalena, at Little Gym and they are both great. Whenever the kids are in class together that is all that matters - they run, chase, and tickle each other through out the hour. Here's a few pictures of our little play date we had a few weeks back. We hit up a fun little park near our house which had a field of flowers - the kids kept picking flowers and giving them to each other - very sweet!


Here they are cooking and sliding together!

AND a very sweet shot of Dylan letting Benny blow her 'wish flower'. They are very cute together.

Children's Museum With Miles And Gia

Here's a few photo's from our adventure to the Children's Museum with our BFF's, Miles and Gia. The kids had lots of fun running around and exploring. Here they are driving to their sailboat.

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Captain Gia runs a tight ship!

Miles and D are just kicking back and enjoying the open seas.

We discovered a whole section of the museum that we hadn't been to before - the grocery store, hardware store, AND the metro bus. Can't believe it was there this whole time and we've never seen it before. Well we all know how Dylan loves food so to have a whole grocery store including shopping carts, cashier station, and play food all to herself was out of this world F.U.N.!!! Here's a shot of Dylan and Miles behind the bakery counter trying out some of the pretend goodies.



After shopping we moved on to the building department. Here's Dylan getting into costume. Move over Bob the Builder we have a new tool time gal in town.


"This bus is in need of some repairs, and I've got just the tools to fix it."

Able to fix a metro bus with just one tool (and she figured out the right tool to use all on her own, guess she's been paying attention to her dad out in the garage).


Looks like Metro is up and running again - thanks Dylan!

Here's Miles and Gia working really hard on a project.

After all that playing it was time for some real grub. Thanks Miles, Gia, and Shannon for a super fun morning!

Fun Times With Olive

Fully taking advantage of the great fall weather we've been having we met up with our friend Olive and her mom Kelly for a little playdate at the park. The girls had a great time playing together. And the sunglasses - Dylan's choice, she really likes to wear them around.

Kiddo~palooza

Oh boy, what a day we had. Holy kidapalooza batman!!!! It was like an old re-union - Gia, Miles, and Avery came over for a playdate. It had been ages since we've all gotten together. It was great fun and the age difference between all the kiddo's seems to be reducing. They all had a great time pretend cooking, reading, playing, eating, playing, chasing Maggie, and playing some more. Good times were had by all - there was even a pacifier exchange.

Miles and Gia came over first. They were greeted at the door with a big smile from Dylan and then instantly whisked over to the coffee table for some pretend latte making fun - everyone got a cup and a spoon. Let's just say there were some mean fake lattes happening - mine was delicious.

"Hi Gia, wanna play?"

"Okay, let's make some lattes, the big people will love them."

"Okay so you stir and stir and stir...."

".... and stir...."

"You got it Gia."

"So now after stirring and mixing we sample our goods..."

Miles has moved on to the minnie Maggie dog.

Dylan is still sampling while Miles is making a phone call.

Now the game has turned to chase Maggie, although Maggie is trying to nap.

"Okay, now I'm going to push you Miles, in my really cool wagon. Hang on."

The girls at the snack bar refueling for the next adventure.

In enters Avery who is instantly handed a spoon. "Hello Avery and welcome to my house. We are play cooking, here's a spoon for you to join along."

Avery and his mom Fon.

Avery and Dylan having a dance break. They were grooving it big time.

Gia LOVED Dylan's rocking horse!

Avery getting into pretend cooking.

A precious moment between two friends.

Momma C and G hanging out together.

The farmer in the Dell, the farmer in the Dell....

Tube time.
"Come on Avery, it's fun."

"That's it! Nice job."

Awe, so much fun!

Dylan showing the gang all her hard work out in the garden.

Avery took to Maggie quite well - or was it the other way around.

Oh boy the freezer ~ so cold and so much fun.

Another precious moment between friends.

Thanks everyone for coming and playing - it was a super fun time.