Zoo Day • 02.01.09
The Girls kept busy this weekend. It started Friday night with a My Little Pony movie extravaganza. Zana gave the girls a dvd of the MLPs and once Piper found out it existed there was not stopping it from finding its way into the player. Missy had let her watch it earlier in the week as well but I think that was only a taste, or at least a wetting of the appetite. Interestingly enough Piper has only been recently interested in the ponies. We picked her up a few, along with a small barn and accessories, but until she watched the movies about each pony I don’t think there was any real understanding with what they were – Princesses – Pony Princesses!!! Now, after making the connection, she is all about them. All of the sudden toys long dead in the play room have a new purpose.
Saturday was an early start as we went over to the Thompson’s for another playdate. This time though we got to see Ansley and her new sister Calli as well, a rare treat for the girls indeed. I know Piper enjoyed the company because she talked about it for the remainder of the day once we left post lunch (thanks Zana!!!). Her and Whitley get along great and have seen much of each other recently but playing with Ansley outside of school is rare and it was good to see the three of them hang out and have fun. There was even a time when the three of them went up stairs and played in Whitley’s room – amazingly there seemed to be no conflict, no musical dress swapping and no real drama to speak of. The other three, Riley, Violet, and Calli played downstairs with each other. It is fun to watch as they are significantly different in age and the interaction varies from actual playing, to tug of war over something, to chasing, to wrestling, to trying to do what the older girls are doing, wash-rinse-repeat.
