Clara Playdate

Hi again!

Today was a good day.
We had the pleasure of keeping Clara for what felt like most of the day -- and yet by the end was still not long enough. :)

Ella Rose and Clara love each other so much, they can play and rest and eat and read so peacefully with each other. They dressed up, pretended to go on an airplane ride and stay in a hotel, joked around about their pineapple juice ("Let's pretend we're drinking beer!" quipped Ella), and hugged "goodnight" when it was time for Clara to go down for a nap.

I have to say that Clara's presence really instilled a rhythm to the home that we have not seen all summer. Because she lunches around noon and then naps around 1pm, there was this automatic dividing of the day as well as obligatory down-time that really helped make the day flow so smoothly. Definitely something I miss from our childcare-swapping days! Memories~~

It even gave me the space to make dinner for the first time in what feels like forever, and we ate at the decent hour of 6pm - wow! It was a chicken stirfry over rice. Yum.

Unfortunately, Ella Rose was moody, sullen, and uncooperative during dinner...which I would attribute to the letdown following such a great time with her best friend. Shoot! >_<

Oh, well. Dash put her down for bed and it didn't seem like much of a struggle, so yay for that. Plus we'll be seeing her tomorrow and the day after, too! Ha!

Well...that's all I really have to say for today.
I love my life and all the little people who make it so great too!!

Until next time, take care and Happy Clara Playdates!!