Weekend of Girls!!

Collin seemed to have a great weekend spending it with friends each day.  Saturday afternoon, Ella and her sister, Scarlett, came over for a visit.  Scarlett slept most of the time....but that is OK since she is 7 weeks old and this was her first outing to a friend's house.  While the mommies talked in the living room, the kids played either in the living room area or in Collin's playroom. Ella and Collin had a great time playing together or at least playing in the same room together.  They seemed like they were having a great time playing.  In a little over an hour, it's amazing how much damage two kids can make.  This is what Collin's playroom looked like when it was time for Ella to leave.  Yes, those are books on the floor.  Three of the four shelves where empty and the contents were all over the floor. 

When it was time to leave, Ella was so sweet and told Collin, "I really miss you" and gave him a big hug.  He was still busy playing and did not hug back until we were all outside and she was in the car ready to leave. 

Today, Collin went to Meghna's birthday party.  She is one of his favorite classmates so I knew he would really want to go.  We went to one of the local pottery places.  The kids got to choose what pottery piece they wanted to pant.  Collin picked out the alligator and quickly started painting it.....with both hands.  He switched back and forth but mainly used his left hand....and did a great job.  After painting, pizza was served and then the kids sang "Happy Birthday" to Meghna.  Just as with other parties, Collin did want a piece of the cake but wanted me to cut off the icing because he did not want to eat it.  No, I cannot leave it on the plate either.  He wants it away from his cake.  He looked at the cake and said, "Hmmmmm....chocolate!"  What happened to his favorite..."banilla"?  We stayed for a few minutes so he could visit with his school friends.  We will have to wait to see what his alligator looks like because we had to leave it to dry.  Meghna will bring it to school later once it's dry and fired in the kiln. 

Later this afternoon after his nap (oh yes, a two hour nap), he was helping me clean the house.  He found a small, white hard piece of something.  He looked at me and told me, "Mommy, I found a dinosaur tooth.  Look at it.  See, it's a tooth".  He must have been thinking about all of the animal teeth we have been reading about in his books and then the teeth he painted today on his alligator.