Tuesday

 We got together with some new friends from church.  We'd seen each other's families at church in passing but then on Monday, we got chatting at the McDonald's playplace and decided to hang out on Tuesday!  Us Moms had a great time chatting and Samuel, Philip and Alex (6) really played well together.  Sophia and Andrew (also 3-a month younger than Sophia) bounded through their house and the indoor play ground all afternoon, hand in hand often, just chatty and exuberant.  Sophia took no time to warm up to her friend.  They hit it off right away and tore off through the house to try on old Halloween costumes, even playing outside with Andrew after we went in a while.  This was so nice to have her feeling comfortable and not shy. When she hurt her knee at the play ground (very minor!) Andrew was concerned and came to get me!  Such a sweet little boy!

Here, she and Andrew are putting the bag of ice from our sack lunch on eachother (and us!).

 When we got home, we had a couple hours before 4-H, so I bribed the kids with pop-ice if they would play in the pool!  It worked!  They were crazy for over an hour out there and even ate their dinner out there while Jess and I enjoyed a quiet meal!