Anyway, Alice's very favorite friend since school began is a little girl in her class by the name of Zoe. Alice, especially at the start of the school year, would come home and talk of nothing but Zoe and how the two of them did this, that, and the other that day. Needless to say she was at the top of Alice's guest list when she had her birthday party! Anyway, today Alice went over to Zoe's house for the first time for a much needed afternoon of play with someone her own age. Izzy and I stayed this time to make sure that Alice would be ok (of course she was) and I think we all ended up having a good time! Zoe has a little brother who is about a year older than Izzy, so the two of them got along well while the two big girls went off and did their own thing (this is Alice's most favorite thing about having friends over or going to their house - playing in their rooms. Probably because we don't do much of that at all here at home).
The afternoon was filled with lots of chatter from everyone, all of the children participated in dress up, and Zoe and her Mom even made special butterfly cupcakes for the occasion. Need I tell you that Alice was in heaven and REALLY didn't want to leave when it came time? I think she'll be doing a lot more of that after the holidays. I know both Alice and Zoe really enjoyed their special friend time!
And I enjoyed doing something different for a change, and Zoe's mom is just as sweet as she can be. I also really enjoyed how well both of them napped when we got home!
Tomorrow I plan on finishing Kay's present so it can be shipped off to her (now that her Daddy's present FINALLY arrived in the mail I've got a fire under my butt to get it done)! There is absolutely NO WAY I'm going out tomorrow to get my last Christmas gift. That will just have to wait until Monday.
