22 September 2010

A return to 33C and poor air quality. We met Lydia and Mia, and also their mates Nicole and daughter Camille, for a playdate at Hon Shiba. We congregated in the conveniently placed Starbucks, where Emily and Mia spent much of the time escaping into the car showroom attached, which had a Rody playpit and lots of model cars on sale. Lydia has expanded a lot in the 3 weeks since I last saw her, but she is not due for a month yet.

For an hour and a half the three girls played nicely, first in the pools and then digging up soil in the beds nearby.

They were more playing alongside than together, I suppose, but seemed happy enough. Emily and Mia were really sweet holding hands as we walked away to go home.

After her lunch I let Emily watch a bit of TV while I ate my low-fat one, and she picked out Mr Benn, which I bought ages ago and she seemed unimpressed by on first viewing. This time she loved it and sat transfixed. I am so pleased she likes my old childhood favourite; for a forty year-old it has aged well, really, and I enjoyed watching too. Then we had a craft session, with glue and lots of paper to stick on. We had created quite a gallery after she had finished. The highlight, though, was her unassisted attempt at a letter 'E', which we have been trying to encourage the last week or two.