I hosted a potluck/playdate at my home today with friends in my neighborhood. My friend Jessica usually hosts these get-togethers but she is now in FL with her family while her husband is out to sea. In the meantime I thought it would be nice to host at potluck at my place so we could all continue to see each other. I made my favorite butternut squash soup, foccacia bread pizza, a mac and cheese casserole and a salad. My friend Crystal made delicious cheesecake brownies (I was ordered by Andrew to save some for him) Allison brought an apple cake and Jean brought a quiche. Altogether there were six kids including Sydney and they had a blast playing with Sydney's toys. At first when everyone arrived Sydney stayed back in the TV room and wanted me to stay with her. I told her we had to be with our guests and that she could stay back but mom was going to talk to everyone. Then as the kids started to play she felt more comfortable and started to play too. She and Gabrielle played with wooden puzzles while the boys enjoyed played with Sydney's kitchen. 
The potlucks are have been from 12-2 which Sydney has a hard time staying up for because she is usually asleep by 1:00. We're normally the first ones to leave when she begins to get tired. Today she started crying when she was eating her lunch (which was later than usual) and she spilled some soup on her dress. She doesn't wear dresses often and was very excited to wear the knitted dress that her grandma got her for Christmas. When I got her dressed this morning she ran around her room for several minutes excited that she was in a dress. So when she got it dirty, poor thing, she stared at it crying. I cleaned her up but she couldn't calm down. Andrew had come home by then since he was done with teaching so he put her down for nap. Well she was tired but not ready for a nap because everyone was at the party without her. I heard her cry from her room so I brought her back down. She was happy and went straight to playing with the kids. Everyone had a good time!
The potlucks are have been from 12-2 which Sydney has a hard time staying up for because she is usually asleep by 1:00. We're normally the first ones to leave when she begins to get tired. Today she started crying when she was eating her lunch (which was later than usual) and she spilled some soup on her dress. She doesn't wear dresses often and was very excited to wear the knitted dress that her grandma got her for Christmas. When I got her dressed this morning she ran around her room for several minutes excited that she was in a dress. So when she got it dirty, poor thing, she stared at it crying. I cleaned her up but she couldn't calm down. Andrew had come home by then since he was done with teaching so he put her down for nap. Well she was tired but not ready for a nap because everyone was at the party without her. I heard her cry from her room so I brought her back down. She was happy and went straight to playing with the kids. Everyone had a good time!
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