Playdate with Emily

Today, Nathan and I met Ashley and Emily at the Children's Museum for a playdate. Nathan had never been and was quite overwhelmed. While he is usually not at all clingy, he kept crawling up into my lap and burying his face into my neck or my shirt. I must admit I soaked it up! With some prompting, he did play and his motor skills were really tested.

He did lots of climbing on the blocks and even attempted to scale a set of small steps. He was chasing after Emily who was crawling everywhere!



He also like the Lego table and the train table. His preference was to hit the legos or trains together and listen to their noise. He also enjoyed chewing on them. Somewhere down the road, he'll learn to play with them, but for now, the experience was all the fun he needed.

He and Emily played in a tiny ball pit and of course Nathan loved this. Aren't they cute?

Lastly, we let the kids play in the sandbox. Nathan's not really experienced a lot of sand. The sand on the beach was too hot for him to really play in so this was new. He was cautious at first and then started to go after some toys. He quickly discovered that the sand was only about an inch deep and the bottom of the box was plywood (ouch on little scooting knees). That was the end of the sandbox for him. Emily on the other hand, really enjoyed herself!



It was great to hang out with Ashley and Emily and I loved Nathan interacting with a little one just a bit older. He tried to kiss her a time or two and was fascinated with the ribbons on her skirt. She was not at all fascinated by him and cried when he got too close! Her daddy will enjoy hearing that! Ashley, thanks for such a fun afternoon! We look forward to the next playdate with you guys!