#play-group

Since the weather is kind of horrible, we have made up our minds and are off for play-group again. It's just bad as it is quite a bit to walk, but since the girls enjoy it so much...it is kind of worth it.

Tomorrow is yet another play-group event. This time it's not only for a few hours. They are open from 10:00-17:00 so it is an all day event. It is a Carnival so the girls will dress up in their Princess costumes, and I have even promised them make up. 

We will get both lunch and dinner at the playgroup so I don't have to prepare anything for tomorrow. That is great...I definitively need a break from the pots and pans. Even though I love to cook, I have to say that I am starting to get sick and tired of constantly being forced to cook. The act of cooking is simple, but it is just having to come up with all those "child safe" suggestions that is killing me...everyday cooking is dull!

I would rather that they dressed up as something else, but I have not bothered buying a new costume for them. So what we have will do for now. I have to admit that I am not overjoyed with the "girly girly" stuff. I do try to stay away from pink as a color...and if I go for pink it will definitively not be the pale pink. Rather a strong color of pink. Before I had the girls, I promised myself that I would never call them Princesses...why is it that everyone tend to call girls for Princesses. Do all little girls wish to be just that? I have to admit that I HAVE called them Princesses on a few occasions...

I prefer to call them:

mice

tornadoes

monkeys

We have not attended play-group since the beginning of the summer, and the girls were so happy to be back. Loads of new children to play with, and heaps of toys. They didn't even want to leave...even though they were "dog tired".

Did a little bit of shopping on our way home, and when the girls woke up from their afternoon nap, we went over to our next door neighbor's. I had a huge pot of dinner for the kids that I brought along. The girls ate really well for a change, and that is making the mummy-heart really happy. 

We finished off the meal with ice-cream, raspberries, blueberries and grapes. 

It is really fun to see how much fun and how they interact with other children now. They have always enjoyed the company of other kids, but they are not just playing next to each other anymore. They have started to interact and play games together.

Mathias from next door is 3 weeks younger then the girls. He has always been a big lad. He is a bundle of fun, and the girls have known him since they were around 7 months. So they see him as one of their best friends, and they are so comfortable around his mum, Wenddy. So they are really enjoying their time with them. 

They were not too hungry when we got back home. I made them yet another tortilla with cheese, salsa and sausages for their evening snack. They had the cheese and sausages, but left the rest. So we finished the meal with a yoghurt packed with hulled oats. So hopefully that will last them through the night.

Leah woke up last night around 12:30pm, and stated that she was hungry. Since that is something I have never heard from her before, I let her come into the living-room to have a bowl of today's dinner. I though she was just playing tricks on me, but she actually had quite a lot. But I hope that it doesn't establish as a habit. I still can't really understand why she was hungry as she had pasta with read- and green- pesto for her evening snack. She also had two eggs and quite a bit of fruit. But since she ate well, I do think that she was not "just" playing tricks with me. 

Do any of you have experience with children waking up during the night stating that they are hungry? If so; how do you deal with it?

We woke up late today...the kids woke me up jumping and having loads of fun in their own beds. 

Our plan was to head to playgroup today with our next door neighbor and her son, Mathias. But since we got up this late, we will not get there in time so that it will be worth it. They are currently enjoying a special treat for breakfast.

I got the idea from a recipe I found online last night. It is so simple to make, and both girls are over the moon. 

I used:

1 tortilla

A few spoonfuls of salsa

Loads of cheese

I folded the tortilla in half and "fried" it in the frying-pan until the cheese was totally melted. 

They are both in "pizza-heaven" right now. All I can hear is their sounds of pure bliss.