We Hung Out With People!

It's no secret that the girls haven't hung out with any of their friends outside of our circle. 

Mila had made a bunch of friends during her short few years at school and since the pandemic hit, we haven't been able to see them much.

No more sleepovers.

No more indoor playdates.

Now that the weather is breaking and Spring is on its way, we are able to get outside and actually SEE people.

Nora is a little girl who Mila met in first grade and they became fast friends. Their first grade teacher requested to put them together in second grade as well and they loved it.

We had sleepovers, playdates, you know, all the typical little girl things.

Then COVID.

We were able to go to Nora's birthday party since that was a ropes course outdoors - the kids wore masks but had a great time!

Then we had a random nice day in November and we had an outdoor playdate.

And FINALLY! It was warm enough to play outside for an afternoon.

We were invited to go to the park near our house to play on the playground and to hike to the small waterfall.

I fell in at one point and got soaked up past my ankles. I took my socks off and squished in my boots for over a mile. 

Spending time with kids their age was everything. They ran off and just played and talked and talked and talked. Luckily we've spent enough time with this family that it's not awkward to chat with the mom - lovely (SUPER SMART) lady who is a college professor and has some really cool stories. Like doing research on sea turtles laying eggs and since they lay eggs at night, she had to hike five miles to find them at midnight to do the research in another country and ended up dislocating her knee! Then had to hobble FIVE MILES back to wherever she could get help! LIKE WHAT? This family was supposed to move to Australia for a semester while she did more research, but due to COVID, that got postponed. What a cool job, right? 

ANYWAY.

Now that the weather is nicer and we can be outside (and people are getting vaccinated) we'll be able to do more of these playdates.