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This morning, Dave went to practice alone, as Brandon was still coughing. Dave didn’t want to spread his germs to his teammates and wanted him to rest. That didn’t stop other kids from showing up sick and coughing all over the place. I had some errands to run, wanting to pick up fruit for our guests at Peyton’s playdate. We went to Costco, and got there 5 minutes before opening. The line was like Disneyland! We stood in the back, all the way down the ramp, and the kids asked what we were doing. I told them that the store wasn’t opened yet, and that we had to wait our turn. We got in and out in about 30 minutes, and then headed to TJ’s for stuff for the week. We got home by 11 am, and I sent Peyton to “rest”. I didn’t want drama at the playdate, so I wanted her to nap if she was able. At least be quiet. Dave came home from his coffee and tofu run. Brandon was banished to his room to not spread his germs to us. Peyton came down about an hour later, looking like she’d slept (her hair was all messed up). I’d closed her door, so I’m not sure if she did or not. We practiced piano, and then we headed out. We arrived just as Neha, Sammy, and Sandeep arrived. We walked in together, and Misha was SOOO happy! We took a tour of her new house, and she showed the girls her room. We were going to get ready for lunch when Sydney arrived with Natalie! Perfect timing. With all four girls together, they ate lunch, starting in the house, and ending on the patio outside. Peyton had no problems warming up, playing nicely with the other girls. She knew she had to finish her lunch before going in the pool. After lunch, it was time to let the food settle, so they were coloring and playing with balloons, trying to blow them up. They were drawing on them too after the adults tied them off. Finally, it was time to get in the pool. These girls have been together for so many years, they have no reservations changing in front of each other, going potty with one another in the bathroom (yes, I told Peyton to go wash her hands, and she went in while Sydney was there on the toilet already!). They all changed their clothes and headed into the pool. I was dressed for the pool, but I didn’t see any other parent changing or getting in, so I sat with them, and kept my eye on the pool. The shallow end is 3.5 feet deep, and Vishwa told the girls to not cross the line to the 8.5 feet deep area. There was a rope separating the shallow and deep ends, but the shallow area did gradually slope toward the line. Misha can barely stand on her tippy toes in that area, meaning Peyton would have problems, since she is a tad shorter than her. They did a good job listening and stayed on the correct side. They dived for rings, flipped, and jumped from the side. They even posed for a picture, kind of. Sona was saying how cute it would be to re-enact the photo 10 years from now. Vishwa commented that they would not all fit in the step as they did now 🙂   Drew and Joel came after Drew’s nap, while Bora arrived after work.

Sydney got too cold and came out of the pool, while Misha, Neha and Peyton took turns jumping from the diving board.  Each girl got 2 jumps.  I stood poolside in case I needed to jump in and save Peyton, and Vishwa asked the girls to jump closer to the side to make things easier.  I was a little uneasy about it, but Peyton floated up and swam to the side.  She swam the length of the pool back to the shallow end before the next girl was able to jump.  For her second jump, she did a perfect cannonball.  Sandeep even called it out from across the pool.  When she surfaced, she said, “Mommy, I did a bomb!”  She crossed the line safely before Neha did her last jump.  She’s able to go almost all the way to the bottom!  After being in the water for over an hour, Peyton did finally come out on her own.  I wrapped her up, and after she ate two cuties, she agreed to change her clothes.  After changing, she went back outside and had ice cream with the girls.  Bora brought cotton candy ice cream from BR in addition to vanilla.  Cotton candy is pink and purple; I’d never seen it before!  When asked if anyone wants vanilla, NONE of the girls responded.  I did try some, and it did taste like cotton candy!  After the ice cream, the girls played a little bit, while the parents helped clean up the kitchen.  We said thank you and goodbye to our guests.  I had to pry Peyton away, but she came eventually without tears as Neha was leaving with her family. I told Peyton she could come back for another playdate if she left with me when I asked.  Sona was surprised how quickly Peyton listened, but she hadn’t heard my “talk” with Peyton.  On our 2 minute drive home, I asked Peyton if she enjoyed having Misha at her school.  Her response was, “NO!”  I had to clarify.  I asked her, “Is it because she is not in your class?  Or that you don’t see her yet (since they don’t have lunch yet, they don’t have a chance to see each other as they are on opposite playgrounds for recess)?”  She said, “YES!”  Phew…I had her shower up, and then she was ready for bed by 6 pm.  I knew she’d sleep well.  Dave had dinner all ready for the kids, and he wanted them to sleep ASAP as he had football AND baseball to watch.  I left them around 615 pm to head to dinner myself.  I was having dinner with Julie, Michelle, Bonnie, Thuy and Theresa tonight! It’s an early birthday party, and I was excited for the get-together, since we never see each other all together at work.  Julie got there first, and I saw her walk into the restaurant.  Michelle and Bonnie arrived together next, and then Thuy followed by Theresa.  We started with apps and drinks (Julie and I split one, so I’d be able to get home okay).  The filo brie and calamari were yummy! We ate, drank and enjoyed each other’s company.  We wrapped up with two desserts, which paired perfectly – hazelnut, chocolate layer cake and a huge peanut butter bon bon.  As we headed out, we caught the score to the baseball game.  It made me NOT want to go home. It made me want to have another drink at the bar…17-0!!  Ugh…I did go home, and shared some paella with Dave.  He was already giddy, but he did show me the highlights of the football game.  1 out of 2 isn’t bad!

Here are the pictures from our playdate…hopefully Bonnie’s picture came out of our group at dinner!  Thanks, Bonnie, for always having a camera on hand…

also some video of them all jumping in…i wasn’t fast enough to get a photo…so I video’d it. ONE (random jumping).  TWO (coordinated).
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