Georgina's House

We went to an impromptu Play date scheduled through facebook of all places, at Georgina's house last week.
Georgina is from one of my Mom's groups, and I attended a Mom's Night In at her place a few months back. It was so much fun, and I had a chance to really bond with the other mom's.Georgina's little girls are older, I think around 3 and 5. Many of the kids in attendance were "bigger" She lives kinda far away in Fremont. But the gang was going to all be there, the group of mom's is a lot of fun, and the timing was right, so we drove down to see everyone. It was in fact the first time a few of them would be meeting Holly.Here is Holly playing with Mady, Teresa's little one.. I can't believe she is already 6 months old. Holly loves babies! She is hanging out with Benny, Mady's older brother here, he is about 20 months old now. He is such a sweetheart. Georgina's house is huge, there is so much room to run around and play and a ton of really cool toys. Holly was ready to get into everything.

And of course, as is her style, she wanted to be in the middle of all the action, checking out what the older boys were doing. I didn't actually get as much of a chance to chat and talk with the other mom's as I would have liked. I had to spend a lot of time Holly Wrangling.Holly was getting into everything, and since some of the kids were 3ish, they weren't quite old enough to be super careful around a "baby" This is understandable, because she acts like a toddler, technically she is, but compared to a 3 year old, she still can get knocked down pretty easy, Not an issue when there is one of them, but when there are like 4 of them, she is out numbered.

She also still wants to put everything in her mouth, so I have to watch her close. We still had fun though, even if it was a little overwhelming at times. Kids at 2 and 3 can really have a lot of energy, they are just faster at destroying things, then at Holly's age.Holly has so much fun with Hoola Hoops, she saw the older kids using them, and likes to make them spin and make cool wave formations.The little girls were much more subdued then the boys, much of the time, they colored, painted, did art, had Popsicles, and were really good about watching out for Holly.Here are Georgina's two girls and two of the other kids all taking a breather for a cool snack.Holly loved playing with this vtech laptop, and I will have to get her one. At first she imitated Mommy opening and closing it and pounding on the keyboard, and found herself a cool table and seat.But then I turned it on and she was fascinated, when she hit the keys there was a talking animation on the screen and that was so cool!Here she is hanging with the little guys, Peirce is about 8 months old I think, he has an older brother Aidan, who was somewhere running around.And little Mady took a little stretching break on the play mat when the older kids were off in the back room playing a game.Holly was so fascinated with her, and thought it was a new "doll". Here are Holly and Benny looking for trouble and trying to get into closed rooms.But they found something to distract themselves with easily enough. Holly got along with Benny really well, he wasn't too wild yet, and they are close in size so he can't quite trample her.There was also all kinds of yummy mommy and kid friendly snacks to eat. So we tried a few new things.Holly actually nibbled on some mini pizza's, but mostly at the goldfish and some cheese and crackers. There were even chicken Nuggets, but she was still too little for those, but Momma had a few.I even gave her a bite of my lemon tart, which she kinda liked. And there was fruit, which I let her nibble but she didn't really eat. And a juice box, which she of course got all over herself.In Holly's world, everything is an opportunity to play and explore. I love these liquid filled blocks, they are so colorful.We hung out for a few hours, relaxing and playing, and then it was time to go. We had a great time, and it was so amazingly wonderful for Georgina to host all of us at her place. We can't wait till next time.