Last week we headed to Moraga to visit one of mama's "Chinese Sisters". Mimi and I have been talking for years about getting these children together. We arrived around 10:00 am on a Thursday and stayed until 4:20. Eva, Eli, Mikko and Markus got along famously by the end of the day. We almost stayed for dinner but I got scared by the thought of traffic. Moraga is only 37 miles away but with bad traffic it could take 2 hours.
As with most introductions, the meeting started out slowly, a lot of running to mom's for reassurance. They finally played outside on the back patio and found a rhythm. We took them to a lovely city playground. It was a very hot day and the children did not want to be in the full sun. They did have success playing the the shaded sandy volley ball court. We then had a nice lunch at a local Chinese restaurant. Considering we had two mothers with 4 children ranging from 4.5 to 1.5 years of age, we did pretty well. Eva was in heaven as Mimi ordered a beef noodle dish! We then went back to the house where I introduced Mimi to the concept of "Quiet Time. " Markus is a little young but Mikko adjusted well to room-time. Of course the room looked just like ours at the end of the period - a MESS.
After fun climbing up the hill, playing the long soft grass, it as time to go to many protested from the children - especially Eva. We promised the children we'll have a sleep over weekend this summer.
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