Gracen had a wonderful time with her friends at her birthday party and has talked about having friends over to play every day since. So with my little lady’s wishes tugging at my heartstrings and our beautiful Vancouver weather continuing into September, I decided to host our first ever {outdoor} messy play date.
It’s been something Gracen’s been anticipating all week, and yesterday, she helped me pick out and put together our snacks, sensory bins, and art stations, and today we had four of her little friends over to play in the backyard. It was morning of ‘treats’, friends, hugs, and getting dirty, which suited Gracen just perfectly.
Though I tried to take photos during the play date, attempting to drink a hot coffee, engage and supervise a handful of one and two year olds, and visit with fellow mommies at the same time ended up being quite a lot on its own. Afterwards, however, once all of our friends had departed and Miss G was tucked in her crib for her nap, I couldn’t help but smile at the piles of mess all around me. Mostly eaten snacks, well played with sensory bins, almost empty juice cups, dried up paint, and little white plaster footprints across our backyard pad… All signs filled bellies, happy babies, and old-fashioned messy play.
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Looks like so much fun!
It was a great time! Messy and just slightly chaotic… :)
What were those yummy looking snacks?
They’re cheddar crisps (https://mamapapabubba.com/2012/03/21/cheddar-crisps/), my homemade version of fishy crackers (https://mamapapabubba.com/2012/04/29/homemade-cheddar-crackers/), and energy bites (https://mamapapabubba.com/2012/05/08/nutrient-packed-energy-bites/). :)
I bet that was a lot of fun