Single friends and your child
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- February
- 15
My dearest friend, who I’ve known since ninth grade, is coming to visit this weekend. She’s bringing her Chihuahua, Sabrina, which will make her a very welcome guest indeed to Pumpkin.
I know we’ll enjoy just relaxing and talking, but, somehow, I feel like I should plan an activity, too. The question is: What’s likely to be fun for a very young toddler and a single woman without kids? (And who therefore might be a little less inclined to spend the day on the floor playing with toys.)
I don’t want to give the impression that my friend doesn’t like children. She is a wonderful aunt to her niece and nephew. She has also been terrific with Pumpkin the three times they’ve been together before. (This photo was taken just a month after Pumpkin’s due date.)
But it’s going to be a very cold weekend and we’ll be indoors, so I thought maybe a project would be fun. But I’m not sure what would work for everyone. If Pumpkin were older, there would be options like beading or baking, but as it is, we pretty much are still at the blocks stage.
What about you other moms and dads? What kinds of activities do you plan when you hang out with friends and your kids?
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on Thursday, February 15th, 2007 at 8:58 pm by Julie Moran Alterio.
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honestly. its your friend you haven’t seen in a long time. find something that will occupy pumpkin so you can spend time with your friend. if she wants to interact with pumpkin more then great. Or you could have agrown up tea party and let pumpkin join in. a little bit. ;-]
But you do need adult time.
I’m with Steve. If this is a friend who you don’t often get to spend time with, by all means, spend some alone, adult time with her. Moms need to connect with their friends and this sounds like a perfect weekend to do that. See a show, take a long walk, find a place to have a lengthy afternoon tea…just spend time with your friend. And then, when you return home, connecting witih Pumpkin and your friend will be welcome and easy. And you won’t have to plan any activities – you’ll just be happy to have your friend AND your daughter.
Thanks Steve and Gayle,
This seems so obvious in hindsight. We do have to give ourselves time for friendships—without our kids sometimes. Maybe we’ll even go get a drink Saturday night (without husband or kids—how wild an idea is that!).
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