A Date with Neely

A couple of weekends ago, Paige and Cason spent the night with Lily.  Neely isn't quite old enough for sleepovers yet, but is old enough to be upset about not getting to go.  So we treated her to dinner at Burger King, where she could play.  That did the trick.

Sometimes those places are stressful for me, but this was a good experience.  The other kids were a little older than her, but there weren't too many and they were nice kids.  She made a few friends and it was really cool to sit and watch her in that environment without her siblings around.  Reed slept the whole time, so Jess and I just talked and watched her play.

Then we went home and cuddled up for a movie.

We got to sleep in and had a nice lazy morning.

Neely just kept on being fun to watch.  She got herself ready, backpack and all, and when we needed to go to the store, she insisted on bringing her puppies in a tupperware bin's lid with Reed's washcloths as blankets.

 Taking her on that little date made me realize she's one of the big kids now.  We need to start taking her out on little dates for some one-on-one time now that she's not the baby anymore.  She's been so sweet about that too, when she needs some attention she just asks me to cuddle her "wif two hands", but will settle for a cuddle "wif one hand" when I'm already holding Reed.