The Dynamic Dumping Duo...

Last Thursday Maja invited her friends, Christine & Dashiell, over for a play date (which meant that I also got to see my friend, Steph). As usual, the three kids played great together... ok so there was a little bit of "Mine" and "Oh no" going on between Maja & Christine while Dash basically just sat there spitting up (his specialty), but that doesn't mean they didn't have a good time! :) But then, things took a turn for the worst when Christine & Maja got a bit peckish... who knew that Cheerios & raisins could make such a mess?!? First the Cheerios were dumped on the coffee table, then smashed into the coffee table, then pushed on to the floor, then walked on, with the occasional one being picked up and eaten (gross!). Then it was time for the raisins. As Stephanie & I tried our best to get all three kids on the couch for a picture, Christine thought she'd show Maja her latest game of dumping raisins everywhere! Here's a shot of Christine in action...
After the play date had ended and Maja went down for a nap, I started to rid the living room of Cheerio dust, ground in raisins and spit up. Then, just as I thought I was done, I spotted a Cheerio peeking out from under a couch cushion. Knowing that Cheerios don't ever travel alone, I pulled off all the cushions to see what other goodies were in hiding. Here's a shot of what I found...
Next time the kids eat outside! :) Anyhow, because the kids were all a bit cranky when we tried to pose them for a picture, the shots didn't turn out so great (maybe we'll try to take the picture when we first get together as opposed to the end of the play date next time). Here's the best one I had (I guess Christine didn't get the memo from Dash & Maja about sticking her tongue out for the picture)...
Then just before they left, Maja wanted to give Steph a hug to say thanks for bringing her buddies over to play with her...
On Saturday, Miss Maja had a very busy schedule. The day began as usual with breakfast, some playtime and then a nap. When Maja woke up from her nap, we quickly packed her up and headed off for a family photo shoot courtesy of Teta (a gift she gave us waaaay back in May 2006 when I was still pregnant and Maja was only known as "Baby Bav"). The photo shoot went well and we should be getting the pictures next week. Then after the photo shoot we headed back home, had some lunch with Bakica, then Maja napped again so she could rest up for the Bocce Ball Tournament we were attending at Doug & Anna's place in Mississauga. Here's a shot of Maja all dressed up for the tournament...
Then yesterday was basically a day of recovery... we went to church in the morning and then Maja got to spend pretty much the rest of the day with Daddy (thanks Marv!). Maja told me last night just before I tucked her in for the night that her favourite part of yesterday was when she and Daddy had a nice long visit at The Home Depot!