Just Hanging Out
On Sunday, July 9th Miss M & I hung out for the first time. I picked her up at her house and we headed back to my house to spend a lovely summery afternoon.
On my way to pick Miss M up, I stopped and picked up some summer essentials. A big box of sidewalk chalk (multi colored WITH fun book!), some bubbles and of course, ice cream bars.
Miss M. was just finishing up lunch when I got there with her Mom. We sat on the front steps. They ate and we all chatted. It was sort of a good way to ease into things I think.
When Miss M was finished with her lunch, we headed to my car. Her Mother asked me if I had air bags...why yes, I do! Little did I know that Miss M should then ride in the backseat because she is tiny and air bags can be bad...well, yeah, duh I knew THAT but I just didn't think about it! Something I'm sure to start thinking about more and more now that I'm hanging out with an 8-year-old.
We headed over to my house -easily chatting away. She was excited to see where I lived, so I drove past the front of the house and then back into the alley to park in the garage. The first thing she noticed was that we have two RED CARS! Yes, Steve & I have *nearly* matching red cars (although his Toyota red is a bit different but very close to my Ford red).
We entered the house through the back door. "Your house is BIG" she said...which um, it's not...at all. It's sort of like a dollhouse, but I'm sure to a child who lives in an apartment with two siblings and a Mom it seems big. "Your house is CLEAN" she said...again, well, sort of. I did try to clean up before she came over. She was happy to explore the house and I gave her a tour of the downstairs.
Then I asked her if she would like to....and I pulled out the sidewalk chalks. "Yeah!" We headed out to the front of the house and began to design art on the sidewalk. Something I have not done in AGES. I drew flowers and a sky and she drew a tree with a tree swing. Then she drew pictures of her & I each with a kite (shaped like a cat) wearing matching blue dresses. Very sweet. Our last project was to fill in an entire sidewalk square and sign our artwork. It was a blast.
We also blew bubbles and ran around the yard chasing them. Well, okay - I blew and she ran for the most part. We had lemonade and talked away. We sat in the yard and tried to get the cats to join us (they wouldn't - a little child-shy). We took goofy pictures on PhotoBooth and ate ice cream bars. It was a very pleasant afternoon.
I feel like I haven't PLAYED like that in ages.
At the end of our time together, she didn't want to leave. That made me happy as I feel like on some level I have succeeded. I was mostly nervous about our first time together and it went well...I think we're off to a good start.
On my way to pick Miss M up, I stopped and picked up some summer essentials. A big box of sidewalk chalk (multi colored WITH fun book!), some bubbles and of course, ice cream bars.
Miss M. was just finishing up lunch when I got there with her Mom. We sat on the front steps. They ate and we all chatted. It was sort of a good way to ease into things I think.
When Miss M was finished with her lunch, we headed to my car. Her Mother asked me if I had air bags...why yes, I do! Little did I know that Miss M should then ride in the backseat because she is tiny and air bags can be bad...well, yeah, duh I knew THAT but I just didn't think about it! Something I'm sure to start thinking about more and more now that I'm hanging out with an 8-year-old.
We headed over to my house -easily chatting away. She was excited to see where I lived, so I drove past the front of the house and then back into the alley to park in the garage. The first thing she noticed was that we have two RED CARS! Yes, Steve & I have *nearly* matching red cars (although his Toyota red is a bit different but very close to my Ford red).
We entered the house through the back door. "Your house is BIG" she said...which um, it's not...at all. It's sort of like a dollhouse, but I'm sure to a child who lives in an apartment with two siblings and a Mom it seems big. "Your house is CLEAN" she said...again, well, sort of. I did try to clean up before she came over. She was happy to explore the house and I gave her a tour of the downstairs.
Then I asked her if she would like to....and I pulled out the sidewalk chalks. "Yeah!" We headed out to the front of the house and began to design art on the sidewalk. Something I have not done in AGES. I drew flowers and a sky and she drew a tree with a tree swing. Then she drew pictures of her & I each with a kite (shaped like a cat) wearing matching blue dresses. Very sweet. Our last project was to fill in an entire sidewalk square and sign our artwork. It was a blast.
We also blew bubbles and ran around the yard chasing them. Well, okay - I blew and she ran for the most part. We had lemonade and talked away. We sat in the yard and tried to get the cats to join us (they wouldn't - a little child-shy). We took goofy pictures on PhotoBooth and ate ice cream bars. It was a very pleasant afternoon.
I feel like I haven't PLAYED like that in ages.
At the end of our time together, she didn't want to leave. That made me happy as I feel like on some level I have succeeded. I was mostly nervous about our first time together and it went well...I think we're off to a good start.
posted by carrster | 7:11 PM
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Omigosh you are SO making a difference in this childs life! You rock.
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