Fun with Friends

On the last Friday before school ended Sofia went to her friends house for a playdate while I brought Ali to gymnastics.  After gymnastics we headed home and changed and went over to our friends house to meet up with Sofia and hang out for a BBQ.  Our friends live right down the road from us so it didn't take any time to get there and they are very laid back so we had a relaxing time chatting with our friends while the kids played.  Sofia had a couple injuries from the blow up water slide but she didn't seem bothered by them and kept playing.  Ali joined in the fun as well.  It is nice to be at an age where we don't have to worry about what the kids are doing every second and it is nice to have good friends around for us to hang out with.  Having moved here a year ago it was a concern but one I can now put aside as we have made some good friends.  We stayed until after it was dark and sat around the fire pit roasting marshmallows.  I snapped this picture (not the best quality) of Sofia sitting with her friends by the fire listening to her friend Kiki tell a ghost story.  It struck me as another stage in her growing up...the beginning of her solo friend time without mom.  She is getting so big!