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Email a FriendPosted by Therese on Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 12:13 PM (EDT):
luckies!!!
Guess Who Came to Dinner?
Hooray for the Beans getting to meet Arwen and her family!
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:02 PM
Camilla and Gabby share a smile
This morning, Daniel got out of his bed, came downstairs, and squinted at me.
“Where are my friends?” he asked.
He was disappointed when I told him that Arwen and Bryan, Camilla and Blaise left last night.
We were so excited when Arwen emailed earlier this week to let us know she and her family would be coming to New Hampshire and had some time they could spend with us. They stopped by yesterday afternoon and stayed for dinner, and it was all totally FUN. I’m so glad to have made this real-life connection with people I have known and loved online for years.
For those of you blog readers who crave “inside information” here are the deets:
** Camilla is adorably shy—just like my 3-year-old—but warmed up nicely when Gabby introduced her to her Pretty Pony collection. While chatting the two found that they have lots in common. They both like pink and purple, for example. Coincidence!
** Blaise is a 100% boy who enjoyed playing cars and trucks. He also found every ball (and every object that even resembled a ball) in the house and yard. And he is ridiculously smoochable.
** Arwen and Bryan are one of those joyful, super-sweet, loving couples you think might only exist in fairy tales, but they are the real deal. They are doting parents and just plain fun (and funny) to hang out with. I had a blast talking and hanging out in my kitchen with them, and my big kids did too.
** Oh, and Bryan does dishes. And fills ice trays. And sings his baby to sleep. And Arwen is a disciplined but “cool mom” who doesn’t freak out about kids missing naps or eating chips and drinking soda while on vacation.
If ever the Moshers are in your neighborhood for an afternoon, I really recommend them. They are a ton of fun. Daniel is already talking about the “next time” they come visit, and I hope it will be soon.
Blaise’s head, the race track.
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Posted by Claire on Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 12:36 PM (EDT):
I’m glad you had so much fun! I guess I’m not very cool, because naps are a big priority at our house (mainly because without his nap my son will be a beast and no one will have fun). But I’m with you on the chips! I have no problem with him eating chips on special occasions. It’s not like he eats them every day. And he certainly needs the calories more than I do!
Posted by Arwen Mosher on Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 7:55 PM (EDT):
Claire, I’m sure you’re very cool! I’m normally as nap-strict as they come. I need those couple hours a day when Blaise is sleeping almost as much as he does! But on vacation it’s easy for me to be relaxed about it, because my husband is around all the time. He’s a baby-whisperer and can get Blaise to take a nap pretty much anytime, anywhere. Which he did at the Bean house yesterday. So when he’s around, I can afford to be relaxed about naps!
Posted by Kate Wicker @ Momopoly on Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 8:50 PM (EDT):
When is everyone coming Down South to play? 
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