Entourage

A certain little someone has developed an entourage!  Yesterday, while Ben was hard at work breaking every rule ever made, Molly and her friends choreographed a dance for Maeve's entertainment.

 

 

 

Then while Maeve napped this afternoon, they planned a party for her.  They made a sign with her name on it, and went around the neighborhood collecting flower petals (some with permission, some without - oops!) 

 

When Maeve woke up, there were six neighbor kids waiting to take her for a walk.  Here are Kayden and Sela ready for their turn at the wheel.

 

 

 

Here is the celebrity, groggy from a two hour siesta, but ready for her chariot.

 

 

 

 

The flower petals were strewn down the sidewalk in front of her as she was walked.

Molly and Avery were her dedicated flower girls.

 

 

 

 

 

 Here's the whole crew...

 

L to R: Sela, Gianna, Avery, Vince, Kaden (peeking from behind Vince), Chelsea, and Molly

 

 

In this day and age of organized, supervised activities, where many kids never get time to actually PLAY, I was so tickled to see these kids acting like my friends and I did at their age.   My best friend Dianne and I used to wait outside on the porch of our neighbors the Josselin's house every afternoon because Mrs. Josselin would let us feed baby Amy her lunch.  I'm pretty sure we stalked their house for an entire summer, begging to hold Amy, feed her, walk her, change her, etc.

 

One of my biggest hopes in having a baby so much younger than her sibs, is that they'll be able to tap into their maternal and paternal sides so that when they think of their future, family is an important part of their dreams.   Not some theoretical ideal of "Yeah, I want a kid someday, doesn't everyone?", but a real, visceral need to love a child (or children!) of their own because they remember how magical it is to love and be loved by a sweet little baby like Maeve.