Play Date Results

Well, Gracie had her play date yesterday. I was lucky enough to be home for most of it, so I can report first hand on how it went.

Gracie was not a very good girl yesterday. I can't count the number of times she had to be spoken to about her screaming and yelling. Had Balin not been napping it wouldn't have been as bad, but he was and she managed to wake him up at least once. Her little friend, Rachel, barely made a sound. Unfortunately Gracie takes after me and ended up facing the wrath of Mom more than once.
I know the next time we plan one of these we will make sure Gracie gets plenty of rest. We had let her stay up until 10:00pm on Sunday and she ended up getting out of bed early Monday morning so she was running on less sleep than normal and that contributed to her behavior. Grace tends to get a bit wild when she is tired.

I think she had a good time with her friend though. They did craft projects (made necklaces and braclets), played dress up, played with the Barbies, watched a movie and built a fort in Grace's room. It is nice that she had someone to play with, but I have a feeling she tries to impress kids as well. As far as her being bossy, she had to be reminded to let Rachel make the decisions once or twice, but overall she did well.

She did get in big trouble at the end of the play date though when she was caught jumping on her bed for a third time. We don't allow her to jump on the furniture and she knows it. I really gave it to her after her friend had left and told her that if she acts up by jumping on the bed or not listening or talking back to mom this week while she is on spring break then she is not going to go on her girl scout camping trip in May. Hopefully that has an effect. I really don't want to deny her this trip, but I think to make an impact you have to do things like that once in awhile.

Overall though, this was a pretty good play date. We learned some things (and made sure Grace was in bed at 8:30 last night) and that is what is important.