meeting a new friend

Makayla had her first playdate (at home) today and met a new friend named Zoi!

We first enjoyed a little healthy snack of bananas, grapes, Japanese rice crackers and Zoi introduced Mak to raisins! (it was harder than anything she's had before so Mak didn't like it as much...yeah, hard to believe that there's actually something she doesn't like to eat) Then we headed over to the living room to play. It took a little while for the girls to warm up to each other...they didn't even have eye contact until 15 min after they first met. Well, the next hour or two consisted of the two girls playing in the same place, occasionally with the same toys but not really playing with each other...until a few minutes before Zoi was about to leave...

Susan (Zoi's mom) and I (Heidi) decided to take some photos of them. It was nearly impossible to keep them close enough to fit in the frame, facing the same direction, smiling (or at least not crying). Finally, we put them behind the keyboard...and the two seemed to have finally found a common interest to share.

Mak & Zoi had a good time making music and dancing together! Thanks for coming over and playing with us, Zoi and Susan! Can't wait to play with you again soon!