Playdate

Since before Simon was born, I have chatted online with some other Moms who have babies the same age. Most of them are dispersed across the US, but there are a few Canadians. Of course, with Canada being the size that it is, it was unlikely that any of us would ever meet. Well as luck would have it, one of the other Moms Melynda, has family in Ottawa so we got a chance to meet up and do a playdate with Simon and Ally (Alexandra). Alexandra is Simon's opposite - blue eyes, blond hair and so petite and she is a chatterbox (well Simon is too but she uses real English words!). We went to the Children's Museum and Simon got to show off all his favourite things from the last time that we were there. Melynda and I got a bit of a chance to talk but two 18-month olds are fast and they always went in opposite directions. We did get to chat later though when we went out for lunch and Simon and Ally both enjoyed the Tex Mex fare at the Lone Star. Melynda is set to give birth pretty darn soon so it will probably be awhile before she braves the trip with two children but we can't wait to meet up again.