Grace, Alice, Charles, Noah
Immediately after my day of flying I headed home, showered up, and headed back out with Alice and Charles in tow to see Laurie who was in town for a bit. She’s a very popular person and so Friday was the only evening available. Mom couldn’t attend because she had to go off to rescue Corwin from the bugs in time for his swim meet tomorrow. But that’s a whole different adventure Mom won’t be writing up.
We managed to make it to Laurie’s parents’ house within the specified time window, if just barely. The kids hit it off and disappeared in to the basement to play after dinner. Grace and Alice are fun because they’re just one month apart in age, almost exactly the same relationship of Laurie and me (even the same two birth months — that’s planning!). Charles was fine because he spends a lot of time playing with Alice so Grace was just a doubling of the fun.
The favorite toy was a book Grace had which folded out in to a 360° play house. Alice thought that was very cool. It’s also handy for traveling.
Because it was a special visit, I let the kids stay up until 10:30, but eventually I decided they need to get some sleep, even though they were still going strong. Although, on the way home, Charles remarked that he was very tired and was going straight to bed.
Do you know the name of the book that unfolds into a play house.
I sent an inquiry to Laurie, but you might check these out in the mean time —
Laurie says that it’s the Princess Palace listed above, also available here. The ISBN is 1405020768.