Play Doh, Respect and Chuck E. Cheese

I got a text this morning from my friend Mindy who has been job searching for a long time. She found a job! I am truly happy for her and at the same time I wanted to cry. I had so enjoyed hanging out with her a day a week or so. Maralyn and Maizie were playing great together. Some days it can get kinda lonely being an at home mom. I know that I have other friends to hang with but Mindy has always worked full time. So being able to spend this much time together was great. Oh, well. We just have to go back to lunches, evenings or weekends. Obviously my moping is not what is important. The most important thing is Mindy found a job! I am really happy for her. I will miss her and the kids though.

After lunch Maizie and I went over to Janeen's house. Maizie and Savonna played with playdoh. Savonna likes to eat playdoh. Every time Janeen would walk out of the room she would grab a little tiny glob of green play doh, lick it and pop it in her mouth. It was quite entertaining to watch. I tried to discourage her playdoh eating fun but she really did not seem to take my advice. The lure of the doh was too intense!

Once back home Maizie went back to playing her out of tune lap harp. I was in the kitchen when Maizie spells out my name.

Maizie:M. O. M.!!!!!!

Marla:(laughing) What?

Maizie:I DON'T think you will laugh when I tell you this.

Marla: (Silence...wondering what went wrong....immediately picturing my lap top wet again.)

Maizie: I didn't treat the harp respectfully.

I just love love love the way she spoke about not treating it respectfully. Too cute!

One of the strings had snapped. Maizie was so afraid of getting in trouble. Joe was able to fix it easily. Tonight when I went to take it to Brian's to be tuned she said, "I sure hope he does not lose it!"

Can you tell she loves the harp? Tonight when we got it back she went to bed with it. It sounds fantastic! Thank goodness for musically inclined friends.
Before dinner we needed some fun. The ongoing rain, cold and wind led us to want some play time. We went somewhere we never ever take Maizie. Maizie seemed up for the challenge. Chuck E. Cheese!

Luckily on a week night it was not too crowded. Maizie's eyes glazed over when we first arrived. Sitting down and drinking some sodas while she soaked in the atmosphere helped a bit. Once she got used to the noise and lights it was play time.

Every picture I took Maizie has the look of total concentration. Check out her blog for more photos from tonight. I had fun playing some of the games. The bouncy riding ones made both Joe I feel a little nauseous. Lordy, we must be getting older!

Okay, I could write more but I really need to focus on Nip/Tuck.