Public schools are off today - I think it's a teacher work day - so, of course, the neighbor girls have been coming over early and often. The first time the doorbell rang Cole was still in him pjs, and he just yelled "We're not coming out to play!" through the closed door. I suggested it might be a little more polite to open the door and tell them he wasn't ready to play yet.

Bullying issues aside, I think Cole is wishing he had a little boy in the neighborhood to play with so he could have more quality time with the games and play that really interest him. They started out great playing a type of baseball game, but then the girls decided they wanted to do something else and Cole was left wanting something else, too. So he came inside where we decided to play Monopoly Junior. Playing a board game is easier said than done with a two-year-old who wants to use the game pieces as a demolition derby. So I suggested we play Monopoly online, which we did until Ella wanted to click away on that game. Back to the actual board game. All in all, that didn't last long.

Then I suggested we make playdough. That turned out to be a big hit with all of them except now Ella is extremely cranky. I think she wants all of the playdough - Accalia has orange, Cole blue, Ella red - and it's not appeasing her to just have a little bit of each color from the other kids. Actually, I think she just needs a nap at this point.

Tylan's awake now so I need to change a diaper. Then it's back to cleaning up, I guess.