S first unsupervised playdate!

My little baby is growing up! S had her first unsupervised playdate today. By unsupervised I mean I wasn't there- the other mother was watching both the kids. We had all gone to the park together after school and the kids were cycling around/playing in the playground and I told S that we had to leave (I've got red eye and was feeling really tired and A was quite cranky) after a couple of hours. S said she wanted to continue.

So her friend's mom kindly volunteered to take S home with her so that she could continue playing with her friend there while I took A home and had an afternoon nap. I jumped at the chance. All the best to her managing two of them!

But it wasn't so bad. Firstly S is really comfortable with her friend and her friend's mom as we hang around every other day. Secondly her house is only about a 5 mins drive from my house so she knew that if she got tired/fussy they could call me and I would be there. And the weather was awesome and they have a lovely garden which extends into a meadow kind of place and the girls were happy running around there. So much so that S refused to come home when i had to pick her up!

Another first was me writing a letter to the police (yes you read that right) explaining that i had a parking permit valid for parking in a particular place and could they please consider reversing the fine they had levied on me. Really felt odd writing a letter to the police!