Playing with Ben

One of Katherine's BFF's is Ben. His family has a lot going on right now. They put their house on the market and were surprised to sell it really fast. They close this week while his dad is on a youth beach trip and his mom is taking a 1 week class at seminary. So, they were hurrying to pack things up. We invited Ben to spend the day with us at the last minute. It is always a lot of fun.

As the kids get older the differences between boys and girls and how they play get more apparent. You see that Katherine is always dressed as a princess. Ben wore his bike gloves the entire day. While painting you can see the difference.

No matter who comes over to play, Katherine directs them to play dress up. I am trying to accumulate some boy dress up clothes but Ben had to settle for fairy wings, a flower bracelet and Fancy Nancy shoes to go with his bike gloves. You can see that Katherine has had a wardrobe change as well.

I let them play outside unattended and found that they spilled bubbles and then played in the sandbox. They were very dirty. I was not sure if I had hit the age where they should stop taking baths together (what do you all think) so I just let them play in the sprinklers to clean off.

They had a ball and both took nice naps.