Blythe and Ginsey

Yesterday after day care, Blythe's friend Ginsey from next-door came over to play. Immediately they went up to Blythe's room to change into the princess clothes. Actually, apparently one outfit is "princess" and the other is "Barbie". Ginsey is 9 months older than Blythe, but she is quite small so Blythe towers over her. See here:

They've been friends since before Blythe could walk, which always amazed me back then (when Ginsey was WAY older) since Blythe was basically about Ethan's age now. Since Ginsey is older, she's usually the boss or the one that decides what they will do. We always say Ginsey is the brains of the operation and Blythe is the brawn.

So Ginsey the brains decided they would play hide and seek. Blythe still doesn't quite get the game. When we yell, "where are you?", she doesn't stay quiet or giggle softly. She yells back "I'm in the office!" But Ginsey helped her out and they actually found a couple of good hiding places. Then we switched roles and Braden hid while they tried to find him. They would count to 10 and then ask, "Braden - are you ready?" One time he didn't answer (since he was so close) and they just sat there waiting for him to respond. I finally told them he was ready so they could go find him.

It's so nice now that Blythe can play nicely with her friends. Used to be she was so excited when they came over, but she had such a hard time with sharing that they would just end up fighting a lot. Finally she is starting to share pretty well (except for with Ethan - I'm guessing there will be no sharing for quite some time there).