What was I thinking? first time one of ds's schoolfriends is coming round...

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they are both 4. i invited him at his birthday party last week. never done the whole friends to play thing before, never had friends round to my house when i was little. what do i do with them?

thanks.

Got the same thing happening here tomorrow.

DS is 3.8.

He has spent this evening before going to bed making sure all his favourite toys were at the top of his toy box for them to fight play with

Only worry if it goes quiet.

lol, have decided to put away all of his more expensive toys (such as the 20yo millenium falcon) and just keep out the ones which are more robust.

Am hoping that the weather will be nice enough for them to trash play in the garden instead!!

When DD has friends round I leave them to it; I did right from the start when they were 4. If nice weather they went outside if they wanted; else bedroom and playroom - where possible I like the living room clear of children durng playdates as my sanctuary

I used to check in every so often and would intervene if it was needed, but minor squabbles left them to deal with.

I didn't do anything organised apart from maybe facilitating some craft by getting stuff out or having them do pizza toppings for lunch/tea.

For me, part of reason for having playdates is for DD to be entertained wihout me having to join in

ah hulababy, am liking that thought...

Have something on stand by, like painting or craft or a game outside.
If this is new to both of them, there is a good chance they'll not know what to do themselves and stand there umming and ahhing.

well, if weathers nice might get out ds's slide and rocker.

Agree with hullababy about playdates there for entertaining DS (and even better the return play date when I get to go shopping!!!)

At age 4 I would have kept more of a watchful eye - often to put my head in and suggest 'why don't you play with your castles' 'why don't you play with your dinosaurs' etc etc but in general I have never needed to provide entertainment.

I did once do a 'make a pizza for lunch' entertainment for one child which I thought they'd enjoy but the child was horrified at getting his hands squidgy in the dough and announced that 'in his house we buy the pizza's ready made'. I didn't bother again!!

lol applepudding. ds is very excited about it. wants to know if B is here yet.

How did it go?

they didnt turn up. i was v annoyed and ds was heartbroken. i had to say that B was ill