We had a bunch of very diminutive humans over this afternoon for a pumpkin decorating party. Maybe next year we'll hand the kids carving knives as soon as they enter the house, but this year it was all about stickers and markers.
Our house isn't huge, so even with eight toddlers it felt like everywhere you turned there was another one. Also, the fact that they never sat still gave the illusion that there were 80 or 90 of them.
We should've videotaped the whole thing and done a study on the group dynamics of toddlers. It's tough to describe here how they interact, or rather avoid interacting. They're definitely interested in one another, but the whole "Hello, I'm Lyla. Nice astronaut costume. What's your name?" skill set feels far off on the horizon somewhere. Instead there's a lot of parallel play, interrupted periodically by minor sharing-related disputes.
But it was fun and gave us a reason to gussy up our house. Lyla was a polite hostess and, again, an excellent bee.
And after everyone left, she put some stickers on the couch.
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