Last Thursday was a VERY exciting day in our little home. You see, Michael and I had been keeping a BIG secret from our kiddies.
I will start at the beginning. For a while now Emily and Jasper have been forming a lovely friendship with a two gorgeous little girls, Zali and Poppy, from QLD. They chat almost daily via skype and emails, exchange gifts and have SO much in common but have never met in real life. When the girls lovely Mum, Hailey, contacted me to say they were coming to Sydney, could we surprise Emily and Jasper, we jumped at the chance.
This is where the white lie had to come in. I told the kids I was getting a special visitor for my work that they wanted to take photos of us, hence the house needed to be perfect (as possible) and we all needed to be dressed in our favourite clothes. Thankfully the kids chipped in and by Thursday we were all ready for our visitors - only the kids didn't know who was really arriving through our front door.
Lunch time arrived and I had butterflies in my tummy because I was so excited that our guests would be here soon. The kids and I were watching out the front window and when we did see a car arrive, and after a few minutes of confusion, the kids finally realised who was here. I was expecting screams of excitement, but my noisy kids were speechless. They just kept looking at me and wondering if it was really real! Here is Emily and Zali's first meeting. So cute!!
It didn't take too long for the shock to wear off, and the kids were busily chatting and having a great time together. Of course I followed them around with a camera, I wasn't going to let this special day pass without LOTS of photos. I took these ones at the beginning of the meeting, aren't these just the cutest faces.
(Jasper, Emily, Zali, Poppy)
Here is Emily and Zali sitting on Emily's bed.
And Jasper and Poppy together too.
After some chatting and a tour of the kids rooms, it was time for the Blythe dolls to meet. Emily and Jasper were SO very excited that Zali and Poppy had brought all of their Blythe dolls with them. They put all of the Blythe dolls together on Emily's bed for a photo. There sure were a LOT.
They then brought all of the Blythe dolls together to meet my three girls and of course a photo shoot was in order! I think they all look so gorgeous together too!
We shared a yummy lunch together, then headed outside for some more fun and photo taking. Firstly, the kids posed with their Blythe dolls.
Then the suggestion was made for some jumping photos. It took quite a few shots and a LOT of laughing to capture a shot with everyone jumping at the same time. It was SO funny.
I then took the two big girls off for some photos together. Finding such a special friend in Zali has been such a blessing in Emily's life. She loves having such a special friend and someone who totally 'gets' her too. We all just wish we lived closer to each other.
The kids then decided they wanted to do a little dancing, crazy kids that they are. This is one of the shots I captured of them dancing - too funny!
I love that these kiddies could have SO much fun, even without music to entertain them. We took some more photos, because this was such a special day and none of us wanted it to end.
We headed back indoors and the kids decided they wanted to do some drawing together. They had a lot of fun doing some combined funny drawings too.
I think this gorgeous little face summed up the afternoon. They had SO much fun together.
The time for the girls to leave arrived WAY too quickly, and the kids did all they could to squeeze as much time together as possible. They then decided some sad face photos were in order, because they really didn't want their special day to end.
The time did arrive where the girls and their lovely Dad Andrew had to leave and head back to their Mum in Sydney. We loved meeting Andrew and the girls SO SO much and really look forward to meeting their Mum Hailey next time too (Hailey was filming a TV commercial so couldn't join us this time).
Emily and Jasper ran up the road waving and saying goodbye till they ran out of puff. They arrived back home with HUGE smiles on their faces and happily told me it was one of the best days of their life. YAY, our mission was accomplished and it was a very successful surprise.
If you would like to read about this special day in the kids words, head on over to Emily's blog and Zali's blog for a look. It is so fun to read about the day from their perspective too. It really was a wonderful day and we are super grateful for special friends. xx Janelle
