Stella’s Play Date

I take Stella to a bigger park on Thursdays. It is further away but there are more things for Stella to do there. We used to take the Mountain Buggy but now that she is 4 (and a bit) years old, she is quite able to walk the distance herself. We still take the Mountain Buggy if she has not been feeling too well.

We met another nanny with her young charge early this year. The little boy, Lachlan, is a few months younger than Stella and they played very well together. They too live further away from this playground. This friendly nanny suggested that we meet up on Thursdays so that the children could play together. I dutifully asked for permission and got it. Stella was over the moon. The two would normally play for about an hour.

As nannies, we spent our working days talking to ‘little people’. It is a fresh change to be able to talk to another adult. Lachlan’s nanny is older than me but we always have a lot to talk about. This doesn’t mean that we neglect the children. We still make sure that they don’t get into trouble and help them when they need it.

Recently Stella went to the bakery at the village with her mum. She spotted Lachlan with his mum. Confident as ever, she went over to greet him. He was surprised and gasped, “It’s you again!” He must have been surprised to see her at a bakery rather than the playground. According to her mum, that was a unique moment because she had not seen Stella’s special friend from the playground before, and didn’t know that they had such a good friendship. The women apparently introduced themselves and exchanged phone numbers. Lachlan’s mum said that she was trying to check through the faces she had in her head of Lachlan’s classmates. She was pretty sure that she has not seen Stella before. Of course she hasn’t. They don’t go to the same kindergarten.