Daisy makes the big girls crazy. Bree, Eliza, Iris, and Fiona get together in groups of two or three usually, and oftentimes I let Maeve go with.
Oftentimes it doesn't go well.
If they play outside, there's a chance. Playgrounds, sidewalks, pools, walks to the park--those have a better success rate. But inside Eliza's house? She wanders downstairs to chat with Gretchen and Nick, use the bathroom, sing...and then go back upstairs and wreak havoc with whatever the older girls have started. I figure similar things happen at Bree's house. She's 5 (almost 6). The older girls are 9 and 10. It's just too big a difference still.
But I always offer to call Joy and see if Bonnie Dee can play and this is often met with "BUT I WANT TO PLAY WITH THE BIG GIRLS!" It's hard to be little and it's hard to be in the middle. Things could be going better for Daisy, over all. School is kicking her rear, she's not on the top of the heap socially at school any longer, Leo is taking time away from me and Jake, and Fiona has all sorts of privileges she just can't have yet.
Bonnie Dee is in the same boat: two older brothers and a younger brother and just started kindergarten. I need to guide her in that direction more. They could kvetch about their dang families and what a mess everything is.
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Poor little thing! :(
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