Visit from an "old" friend

We were lucky to get a visit from one of Emily's oldest friends last weekend - Sam!  Sam and Emily were in daycare together at Carolina Kids Academy from the time Emily was about 7 months old until she was about 3 when we moved Emily to Primrose.  We stayed in touch with Sam and his parents, Joy and Phil, having many family date nights and many play dates while we were still living in NC. 

So we were thrilled a few weeks ago when Joy dropped me a line to let me know they would be in WV.  We immediately made plans to get together.  They came and stayed with us for two days - even new baby Molly got to come for the visit!  We let Sam and Emily spend some time just playing end enjoying their time together.  Then on Sunday afternoon we all went to the Clay Center.  As is usually the case, the ball pit was the favored attraction.  At the end two fun days of play, Sam and Emily even got to have a real slumber party.  Sam got to sleep on Emily's blow up bed and Emily slept in her bed.  They had such a wonderful time and it was great for Emily and her old friend to reconnect.

What I will always remember about Sam and Emily's friendship is that when we moved from NC last summer, we had one last play date with Sam. When playtime was over, Emily hugged Sam and said "Goodbye my prince."