My Friend Mia

Coen’s best friend in town is Mia Schmoller. She is about five months younger than him, but recently they have gotten good at playing together. It’s not that they didn’t get along before, but they just didn’t really interact much. Now they get very excited to see each other, play together, and Mia cried the last time we left their house to go home.

Mia is very patient with Coen and doesn’t mind that he’s the bossy one. She’s a little more introverted, so she lets Coen do most of the talking to. However, when she has something to say she makes herself heard. They have many common interests, and the one about which they are most impassioned is watching Yo, Gabba Gabba.

It’s a freaky show.

Mia tried on Coen’s rain boots!

Watching Yo, Gabba Gabba

Still watching…Coen couldn’t look away.

The four of us (Katherine, Mia, Coen, and I) took a trip to the Sibley Park Zoo, a free park/farm zoo in Mankato. It was set up by a grant and you can see alpaca, peacocks, calves, goats, ponies, koi, ducks, chickens, and then play on the BEAUTIFUL playground.

Eating animal crackers while watching the animals

The playground was just right for Coen

Coen was very excited to see all the letters out there along with their signs

Coen and Mia resorted to crawling for a while

Slides!

This is Coen’s new favorite physical activity. He likes to swing on anything…between chairs, on drawers, playgrounds (which are appropriate for swinging), on me, on Justin, on chairs, on TVs, you get the idea

A great photo of Mia & Coen to end a very fun morning

…not to mention very good naps!