Some confusion

Today was just full of so much confusion, and for the whole family too.

A friend of ours son's 5th birthday was today and we were invited to the party, but what to get the five year old who seems to have everything? Well we landed on a Nerf gun, actually a pair so he and his cousin wouldn't fight over them, and some monster truck matchbox cars. Not really sure but that was the end result, plus we couldn't stand there debating much longer or I think bean would have figured out how to convince daddy to buy her the Buzz Lightyear toy she was playing with. Keep in mind we're a week from her party.

Then we got to the party and as much as I wanted to try to mingle with everyone, there really wasn't anyone to mingle with. There were a whole ton of kids, some of which I'm not really sure who they belonged to since as far as I could tell all the adults were accounted for by the kids I recognized. But then came the hard part for little one. And that is really where all of this was going. How do you keep your kid from talking to everyone, but then at parties convince her that it's ok to play with the other kids?

Apparently Grandma and Poppy had the same problem with her last weekend and when they went to the beach there were lots of other kids that wanted to play with her, but she wanted to stick to herself and then because the other kids wouldn't stop trying to play with her, she wanted to go home.

Fortunately at the B-Day party there were kids she knew so she was willing to play with them, but the one little boy she didn't know came over, I think to show her how the power wheels worked, and she just started crying.

Now she's been in daycare so definitely had the socialization, and she's been able to warm up after a bit, but is this just a phase or what? I guess I just don't remember doing the whole super shy thing when I was little, then again I don't really remember 3. And in the same I don't want her to be all super shy for her party next weekend.