Neighbor's little girl...

ceecee31

...has been coming over every day since Saturday.  She's a nice little girl and she and DD get along great.  She's 6 and DD is 2.  They play "school" or sit outside on the back yard and play with our dog.  Fine...but I'm starting to think this "coming over every day" thing is gonna be a problem.  Her parents have come and brought her home but only twice.  The other days we had to "send" her home.  And today, when I pulled up with DD from school she was outside playing and was knocking on the door within 5 minutes of us being here.  

I have no problem with her coming over but having her here is starting to be too much.  I'm looking for a nice way to tell her to come over another time without hurting her feelings.  But I have a suspicion that even if I say it in the nicest way possible, she'll still walk away with her feelings hurt.  I mean, she's only 6 years old!  Should I talk with her parents? And how can I bring it up to them without making it sound like "Why are you OK with letting your daughter stay here all evening?"  They're great neighbors and I don't want to offend anyone and more importantly, I don't want to hurt the little girl.  Thoughts? 

kada626

That would be too much for me too. The next time she comes over, I would just tell her that you guys need a break from playing today & to come over another time.

Pesky

When she knocks, I would just nicely tell the little girl that "I'm so sorry, honey, but it's not a good time now and we need to get some stuff done.  Maybe we'll see you tomorrow/over the weekend!"  I've had to do that.

clp1027

Pesky:

When she knocks, I would just nicely tell the little girl that "I'm so sorry, honey, but it's not a good time now and we need to get some stuff done.  Maybe we'll see you tomorrow/over the weekend!"  I've had to do that.

Ditto this. Our 5 year old neighbor knocks on my door all day looking for DS#1. He starts knocking well before school is even out and DS#1 doesn't really want to play with him anyway. I usually tell him DS is doing homework or chores, but I guess that wouldn't work with a 2 year old. Maybe tell her DD is getting ready to nap.

dmblack

I would personally talk to the parents.  We have an agreement with one of our neighbors (who our kids love to play together) that if their garage or our garage is open....or we are playing outside that the kids are open for play.  Maybe you can work something out with the parents.