There's nothing quite like watching your child make a new friend, totally on their own. In the five or so weeks since Logan started preschool, we've watched his confidence increase so much. And part of this confidence, no doubt, has come from his new friendship. I've gone to pick Logan up at the end of the school day to find he and J laying on each other like puppies, snuggled up and listening to storytime.
Here's where it gets tricky. You can't just invite a child over to your house without first meeting their parent. I would never send my boys blindly to someone's house I didn't know or hadn't met (not even Dylan who is 7 1/2). So when the playdate requests started coming in from Logan, I emailed his mom and we met at the park one day last week. When you do this, you hope the mom is going to be cool, fun and laid back. It isn't always the case. Sometimes you get stuck with someone you have little in common with and you're counting the minutes until you can escape.
But this time I got lucky and we clicked, not only was she cool we also had some mutual friends ... So as the boys ran off to giggle and throw sticks into the creek, we bonded over tales of mommyhood. And J is a very sweet, enthusiastic kid with good manners, who shares and is just as silly as Logan.
This past week, we brought J home from school with us one day for lunch and playing. As the house filled with shrieks of "Oh my GOSH, you have THAT Wii game??!!!", we made cookies and Logan was in bliss for three hours.
I'm so thankful my boys seems to really know how to make friends and how to be a good friend themselves. Its one of the most important life skills you ever learn.
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