A Playdate

Today Alex had his first play date with a new friend. He has really bonded with a 5-year old girl called Victoria from his class and the two of them had been plotting to get together outside school for a while. Once her mom and I figured out what was going on, we set something up. Their first play date was to be at our house. I picked up the kids from school around 3:30 and they were both incredibly excited. Their teachers said that they had talked about this all day. Once we got all bundled up, we started to walk home. The kids were so giddy that they literally jumped and bounced around and at some point started running as fas as they could.

I had to walk pretty fast to be able to keep up with them! Once we got home, they started to play immediately and they were just lovely together. They "dressed up" as firefighters and had all sorts of other imaginary scenarios. I'm not sure what this was about, but at some point they took over my bedroom and Alex's Winnie the Poo got locked in a box while Alex looked through a kaleidoscope. It all made sense to them. (You can also see Alex in his beloved boy tights!)

They never fought, there were no tears or disagreements. It was great. Around 6pm Victoria's mom and her sister came by to pick her up and I think we have already made plans to get them together again next week. As he was falling asleep tonight, Alex asked me if he can marry Victoria when they get bigger. Seems a little early to make plans, but if it's true love, why not?