And He Waits

Recently my kids had an overnight stay at a friend's house while my husband and I were out of town.  Overnight stays are few & far between so this was an exciting event for them.  All week they informed me how they were going to stay up until midnight.  I gently told them they would go to bed when their hosts told them they needed to go to bed.   And besides, I didn't think they (one in particular) would be staying up too late anyhow since they were, what I would consider, an early bird and not a night owl.  My son got a bit prickery when I said this and quickly added that he could stay up until midnight.

When I picked them up the following day and found out they were up talking until 11pm I knew I had better take it easy with these tired little puppies.  My plan was to get them to take a nap before a birthday party/BBQ we had later that day.  I tried to enforce a 30 minute quiet period in their beds in the hopes that they would doze off but they kept whispering and telling me they were hungry.  After the 30 minutes and still no sleep, they dragged themselves to the kitchen counter awaiting their snack.  As I served them a sandwich Brandon groggily asked me how long his playdate was with S.  I told him 22 hours.  His reply, "22 hours is not long enough to play with S.".  I told him he was in luck because S would be at the birthday party later that day but that she would be arriving later than us.

As I watched him pacing the yard during the first half hour of the party, he finally came up to me and asked how much longer until S arrived. I replied that she should be there any minute and that if he wanted to he could go out front and watch for her.  This is how I found him 15 minutes later...

These two have a special friendship that is a joy to watch and be around.  It all started at just 8 months old when S's mother and I watched as the two of them crawled around at a newly formed playgroup, bumped into one another and then scurried off to one corner of the room where S generously fed Brandon crackers.

They have been friends ever since.