All this week C has half days of school while A has full ones, so he is taking the opportunity to have friends over as much as possible to take advantage of his sister-free state. Today he and his friend did a play for me, Harvey Cantor and the Sorcerer’s Lizard, which involved dueling with (unsharpened) pencils and a riddle contest. I had to try and keep a straight face through the entire production, it was just so cute.
The part that amused me the most, however, was watching C and this particular friend interact. Unlike many of his other frequent guests, this particular child is as happy to compromise as C, and their conversations go something like this:
Friend K: “So I thought we could do it something like this, what do you think?”
C: “Oh! Great idea! But how about instead of doing it like that, we do it like this and then that?”
Friend K: “Yeah! And then we could do xy and z as well!”
C: “YES!”
The final result? They spent the entire three hours planning and complimenting each other and then scurried about to actual produce a play that bore no resemblance to the hours of discussion ahead of time. At the end of the day? “It was the BEST. DAY. EVER.”
Friend K is welcome anytime. And I am not just saying that because I got three loads of laundry folded while waiting for the production to commence.
Oh, wonderful. If only ever child could find a friend who fits so well!
Sounds like the perfect friend. I hope they have a very long lived friendship.