We had a three-day weekend this week with MLK day so Jamie's BFF Will came over for the day. Now, time was having Jamie and Will together was an exercise in crowd control in miniature, because unless directed in some very defined way they could spin out of control fairly quickly. But suddenly, big boys of 6 and 5 that they are, they just disappear and play nicely for hours. By great good fortune there was a the day before and it's become quite warm. So Will arrived at about 9 and immediately announced he wanted to go outside and Jamie and Connor followed. We then watched in amazement as they stayed outside for the next 5 1/2 hours almost completely without a break. The real miracle was that not once did we have to tell anybody to include Connor, be nice to Connor, not to hurl any kind of projectiles at Connor. This was a nice change from the last time we hosted a play date when there were actually two friends plus Connor and Jamie. The only way I could keep them from turning on Connor was to put them all on a team against me in freeze-tag. This actually turned out to be a great exercise in team-building but 2 hours of it is exhausting. For me of course. They were fine.
Of all of Jamie's friends Will is by far the sweetest with Connor and as a result Connor thinks Will is his best friend too. It's a little heartbreaking because he never quite understands when Jamie goes over to Will's why he doesn't get to go to. When the doo opens and Jamie runs in, Connor just follows, only to be told that no, he can't stay. Whenever we ask if he wants to invite a friend over he just says "Will." He clearly has some buddies in his own classroom (in fact Sarah spotted a little girl kissing him repeatedly while they were waiting outside to be picked up yesterday) but Will is just cooler I guess.
Connor and Jamie's relationship continues to evolve. They are often at odds over toys and Connor's tendency to want to copy and repeat everything Jamie does and says it's true, but more and more they have a great time together. Jamie can be really sweet and supportive of Connor. When he's in the right mood, if Connor reads something or does something well he'll say so genuinely, "Way to go bunny!!!" He's even starting saying, "Connor you're a genius!!"
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