Scout’s best bud in preschool is Riley. They have clicked from day one. The excitement level for Scout to return to preschool was palpable on both sides. So when I picked him up the other day, and Scout was REALLY somber, I asked why. The conversation was this:
M - “Hey Handsome, what’s wrong?”
S - “There is nothing to play with at school.”
M - “Sure there is — there is a ton of stuff to play with.”
S - “Nothing fun.”
M - “Well, then it is up to you to use your imagination to make it fun….what did you end up doing?”
S - “Miss Dianne gave Riley and me permission to play puppet show and nobody would watch.”
M - “That isn’t a big deal — you should watch Riley, and he should watch you.”
—massive pause—-
S - “And then when we were cleaning up, we fought over the things.”
Oh — now I get it.
M - “You and Riley got in a fight?”
S - “Yeah.” (In a super sad voice)
M - “Well, what do you think we could do to make it better?”
S - “I don’t know…what do you think?”
M - “Why don’t we figure out something to take over to Riley at his house and you could just say you were sad you guys got mad at each other, and that you are glad he is such a good friend.”
S - “Yeah — maybe I could give him that dinosaur drink we have at the store.”
(The store he has to use his CTR bucks to buy from.)
So we went home, and after I gave him a discount, he bought his good bud a dinosaur sippy cup. We took it over the next morning, and they were tight as thieves within seconds.
And it is a good things — because these two were made for each other!
Because pear smiles –
…aren’t quite as cute solo.
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