Play dates

This week we enjoyed two play dates with friends from Emily's class. We tread a fine line here. I truly believe that friendships will help ease our path and that time spent together outside of school is a great way to solidify them. On the other hand, school itself exhausts these girls and when we play too long after school the day often ends in tears. So we try to balance our busy afternoons with lots of down time at home. 

This sight makes me very happy. In this case the younger sister is two years younger than Tess but the two of them still hit it off. I asked Tess who she'd like to have over and she teared up and requested two friends from her old preschool. She'll make friends. I know it. For now we'll focus on getting her to actually eat her lunch.