Buddies

Max and I ran some errands this morning and then stopped off at a park to play. There was only one little kid there with his grandma, so Max immediately latched on to him and they were off to play together! They went up and down the slide, on the swings, and ran miles and miles around a soccer field! The little boy's grandma asked for our number to plan to meet up at the park again sometime. Max is very excited about his new friend, Darnell.

In the car on the way home, we talked about what a nice friend Darnell is. I thought Max might say something about his new friend being a different race, since he hasn't had the opportunity to play with many kids that look different than him.

Instead, he said, "Darnell and I have the same hair." Yep, I said, they both did have very short hair! I pointed out that Darnell had black hair and Max had brown hair.

"But we have the same eyes!" he said excitedly. Yep, I said, they both do have brown eyes!

"YEAH! We are 3 and just the same!" he squealed.

I was so proud of him in that moment. It would be nice if everyone could see they are "just the same" and be friends!