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Mason's Best Friend
The one nice thing about our daycare is that while there is some turn over, many of the kids have been going there since they were tiny babies, and so far, Mason has had several of the same classmates since he was just 10 weeks old. He calls these kids by name and I love watching them play together.
But none of these interactions tops those with his friend Aaron. Mason is totally head over heels in like with this boy. I'm talking "Face lights up as he jumps up and down squealing and screaming Aaron's name" in love. So. very. excited. It's quite possibly the cutest thing ever.
The four of us (Mason and I along with Aarron and his mom) took swimming lessons together back when Mason was only 6 months old and then took them again this past fall and now we try to take the boys swimming every other week. They love throwing the ball to one another and racing down the hall and getting into general mischief together. It's so freaking adorable!
Mason and Aaron use to play together all day long at school too, but in early November, Aaron graduated to the 2 year old room, where he made new friends. He's not nearly as excited to see Mason as Mason is to see him, which is a bit heartbreaking (especially when he cowers as Mason claps and screams his name *gulp*) One of the daycare teachers said the other day "Yeah, Aaron use to be "Mason this, Mason that" all the time but now it's "Ty Ty! Ty Ty!" which kind of broke my heart a little. Who would have thought I would be this concerned about friendships at not even age 2!? LOL
From what I can tell, Mason only really plays with one other kid in his current class (other than one kid, they're all at least 4 months younger than him), so I can't wait until he moves up to the two year old room in March and gets around the older kids again. In the meantime, we'll keep getting the boys together outside of school so I can hear the delighted screams of "RayRon!!" and get to use great motivators "Can you wear your hat nice like Aaron does?" while dishing a bit of Mommy gossip.
Yay for friends.
This time last year - 10 Month Pictures
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Awww!! I'm so sorry that he and Aaron were split into different classrooms. I can totally relate. Mason has been with most of the same kids for almost a year now! He has 1 special friend that he is closer with. We hang out with them on the weekends because Nathan and I are friends with his parents too! They are exactly 1 month a part, Tanner being the oldest. I always worry that he will move up to the 2's before Mason. AND we have 2 classes for the 2 year olds. The younger non-potty trained 2s, and the older potty-trained 2s. So they could be separated for a whole year if they do not potty-train at the same time! I can't believe we are already worrying about this either! :)
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