Friendship.

Tonight I got a text from the mother of Big’s oldest friend. Oldest in terms of length of friendship that is. They met at nursery when they were only a few months old, and as soon as they could move, they gravitated to sit with each other. It meant that P and I got to know each other pretty well, picking each other’s offspring up, dropping them off, having them over for sleepovers. P was the first non family member to meet Small (other than midwives 😉 ) when she dropped Big off the next morning.

So we go back a long way. And in December last year, they moved house, from five minutes up the road, down to Nottingham. We saw them in January, and somehow not since. The text said it was time to rectify this, and that A would really like to see Big and Small. The funny thing about this is when I told Tim, he said that Big had mentioned a couple of nights ago that she would really like to see A. Seems like they are still synchronised then 🙂

Small is starting to make friends as well. When we go to Jan’s he talks about seeing M and J (not so much C, think she might be too tall 😉 ) There is a little group of around three year old boys at school, and he talks about one of them quite a bit too. So they are both social little creatures, and I’m pleased. Socialising (not socialisation) is something that worries me – my children don’t have friends within easy reach here. They seem to be pretty good friends with each other, which is a good start, but I’m not sure whether it’s enough.

So a phonecall from Jan tonight, inviting us over tomorrow, was very welcome too. It’s ages since Tim has been over there, as we go so often during the week, and it will be good to have a night out.

That’s our weekend pretty much wrapped up then, don’t expect to hear much from me tomorrow. 🙂