So Hard to Be a Group of Three

Reese wanted her friend from next door to come over and play.  The problem is that friend is also her brother's friend.  Most of the time they all play together, but sometimes, it is just the girls or just the older two and one of them feels left out.  It is inevitable; I have heard it since I was young, three is not a good number of playmates.  I have seen it time and time again with different groupings and pairings of kids.  I know that it is hard to share a friend, and I also know that Riley needs one probably more than Reese.  He wants friends to come and play at our house, but he does not like for Reese to tag along.  I told him that maybe in a few weeks, we would go and visit our friends who have boys his age and a girl Reese's age so that he would get some play time with just boys and his sister not bothering him.

Reese's First Sleepover & First Play Date

The weekend before Halloween we were at the neighbor' house for a retirement party.  Riley asked if he could stay the night.  We said yes.  Their oldest daughter asked if Reese could stay the night, and I said if she wanted to, she could.  Well, she did, so we came home and packed a pillow case and off she went!  She did a great job!  She came home the next day all smiles and in the same clothes!

Yesterday was the first day that she had a friend over from school to play.  Reese came home one of the first days of school and said that Sophie was her new friend.  I finally got it together and called Sophie's mom and invited them over.  Reese really wanted to invite another boy from her class who lives in our neighborhood over also, but I really just wanted her to have one friend over at a time and said that we might invite him the next time.

The two girls had a wonderful time.  They had a limited time to play because we had other commitments already, but they played the whole time, and Reese was very nice to her!  I am hoping that the girls continue to be friends, and I continue to find time to schedule play dates for them.