Missing friends?

(CT, Summer 2006)

I think this was the time when our son started to hate shopping. But this was the only opportunity for him to have contact with other kids. And he tried. Whenever he saw a boy near his age he started to show him a toy or would play a little hide and seek. What ever worked without words. It is amazing, but kids find always a way of communicating. Of course, we visited the playground at the shopping mall in our town as often as possible. Later it was the beach. I was worrying that he missed his friends and the play dates, but I think that our new life was exciting for him too, and he was occupied with getting to know everything.