The first "playdate" for my twin son

We have a pretty great block for our kids.  On our block, in the span of 6 houses on our side of the street has:

7 Boys: Grades: 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 4-Preschool, 2 in 3-Preschool, 2-Preschool
5 Girls: Grades: Kindergarten, 4-Preschool, 2 in 3-Preschool, 1-year old

There are some older kids too and children who live close on other blocks.  How great to have all these kids, on the same side of the street, in different grade classes, and even in different grammar schools!  I am envisioning a wonderful safe haven of different types of friends who these kids can always count on, and that won't be intermingled with the politics of the school classmate drama.

The two girls next door are our regular, and almost daily, playmates.  My twins, and even the eldest play well and often with them.  Much to the adult's joy, having playmates takes off some of the involvement from us, as it fully entertains and engages the kids.  My twin boy tolerates being the only male very well...and overall, he doesn't seem to mind.

But this weekend, we had about 2 hours of free play, so I called one of his classmates.  The boy who is his 'best friend.'  The answer was YES - he could come over to play.

This was both boy's first playdates without their brothers (friend has 2 older brothers) and the first for my twin son.  Both boys were over the moon with excitement.

The playdate was great.  They played so nice and even tolerated my eldest's injections and objections during the time.  The boys needed some prompting as to what to do, but once they got started with the action figures and the toy-bliss that is our basement, they were having a great time together and required no adult intervention.

Watching them play on the ground with their action figures reminded me of the story my mom told me about my brother.  Like my brother and his childhood friend Matt, my son and his friend sat and played action figures contently and nicely with each other.

I love that my twin son has a new best friend and we are start this new journey of playdates and having friends over.