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School Friends
I love the days I can see the growth in Atticus’ maturity. You know the moments I mean. Asking to go to bed rather than being told, helping clean up a mess he made, etc.
Today was another one of those days.
Today was his first day back after winter break. It’s pretty typical for some of the kids to run to the front windows to wave goodbye to their friends as they leave. Usually Atticus either ignores them or will do his micro-wave with a puny whisper of “bye.” Today was totally different. He stopped in front of the window. Probably 6 feet away from it.
I heard “bye…. bye… BYE!!!!!! OK BYE MUAH BYE”
Then he turned to walk to the car. Waving good bye and blowing his version of kisses which really looks like he’s going to headbutt you.
This was the first time it’s ever appeared that he enjoys his classmates. I know he loves school but I’ve always wondered about how he felt about the other “friends.” He’s not one for naming people and is always playing by himself when I pick him up. So it was nice to see him interacting with them.
I can’t remember the ages I learned about when I took a high school child development class but I think sometime between 2 and 3 kids typically go from playing side by side to actually interacting. Maybe over the break he crossed that bridge and is starting to interact with his classmates more than the typical toddler behavior of stealing toys.
The next few weeks will be really fun to watch!