The Play Date

When Abby has her mind set on something she will make it happen.  She is such a social girl and last year she met her cute friend, Mia, who is just like her.  Abby somehow forms a posse in everything that she does.  Even on her swim team over the summer, she formed friends that were a little group together.  She seems to include anyone who is willing to be her friend.

When school started I told Abby that because she and Mia are so friendly that they should make sure they find someone else who maybe needs a friend and would like to be included.  They immediately found Willow and suddenly I was hearing about Willow everyday.

One evening I got a phone call from a sweet little voice.  It was Willow.  Abby was down the street playing somewhere so Willow talked to me and said that her mom said that Abby could come over on Saturday for a playdate.  I just sort of smiled and told her ok, I will tell her you called and then we said bye.  

I was thinking, I have never even met this little girl or her parents and these girls are planning playdates and getting so excited.  I told Abby she called and she just lit up.  She was so excited about her new friend Willow and said, "Ok good.  So we're going to have a playdate on Saturday at Willow's house because she has a pool and we can all go swimming."  She told me how they have been planning this the whole week but they were just trying to get their moms to meet. "How can we get our moms to know each other!!!?"  I do know Mia's mom pretty well now, but neither of us knew this new family and our school is so big so it's hard to know who people and families are sometimes.

The next day, I got a note in Abby's backpack from Willow's mom telling us about the playdate arrangements and to give her a call.

I gave her a call and felt at ease and knew that she was a regular ole' person like me.  When I dropped Abby off to play with Willow and Mia, Willow's mom told me that she was so glad that Abby and Mia reached out to her daughter because she has never had close friends that want to hang out with her. (They are only in 2nd grade, but still)  She was so happy that her daughter found such sweet and friendly girls the first week of school that wait for her and try to find her at recess and want to be with her.

I felt so glad that Abby listened and was able to find a new friend who needed some fun spunky girls to be with at school.  When it comes to be social, Abby gets very determined.  She loves friends and I hope that she can be a good example and always include others in her circle.

Willow's mom sent some cute pictures of the fun day and Abby went on and on about it and how they had talked about it all week.