Today, my son had a playdate outside with another 2-year-old. He was so excited to go see his friend, L, that he couldn’t even nap. He was so happy to go play with him! He did not sleep in the car during the 30-minute ride, and was really tired when we got there. Still, he went to ride his balanced bike, but as soon as he saw his friend L he stopped and slowly started to back up! I expected him to play right away with his friend, but instead he just kept running away and saying “bye bye”. That was frustrating!
It took us maybe 20/30 minutes to make him stay with us and “play”. He was still trying to escape when his poor friend was attacked by dozens of fire ants. We had to take L’s clothes off to get rid of all the ants. L was so sweet and did not even cry. Right after, we decided to walk because we didn’t want to stay in the grass covered by ants. My son started to run pretty fast (the usual) and fell down before we could stop him. Luckily, he had nothing serious, only dirt in his mouth and a few scrapes on his face. He cried a little bit, we took time to clean his face, hugged and then decided to go back to the cars. My son was still acting crazy, riding his balanced bike over the bumps, acting like nothing happened. It took us 10 minutes to walk back to the cars and that was it! The end of the playdate!
The kids did not even play together, almost did not acknowledge each other. They just got bites and scrapes... That was fast and not what we expected at all. Kids are so unpredictable. My son spent his whole time there running away. He was so exhausted tonight! It’s now 10pm, and he is sleeping in his bed, not awakening to the sound of his remote control car suddenly making sounds. My husband and I can definitely hear it through the door though!
Happy day Mom, Dad or whoever you are!
Mom