Forming Friendships

I love this photo from last week's homeschool preschool. We took a buddy walk, pairing up the kids with someone other than their twin. With an equal number of boys and girls in our group, the walk turned into this adorable line of boy/girl partners.

The kids loved the walk, taking it very seriously with repeated calls of "I have my buddy!" and "My buddy is holding my hand!" It was great to see them take responsibility for one of their friends, as they counted mail boxes, cars, and trees along the way.

Lucie and Ryan tend to stick together in groups of kids, sitting next to each other in art class or lining up together in tumbling. I love to see this closeness, though I also think it's important that they have opportunities to branch out and make other connections.

Clearly they do too. At the end of tumbling class last week, they both reported to me that they had made a new friend. Lucie struck up a kinship over spinning in circles with another girl. Ryan made friends with a girl too, who also happens to be named Ryan. Or, as the teacher now calls her, "Miss Ryan", to avoid any more tumbling collisions when their shared name is called for a turn.

Though Lucie and Ryan have fun making friends, when asked about their best friend, they'll almost always answer with "Lucie!" or "Ryan!". They are a devoted little pair.