Everyday on the ride home from school I get the newest update on our friends at school. Izzy, who was petrified at first, now has 4 friends ("the other Isabella", Alex, Arabella and "the other girl"), and seems to really enjoy going to school. She is definitely part of a little group of American girls. We invited Alex and her mom over last week for our first playdate, and while Alex is a girl and "normally plays with me" (said with a small, pensive sad face), she chose to run rampant with Bubbie around and around the house. After eating some cookies (no, not home made....I went to the local Pasteleria to practice Italian!), drinking some juice, running around the house, running naked in the house, emptying all of the play plates and food onto the back patio table, and then having a long discussion about pooping at other people's houses, Alex and her mom had to leave. Alex's mom had the brilliant idea of hosting some of the Americans and Brits stuck in Rome due to the volcano for dinner....nice idea!
Bubbie and friends is a different story. While he entered school full force, and has no problem running up to kids and starting to play with them, he hasn't made friends yet. Yesterday it seems he got in a fight with the "big boys", and while he stood up for himself, it didn't help his friend-making ability. Sadly, this lack of friends, and the fact that he feels the "big boys are after me", has made him not like school. The challenge is that most boys in his class are Italian and as he explained "I don't understand them, so it makes me sad".....What to do?
The funny thing about kids and friends is that friends seem to come and go easily at that age. The story of the playdate, however, is hilarious. I can just imagine!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I love the pictures on the right. Very nice!