Big day!

At 6am this morning I woke up hearing Jakob call out: Mummy, mummy! I quickly and quietly left the bedroom and went in to Jakob's room. The first thing he said when I came in was: What time is Linus coming?

Linus is Jakob's best friend at dagis. According to the carers they play really well together and have lots of fun. Last week was Linus last week before his summer holiday so this week Jakob has had to play with other kids. Anyway, earlier in the week I contacted Linus mum and asked them to come over to play today. I don't know her very well but they live close to us and it would be great if Jakob and Linus could play a bit during summer. When I told Jakob the other day that Linus was going to come over he got SO excited and has talked about it constantly since I told him. I am not lying when I say he has asked me about 200 times this morning when Linus is going to come. I have tried to explain it in different ways like in 3 hours, in 80 minutes, after lunch, after you have played lots by yourself and had something to eat and then rest for a bit and so on... About 40 minutes before he was due to come Jakob started waiting in front of the house and only came in every two minutes to ask: Mummy when is Linus coming? When he finally arrived the two boys looked so happy but also a bit nervous for about 10 seconds before I told them to run to the back of the house and start playing. So they did and they played and giggled and kicked balls and played with cars and ate ice cream and watched a dvd and ran around the house and played on the pool table. When it was time to leave Linus was in tears and did not want to go home. Jakob crashed on the couch after he left and was nearly impossible to wake up. He was very grumpy in the evening and kept saying that he wanted Linus to come back.

Overall it was a very special day for Jakob, to have his own friend visiting for the first time. I got tears in my eyes when I saw how happy and excited he was and how fun they had together.