Best friends under the age of 10 are awesome. I have 2 of them.
They’re a sister and brother duo and I went to visit them tonight on the way home from the health food store. (I bought a gallon of distilled water, some MSM powder, and some arnica pellets if you’re curious.)
I hadn’t seen my little friends in like a month because of this and that, so as far as I was concerned, we were WAY overdue for a visit.
“It’s Mona! Mona’s here!”
They came rushing to the glass door when I tapped on it.
We laughed about how long it had been since I came over and then I was taken by the hand into their room so I could see the changes they’d made to it. They’d pushed their twin beds together to make one big huge bed…
It looked super comfy, and because I was actually feeling tired, I plopped down on it and (as humans are apt to do around kids) I quickly pretended that I had fallen asleep. Never seems to get old.
When they woke me from my fake slumber, we giggled and then I listened to them intently as they told me about these amazing things:
- The audio book they were listening to about a boggart who traveled from Canada to Scotland in a desk.
- How one of their dogs likes to use his paws like hands to try to open doors.
- The difference between foils and sabres in fencing. (Not that I can tell you the difference right now…)
- How one of their babysitters had breast cancer and had both boobs removed and doesn’t have to wear a bra anymore.
- How their dad is so animated with his hands when he talks.
- How I missed one of their cello performances and there was a 4-year-old there playing Twinkle Twinkle.
- How one of their friends has an annoying younger brother with the same name as my beloved partner.
- How they wish I would be their babysitter and spend the night.
- How the orthodontist said that if she wants another retainer made for 50% off, she has to come tell him the totally honest truth about what happened to the first retainer, or she has to tell him a really great made up story about aliens or something crazy like that to explain how she lost the retainer.
I love these kids.
Then of course we read stories together – I laid down on my back with some pillows behind my head. He snuggled up in the pit of my shoulder and rested his head there with his arm across my stomach. She sat cross legged behind my head looking over into the picture books. And these are the stories they brought to me to read:
Like stories of fearless little girls who don't take crap from anyone? You'll dig this one. The part where she kicks the captain in his wooden leg? So good.
Ever heard of barbequed honeycomb? Yeah. Me neither. Apparently Brother and Sister bear are huge fans.
Bunny has a slight identity crisis and wishes he were other animals until he realizes how hard, boring, and gross the other animals' lives are. This was my favorite - and if the book were in front of me right now, I'd read it again.
Having best friends under the age of 10 is awesome.
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“Pirate Girl” sounds really rad!
I wish we had libraries that lent out tons of books in Buenos Aires like you do in the States. That’s one of the things I miss the most about living up there. Someone told me that the reason we don’t do that here is that too many people don’t return the books. Wow, huh?
I don’t have friends that young. Maybe when my local friends start having kids. Recently, though, I met a 10-year-old girl, Mica, who, along with her mom, adopted a stray dog I picked up and took care of until we found him a loving family. Mica is great. She even emailed me pictures of her family and its newest member, Charly the puppy.
This was a lovely post. Thanks for making me smile!