Today at park day we had a picnic and easter egg hunt. Two of Zorah's favorite friends were there. Before the hunt began, there was a little bit of a dispute about who would hunt with whom. When Zorah saw that her friend August was crying because she wouldn't be his partner, she ran back, took his hand, and walked with him.
Of course, once the hunt started everyone ran off on their own.
Our group had a very good idea to make sure that everyone got eggs. Each child was allowed to find eleven eggs. If they found any more than that, they had to leave them there, or hide them again. Zorah found her 11 and opened them with her friends. Most of the eggs held balloons, but a few had candy. She gave her jelly beans to August.
They traded eggs too, and one of the eggs she traded with August was a pink egg with a fairy on it. At the end of the day, however, he regretted his decision, and Zorah wouldn't give the egg back. I said to her: "Zorah, which is more important? Your friendship or the egg?" She thought about it for a while and said: "Today it is the egg."
What could I say?
After we got home, though, she changed her mind. She took the egg, put a little toy in it, and asked me to email August's mom that she wanted to give him the egg next time. Very sweet. I really find it interesting to see how her ideas about friendship develop.
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