Yesterday afternoon we had a friends over and weeded out the garden. This morning we also had a friends over. The little boys enjoyed having toddler friends over and I enjoyed talking to their moms.

I made a resolution to be more friendly this year. A lot of times I treat friendship as more of a task to check off my list. Friendliness isn’t quite like that. I do more with friends if I’m simply being friendly than I do if it ends up on my to do list. I’m also more open to help others, to listen and not ignore them, and to not worry about the tasks I need to get done.

We signed Curtis up for preschool next year. I worried so much about Peter and school, mostly because he was my first and incredibly smart. It was difficult to know what was the best option for him. Curtis is a more typical kid and not my first, so I’m having no such dilemmas about him.