New Friends!

Lena made new friends today, she seems to always make new friends when we go outside to play. I get a kick out of her, each time we are outside she immediately tells me, "Mom, look it's my friends, let me go ask if they want to play?". Then she will scream from the top of her lungs and say, "Hey friends, do you want to play?" You should see these kids faces as they see Lena screaming out like she's crazy. Some will play with her and many times others will run from her. LOL. Today, she saw two little boys riding their bikes and ran right up to them and said, "Boys, do you want to play with me?" What she really was doing was wanting to make friends so that she could ride the bikes the boys were on. What drew the boys to us though was the chalk we had to write on the cement. So it worked out for them both. She got to ride the bike and they three all wrote on the cement with chalk.

Well, it didn't quite end there. As the two little boys had to leave she saw a group of boys standing around talking and without hesitation went right up to them and asked them, "Excuse me boys, would you like to play hopscotch with me?" These poor boys, this is not the first time that Lena had bothered them but today was a different day. They all agreed to play with her. They even took time to draw out the hopscotch on the cement and took time to play with her. She was so happy!

Sometimes, I am reminded how brave she is. No doubt, Micah and I have spoken to her about stranger danger and we will continue to do so. But as I watch Lena make friends, she always seems to bless me by being so bold and by talking with people all around her. She is indeed very friendly and loves to make friends.

Oh and by the way, one of the little boys was Xavier. I don't know if any remember my encounter with Xavier last year but it was great getting to talk with him again. He seemed not so shy today, I was very surprised by that and yet very thankful to have had a chance to talk with him.

In Him,

Rose