Dan and I left Owen with a friend for the very first time this afternoon. Anne is a mom of a little redhead, Connor, who is one day younger than Owen. Owen and I walk around Greenlake with the two of them most mornings, and have playdates at least once a week. We had an appointment that would have been tough for Owen to sit through, so we dropped him off at the community center with Anne and Connor for an hour and a half to play.
When we were talking later, Anne told me this story:
Anne pulled out a bag of chocolate graham cracker cookies for the boys to snack on. At around the same time, a 2 year old girl was snacking on goldfish crackers across the room. Being little grazers, Owen and Connor made their way over to share in the goldfish, but the little girl wasn't so sure she wanted to share. Her mom told her there were plenty for everyone, and she reluctantly gave some crackers to the boys. After a few crackers, Owen walked back over to Anne and pointed at the chocolate bunnies. She handed him one, but he wouldn't take it -- he kept pointing at the bag. The other mom said that maybe Owen wanted to share his crackers too. And sure enough, when Anne offered a bunny to the little girl, Owen started nodding and went back to playing, happy that he got to share.
What an amazing kid!!
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