The beginning

I have been reorganizing our storage room/game closet/pantry area while Tucker is away at school these past few weeks.

I like to keep the other boys close to me while I am doing this project. Truman is a happy helper, for the first little while, but eventually gets sidetracked by a toy or game that he hasn’t seen in ‘FOR-EVER!’

The other day, Elliot was sick of being in the baby bjorn, (going up and down as I bent to pick things up and lift to put them away) so I pulled out the Johnny Jump up. I know he is not old enough to actually jump around in it, but it kept him in my view as I continued to organize things, and he was happy, just literally hanging out, and I could hear Truman quietly playing outside the door. I was getting alot of stuff done, with two happy children, so I didn’t really stop to see exactly what was going on, but when I did, I saw this:

and then this:

The bear family watching Elliot, and Truman telling Elliot a story about them.
I think this is the first real time that I saw Truman interacting with Elliot for an extended period of time. He was really engaging him, and wanting to play with him, and share things with him.
Then the next day, Truman really wanted to play this Disney Trivia Game. Tucker was involved in another activity, and Truman wanted to ‘play with a kid!’ and asked if Elliot wanted to play. I couldn’t help but grab the camera as I saw this:

They played together for almost 30 minutes. Truman showing Elliot the cards, and asking him questions.

I love seeing this, and I think this really is a beautiful beginning to a great friendship.