December 10, 2004 - Friday
Harry had a play date today with his friend from school, Aidan, and everything seemed to go just about as expected, except for Jeremy. He was clearly jealous that his brother was doing something he didn't get to do. It doesn't matter that Jeremy hardly has a chance to interact with Aidan at school, given that Aidan usually leaves before the Preschool and Pre-K classes unite for afternoon playtime. This was all about Jeremy feeling like he was missing out on something, at least I think so. Interestingly, Harry left for Aidan's house with Aidan's mother about an hour before I usually pick up the boys and that left Jeremy at school without his brother for a while. I'm told that made him "a little sad," with the implication that he was somehow surprised and disoriented. But I think Jeremy knew exactly what was going on. We had talked about Harry going to Aidan's over the last few days because the original play date had to be postponed from this past Wednesday. Fortunately and very charmingly, one of Harry's other friends helped the teacher make Jeremy laugh shortly after Harry left and after that everything was fine. That other friend, Connor has always seemed very gentle, even doting, with Jeremy. Interestingly, Jeremy actually once said he didn't like Connor, but I'm pretty sure that's because Connor tends to get into Jeremy's personal space while doing that doting. I asked the teacher a couple of weeks ago about it and she confirmed that Connor is always very nice to Jeremy. Connor, said the teacher, is the youngest in his family and may be fascinated by the idea of a younger brother. Or perhaps just wants to try behavior he's received from an older sibling on someone else. Either way, Connor has been very nice.


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