Sunny and His Friends

A few days ago my husband took Sunny to his Nana's house. He warned Sunny, "your friend might not be home" and asked him to try not to be upset if his friend wasn't home. Unfortunately, he wasn't home, and Sunny had another crying fit.

That was a bit frustrating. But the other day, we had a really positive development! His friend was home this time. We decided to let them play video games for half an hour. But when I walked across the street to pick Sunny up, I heard a lot of shouting from the backyard. I asked their relative what was going on, and she said they got bored of playing video games and were playing out in the yard instead. Yay! I let them play for another half an hour.

I think this is going to be great for Sunny's friend. His mother told me she is worried about him socially... the only other boy in the neighborhood is much older, and she thought that he'd only came by to play video games in their basement, and wouldn't really interact with her son.

Sunny also really likes his cousin, my niece. She's only a year older than him. Maybe we'll set up a sleepover at some point.

The way my sister-in-law raises my niece is opposite from a lot of our views on parenting (my 6-year-old would not be allowed to watch Bride of Chucky or play "Scarface") but I'm never judgmental in front of her. After all, my niece is a sweet little kid and is very loved. She said about Sunny, "he's cute!"

Other kids like following Sunny around because he's so dramatic. He does everything with a flourish, a leap and a yell.