There is something magical about when your kids meet your
friends' kids for the first time and have an instant connection. That is what happened when we went to visit our friends Mike and Emily.
Their oldest boy and our oldest boy were so much alike. They were both about 12 and by the time we left
they had built a solar oven, built a solar water heating system, built
an electrical current that blew up a fan, caught crickets and videoed them singing
and talked endlessly about everything.
And we were there for less than 24 hours!
We both had nine year old girls that had so much fun
together that by the time it was time to leave they had devised a plan to sneak
a stowaway in the trailer so they wouldn’t have to be parted.
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And our two seven year old boys were two peas in a pod! Both full of mischievous energy that never
ended!
And of course the parents had lots of catching up to do that
kept us up talking way past the kids' bedtimes, and left us scheming to get
together again next summer!
As a side note: Gone are the days of Pen Pals. With technology today kids keep in touch by chatting, emailing, and videoing. So, a while ago I renamed it 'Puter Pals, short for computer pals. However, with two of my girls having ipod touches with which they check their email, play games, and video with their friends, I might have to re-rename it Pod Pals.
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