Saying Good-Bye

It is so hard to leave friends...Especially those you aren't able to see all that much. Abbie and Maya have an easy, comfortable relationship and share interests in many of the same things. I have never heard them have even the tiniest of arguments in the whole time they have known each other, and they are able to jump right back in where they left off, even though the spaces between their visits have been long, particularly from an 8 year old's perspective. They do arts and craft type things together as easily as they swim and run and play actively, and they can spend hours with dolls and making clothes and props for their toys. Jonah and Ben had more of a relationship this time--last time Jonah was so young, he really was only interested in The Wiggles and fruit leather, and didn't really get the whole friend thing. I have high hopes that these two will also be close, as they explore their shared interests in games (like Poker), sports, and little action figure guys.
We are so grateful for our generous and adventurous homeschooling friends for making such a long trek to see us. It is wonderful to see familiar faces while we are living so far from our roots.
It was a bummer that I wasn't feeling so hot for their whole visit here--Bonnie and I usually spend inordinate amounts of time discussing homeschooling curricula and classes and schedules for our kids. This time that was minimized since I didn't have a whole lot of voice. No matter, we had a perfect day at the beach, a great time at Williamsburg and several lovely meals together with our whole families, something we never seemed to manage to do even when we were living in the same zip code.
Overall, a great visit, and a fitting end to our summer activities.