Encouragement

Just a normal day. I had the day off so I got the entire morning with Declan. We hopped in the car and visited another park near our neighbourhood. One we hadn't seen yet. He's such a happy kid at the park. He sat down with a couple of older girls making bead bracelets and then he was all over the play structure. He's gone down the big twist slide and it was fast enough to intimidate him. Every time I asked if he was going on the slide he'd say "no".

Then a five year old named Aiden showed up. He took to Declan right away and was trying to get him to play super hero games. Declan seems older thAn he is because of his height. I kept tryig to explain to Aiden that Declan is only 2 1/2.  They still played great together and Aiden was able to encourage Declan to try the slide again. This time he loved it. The two of them kept going on the slide over and over. Felt bad for my little man when Aiden had to go. He stood at the slide saying "bye" as Aiden walked away. On the positive Daddy surprised us and showed up. He got to see his brave boy on the big slide in person.