Little Boys

My little buddy has a soul-mate friend. He is a neighbor boy that happens to go to school with Jack too. They have spent most every day together for much of the summer. They don't do anyting overly exciting when they are together... they are just little boys that do the things that little boys do. Usually they are outside - riding bikes or scooters, playing "cowboys", swimming, playing board games, making plans to build a clubhouse, hammering boards together, playing with plastic "guys", playing "good guys/ bad guys"... Ocasionally, they will go inside of one of their houses and play video games or watch a movie. They have not once uttered the typical kid-words, "We're bored." They just love to be together having simple fun. I love that about them! They are both very sweet, innocent boys. In no way macho or too cool to have good old fashioned fun. Today, Jack ran in and said that they were going to take a picnic to the neighborhood picnic tables. He promptly started slopping peanut butter and jelly on bread, shoved some Starbursts in his pocket, grabbed some juice boxes, and ran out the door. As I watched them, they were so cute eating their little boy lunch at that big ol' picnic table! I am thankful for the gift that my Jack has in his friend Josh and pray that they will continue to be friends forever.