First Friend

Every morning, shortly after I leave for work, The Hubbs gets The Princess on the bus. She has an assigned seat with her very own star harness, which The Hubbs helps her into.

Same seat. Every weekday.

There's another little girl on The Princess's bus, about her size, but this kiddo doesn't use a harness. She has the freedom to choose her seat since she doesn't require any special restraints...just the regular seat belt that is standard in all of the seats on this little bus.

Early last week, The Hubbs told me that this little girl had strapped herself in right next to The Princess's seat. When he mentioned it to the bus driver, she said that sometimes this little one likes to sit by The Princess. This entertained him to no end, and as he got our girl settled in her seat, she turned, made eye contact with this other little girl, and gave her a world-class grin.

On Friday, guess who was back in the same seat? Leaning down, he asked this little girl if she liked to sit next to The Princess, which she answered with an ear-to-ear grin. Strapping our girl into her harness, he noticed more peer-to-peer eye contact and great big smiles.

I do believe The Princess has made her first friend.