Cole and Joel

There is a little boy in Joel's summer camp whose name is Cole. For some reason (actually not that surprising) the preschool staff has a very very hard time keeping them straight. As a result, we have Cole's swimsuit, Cole's towel, and Cole's water bottle. Cole's family has two of our swim trunks, our towel, and all of Joel's diapers. The relationship between Cole and Joel is pretty funny as well. Cole seems rather high functioning to me, and gets irritated by Joel rather easily. However, he also follows Joel around and seems to love playing with him. I'm very into my son "having friends" and so this is his first kind of friend. It;s a big deal for me, and I find myself wanting him to be "good" so Cole will want to continue to be his friend. Hmmm. Unfortunately, yesterday Joel elbowed Cole in the eye and gave him a black eye... don't know how that will affect the blossoming friendship. I saw the whole thing happen, and Joel kept trying to rub Cole's hair. Cole asked him to stop three times, Joel ignored him, and then elbowed him in the eye. Ah well, one day he'll get it, right?