Friends

One of the things the kids love the most about the cottage is the one we knew nothing about when we purchased it almost a year ago.

At the cottage next door lived a 9-yr-old boy.

Over the course of the summer he has become a fast friend of theirs, and like a third child in our family.

For the kids, he has been their single greatest source of amusement. As an only child, I suspect he is sometimes overwhelmed by their noise and rambunctious behavior. The days when he doesn't want to come out to play are dark days indeed.

But more often than not, the three of them are inseparable. It will be a long six months without him.