Neighborhood Friend

Back in September, one afternoon we were all outside playing in the cul-de-sac, and Keegan came over.  A & R seemed to know him, and Keegan wanted to play with A.  They rode bikes and scooters as well as kicked the soccer ball around.  After playing outside for a while, all the kids came inside so I could cook dinner.  I sent Keegan home before dinner so he could eat dinner with his family.  He wanted to stay, but I said "no" and he reluctantly went home.  That was a Thursday night and he came over Friday afternoon as well and I sent him home just before dinner as well. Friday afternoon, they kids played inside and they played memory, candy land, and other board games at the table.  Conservatively, he was over at our house from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm both nights.  Saturday Keegan rang the doorbell, but it was while the kids were resting, so we didn't wake them up and he didn't come back.   We didn't see Keegan Sunday, but he came back over on Monday around 5 after we got home from R's dance lesson.  Both A & W enjoyed playing with Keegan and he was really sweet with E too.   I was cooking pancakes and decided that if Keegan wanted to stay for dinner, he would have to go home and ask his grandma if it was alright.  He did, and she said yes, (according to Keegan) so I let him eat dinner with us Monday night.  After dinner, we decided we would walk him home hoping to maybe meet some adult at his house.  Tuesday was a very similar situation, except B and I decided we would try and meet his grandma, so when we walked him home, we asked him to ask his grandma to come out and meet us.  Well she wouldn't come out, so that was strange, but we tried not to make a big deal of it.  Over the past 2 months, Keegan has come over lots and he always rings the doorbell twice.  He's come with us to Awana and we've even met his mom.  We've just come to love him and accept that he's going to pop on over to play and if it's not a good time (like rest time), then he'll probably leave and go play somewhere else.  I get the feeling that there's not a lot of supervision at his house, so if he enjoys our structure, then he's welcome to come on over anytime.