carter is going to have his first playdate today. his friend is coming over after school, and will be here until i bring them both back to the school for elder-sibling pickup. it will be interesting. it is so nice though that he is finally not relegated to playing peripherally with ava's friends. because when that happens, ava is very quick to prove to her friend how much older she is. "oh, carter...why don't you go play with your helicopter or something? we have some important things to do..." or something like that. then she will turn to her friend and say "i love my brother and everything, but sometimes he is really annoying."