There are a lot of benefits to being friends with people who aren't your age. Obviously, having "older, mentor" type folks in your life is awesome. Having 12 year old friends in your life is awesome too.

These are our friends and neighbors, Alma and Jennifer. Kai can't pronounce Jennifer's name right. When he tries to say it, it sounds like he's saying "f*cker". Even though I find that absolutely hilarious, we are trying to teach him to just call her "Jenny" instead. ;)

Alma and Jenny are on summer vacation so they're bored and stuck at home all day. I'm still learning how to pack a diaper bag for 2 kids instead of just 1, so I have trouble getting out without an extra hand. So this summer we are combining our resources (their extra hands and my minivan lol) to go on adventures together. Our first adventure was to have a picnic at the fountain at UGA with the "jumping water" as Kai calls it haha. We had so much fun. I love these girls.