You ain't never had a friend like me

The Mud Puddle has a best friend. Ask him who his friends are and the list contains two names, first and foremost is “Coopah”. Coop’s mom is my best friend from High School so needless to say they get along like gangbusters.
The Mud Puddle still has some work to do on the “how” of being a friend. He talks about Coop ALL.THE.TIME.
For instance: We are driving in the car and he asks where is Coopah, can we go see Coopah, what is Coopah doing right at that very second.

But when we see the C man and his family, the Mud Puddle turns into a mime. He doesn’t talk, he hides behind me, he watches Coopah from a far. And the second Coopah is out of site: where is Coopah, can we go see Coopah, what is Coopah doing right at that very second. Yeah, that isn’t annoying or anything.

Now Coop on the other hand is a normal toddler when it comes to friendship, he talks to the Mud Puddle, pals around with him and is a really good guy. I just hope that someday the Mud Puddle will figure out it is better to interact with your best friend then just be all stalkery with them.

I had no idea how shy the Mud Puddle really was until we started spending time with other kids (Not like I keep him locked in a dungeon, we just don’t have many friends with kids and the ones we do have live elsewhere).
He is very quiet and not a big fan of hanging out with other kids. At daycare the other kids seems to like him well enough, happy to see him when he shows up and they say goodbye when he leaves but he really doesn’t seem to care for many of them. Perhaps he is an elitist or something. I know that I come across ‘snobby’ b/c I am extremely quiet around people I don’t know. I prefer to get a sense for who they are before bringing my A game (let’s face it; most people can’t handle “Kris on 10”).

I hope that in the future he will become more of an extravert and start enjoying his friendships instead of participating from a distance. That kind of behavior is frowned upon by law enforcement.