Playdate with Alison

As if parenting weren't already complicated enough, I have now added the role of social coordinator to my duty roster, setting up playdates for Gabrielle, at her convenience of course. Alison is one of the girls at G's daycare. She's not someone Gabrielle actually interacts with at school very much, but her mother and I have some stuff in common so I figured that should be enough to forge an eternal friendship? No, apparently, it's not. They play well for a few hours together on the weekend and then walk by each other like complete strangers at school the next day.