The drama girls

Sydney, Lyla and Gabrielle (left to right) have been together in daycare and junior kindergarten since September 2011. At first, Lyla and Sydney were essentially joined at the hip, with Gabrielle wanting in but feeling third wheel-ish. Then Sydney and Lyla suffered some kind of breakdown in their friendship (as 4 year olds are wont to do) and Gabrielle managed to gain a foothold. Now, it seems like the three of them are able to play together, sometimes in twos, sometimes all three, but the drama, at least for now, has settled (as evidenced by them all sitting together on the school bus on a recent field trip to the National Gallery. Sure, Lyla called Sydney stinky at some point, but that's what best friends do).

Whew! We never knew it would start this early.