When my son's favourite friend in school is his sister ...

It's a gender thing, I'm sure, that my son talks very little about his friends or teachers in school when at a younger age than him, my daughter was already narrating all the things they did or imagined they did in school, and how she was best friends with Emilou & Yukio, and how a boy Luca kissed her.

Asking him directly about who his best friend in school is yielded no answer - he just didn't seem to understand that it is a valid question and it is a question he is supposed to give an answer to.

So the previous week, I happened to run into my neighbour and her daughter who was in the same class as Snowylad.  I took the chance to ask the little girl about it, and the little girl in all innocence said it was his sister, 2.5 years older.

I suppose it comes to no surprise, the siblings had been close since he was both, made closer by the fact that we live in a very small apartment.

But whatever worries me and Snowylady might have of him not mixing with other friends in his own class were dispelled on Saturday at a special school function.

I saw him going to several friends from his own group.  One girl's mum said her daughter and my son "are best friends".  I should suppose that her daughter talks to her mum about him being her best friend, and it just never occurred to Snowylad to tell me about this particular girl whom he was holding hands with in my presence.

As the function progressed, there were a couple of boys here (one even named Luca too) and a couple of girls there that Snowylad demonstrated he liked playing with.

Yet ultimately, I won't be surprised that he still loves his sister best and even look for her over other friends in school.  After all, his sister is probably the person who doted on him most.  When she started joining the school's swimming programme, she told her brother she won't be in school for a couple of hours and won't be able to look after him, and ask him not to miss her.

It might change eventually as they get older, but as of now, it comforts me no end that my two children love each other a lot, even if the older sister complained about his rough behaviour.