Fun with new friends

Roy and I have moved around a lot.  This means we've had the challenge and pleasure of having to meet and make new friends several times over.  And when we moved Leighton to a new school AGAIN this year, he had the opportunity to make new friends, too.  I was never worried about him - he's young and social and I knew there was no reason to worry about his willingness and ability to bond with new kids.  It was me I was worrying about!  Every time we move cities or schools, I have to put myself out there so I can get to know the other mommies and have to hope that I can find a group that I fit into.  Luckily, as with every other move, I've made some great new mommy (and daddy!) friends at Leighton's school.

Every day after the kids are dismissed, there is a group of them that play all sorts of running and chasing (and tackling ….) games, so it gives me the chance to visit with the other parents.  And I've met a new friend through attending PTO meetings.  And there is a wonderful group of Kindergarten mommies that I've gotten to know and last week we all spent a lot of time together.  Some of us went to the library after school for  Minute to Win It activity.  Wednesday was an early dismissal day from school, so a big group of us were at the playground for a while together.  Thursday we had a play date here (Kate's daughter Clementine is in Leighton's class and is almost exactly a month younger than him and her little sister Georgia is a week older than Riley!).  And then Sunday we spent with many of the kids and parents at Clementine's birthday party.  Starting this coming week, Leighton will be playing on a basketball team with many of the kids at the Y.  It's really nice to have a great group of friends for me and the kids to spend time with.