The Boys Club

Recently it's been brought to my attention that I don't have many friends. That's right, Jack and my mom sat me down for an intervention and told me that I needed to make more friends. Specifically friends with kids. Oh, and that live in the same city as I do, and preferably in Jackson's age group.

I instead chose to ignore their sentiments and go on with my life until...my mom came home from Target with a phone number from some nice couple she met that had a "pretty-enough-for-Jackson" kid he could play with.

That definitely made me feel like a bad parent so the following week I signed up Jackson for all kinds of schools/classes. I even went so far as to check out a lot of the elementary schools in the area (guided tours and all!) and of course got the strangest looks when they asked me "Which one of your kids do you want to sign up for Pre-k?" and pointed to my 7 month old.

One of the classes I signed him up for is a tumbling course. Our first class was today and it went great! It just so happens that all the kids in his class (so far anyways) are boys AND they were all born within weeks of each other. DOUBLE SCORE!! Here are the boys below enjoying some floor time:

Jackson seemed to get along the best with a boy named Bennett...by get along I mean they stared at each other the longest.

After a while though, Gordo seemed more interested in the balls and the handkerchiefs. That's Pierce in the background wondering why he was abandoned by his new amigo.

The coolest thing by far this gym had to offer were the swings that hung from the ceiling....the boys definitely enjoyed that the most. Here they are staring at each other while swinging:

and J thinking it was HILARIOUS!

As it turns out these boys will all be coming to the course for the same amount of time so they'll get to see a lot of each other. Also?! I met another friend in the woman's bathroom at Nordstroms! She has a son that is 2 months younger than Jackson and seemed very nice. I told her that Jack and my mom would be so proud of me for getting a number/making a friend....hopefully I didn't creep her out too much and she actually decides to call me next week. Look at me go!