"Chrabbelgruppe Leubringen"

So far his week has been a very standard one, so not much newness to report. I worked on Monday and Tuesday. Today however, I decided to participate in a local "Chrabbelgruppe", which translates to "Crawling group". It is basically a group of Mom's who get together for a couple of hours once a week with their babies and toddlers. It's to get familiarized with new people and to introduce our little ones to the art of socializing.

I must frankly admit to not being much of a "group joiner". I'm not anti-social by any means but growing up I just never really liked being part of the girl guides, the church choir or the volleyball team. I much preferred solo "sports" like playing the piano or real activities like partying with my friends:-) Although many things have changed over the years, I still fringe at the thought of joining groups. You join one group and then another, and before you know it all your evenings and weekends are booked up and you have no time left for yourself. Well, to each his own...

Now that I am a mother I do realize that for the sake of Miles, it may actually be beneficial to show him "what's out there" as much as I can. In other words, participate in groups if needed...UGH!!
Well actually, it wasn't as bad as I expected it to be this morning except for the fact that Miles walked around stealing other kids' toys. I met 6 other Mom's and a big eye-opening experience for me was to meet another boy BIGGER than Miles despite being 1 month younger!!! Miles is in the top 97% according to the growth chart. I always wondered what a child in the 98% or 99% looked like... well I saw with my very own eyes...

I signed up to be an official member of this "Chrabbelgrouppe". The ladies meet every Wednesday morning which is fine by me because it gives me a good reason to leave the house NOT to go shopping and spend :-)

Cheers!