this is about our 9th month here, we moved Dec. 15ish and it’s after August 15th..so that’s 8 or 9 months right?  well I was starting to think finding friends and connecting was going to be near impossible w/ three kids to rangle all of the time.   then we met a couple who just moved here from MD and we got together this past week and had fun.   we have a lot of common interests so that helps!

a neighbor had mentioned to me about a co-op in our community and the other day I got a packet of info in the mail.  the name of the person who sent it seemed so familiar to me.  Dean came home and looked and we debated whether it was someone from our church.  In fact someone who came to a get-together aimed at starting a small group at our house, and that we had met several times before that as well.  Well I wasnt sure but knew I had questions about the coop and was torn over calling her or not.  So I gave in this evening and one of the first things she asked me was, do you know who this is.  I laughed and told her how we kept arguing over whether it was that family or not and turns out it is.  confusing I know.  but basically, she’s the director of the co-op and also goes to our church.

the co-op is only , brace yourself, $50 a year(per child, so $100 / year for us)!!! that’s all.  there’s a class for 1-3 year olds and a class for 3-5 year olds.  So Zeke would be in the younger class and Boaz the older class since he’s almost 3.   So for $100 a  year, and parent participation of course, the kids can go to this preschool program 2 days a week!  I will stay w/ Zeke since he is younger and Bo will go to the older class by himself.  which will be great for him!

So not only will our neighbor be going, this other family we know from church will be there.  I’m so excited!!  I loved taking Caleb to a co-op and the thought of something so  cheap and good for the kids and gets me out there socializing w/ other moms, I am so stoked!!

so friendship potential is increasing as we speak! wohoo!!

so my school schedule is going to be pretty busy.  Monday, my exercise class, tuesdays coop for the boys and I, Wednesdays morning co-op afternoon early intervention, every other Thursday moms group for me and the boys and hopefully exercise class for me beforehand and Fridays exercise class for me, and that’s just my schedule w/ Bo and Zeke that doesnt acct for anything Caleb will be doing after school.   sounds like the school year is going to be a fun one!! not to mention our evening plans that will involve moms group leadership meetings, coop meetings one a month, baby dedication meetings for church every now and then and on weekends serving on the tech team at church….and somewhere in there we’re starting a small group that we’re hosting at our house!!  wow….so much for not being involved and connected huh?

working on uploading some pics…hope to have them up later tonight