We have started looking into some sort of class for Xander. He has way too much energy and desperately wants friends. He mentions friends he hasn't seen since Ohio (CaiyaConnorDeacon, Tyler, Caroline, Alex, etc) and has become a little....needy...on the playground. Alright, he follows the other kids around trying to play with them.
The local Y has one class one afternoon a week, but that won't work. We don't feel ready to put him into an organized sport. I tried looking for classes at a community center with no luck. So this week I looked in at two kiddie gyms. The first was nice enough but we arrived during a faculty meeting so didn't get to see how things worked. And boy was Xander mad when we left and he couldn't play.
The second gym I like because it had a separate area for parents that included toys to occupy Josie. We arrived 15 minutes before a class that Xander would fit into and he was invited to try it out. We grabbed a quick snack and I let him loose wondering what would come. Crying and clinging?
Xander ran right in, past the instructors, to play. The instructors called him back and he went and sat in the circle of kids. He followed directions, he jumped and slid and ran and tried everything new with eagerness. At the end, most of the kids slowly walked over to sit down and he started running in circles. By golly, he liked it!
Of course, it's pricey. We'll try to look around for more options (any ideas??) before we commit.
So today I take the kids to a different story time, for ages 18 months to 3 years. I knew Xander would be one of the older kids, but that's ok. And maybe Josie wouldn't spend the entire time getting into things (haha).
No dice, once again Xander sat with me saying he wanted to go home. He started to have more fun towards the end when there were songs he knew but he still wouldn't leave my side. Someone mentioned story time in another area library, maybe we'll see if that clicks.
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