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Apr. 5th, 2007 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mommydamaZoe is in the process of making a friend.
If you've been reading my journal for awhile you might understand that this is a first and unusual. But unless you live with this child, I don't think you can grasp how truly amazing it is. I was about to be convinced that she was going to go through life as a loner. I should have known better, as she is very, very good friends with her sisters. And up until now, they have been all she really needed. Her preschool teacher has expressed concern a couple of times that Zoe wasn't really finding a niche in the classroom or connecting with anyone. She preferred to be on her own or with the teachers. This past weekend when we had all that company, Zoe did not play with the other kids much at all. When they were all at our house for the evening, and all the little girls disappeared up to the bedrooms and came out all dressed up in "princess clothes" and gave us parade after parade, Zoe spent the entire time sitting on my lap at the table with the grownups or coloring alone at the craft table. Several of the other adults commented on it, not in a bad way, they even mentioned other kids they knew "like that", but it was very noticable that she wasn't interested in hanging out with the other kids. She did better and better as the weekend wore on, but it truly takes her HUGE amounts of time to be comfortable with other people, especially other kids.
Anyway, today at gymnastics class, one of the other little girls in her class, one that has only been coming for about a month, arrived a little late. When her mom joined the other moms in the viewing area, she approached me and asked if I was Zoe's mom. Then she told me that the only reason her daughter joined class today, as she'd been saying she wouldn't do it all the way there in the car, was because she caught sight of Zoe. The little girl's name is Ava (very interesting, since Ava is a form of Eve, which means "life" just like Zoe). After class, the coach called over to me that "Zoe and Ava have sure become fast friends!" and within seconds after that, Ava was calling over to us from where she was getting her shoes on saying "Can Zoe and I have a playdate?"
We have never done "playdates". We get together with other couples and their kids more and more frequently lately, but we've never done playdates. Not really sure how that works, though I know I won't be dropping Zoe off at her house anytime soon, whether that is expected or not. Maybe I can make this happen at my house first. Heh.
I'm really happy for Zoe though. She is so thrilled about it, in her funny serious way. She has been talking about "my friend Ava" all evening. I hope it works out for her. I don't know much about this woman, other than that she seems really nice. This should be an interesting first experience for us.
If you've been reading my journal for awhile you might understand that this is a first and unusual. But unless you live with this child, I don't think you can grasp how truly amazing it is. I was about to be convinced that she was going to go through life as a loner. I should have known better, as she is very, very good friends with her sisters. And up until now, they have been all she really needed. Her preschool teacher has expressed concern a couple of times that Zoe wasn't really finding a niche in the classroom or connecting with anyone. She preferred to be on her own or with the teachers. This past weekend when we had all that company, Zoe did not play with the other kids much at all. When they were all at our house for the evening, and all the little girls disappeared up to the bedrooms and came out all dressed up in "princess clothes" and gave us parade after parade, Zoe spent the entire time sitting on my lap at the table with the grownups or coloring alone at the craft table. Several of the other adults commented on it, not in a bad way, they even mentioned other kids they knew "like that", but it was very noticable that she wasn't interested in hanging out with the other kids. She did better and better as the weekend wore on, but it truly takes her HUGE amounts of time to be comfortable with other people, especially other kids.
Anyway, today at gymnastics class, one of the other little girls in her class, one that has only been coming for about a month, arrived a little late. When her mom joined the other moms in the viewing area, she approached me and asked if I was Zoe's mom. Then she told me that the only reason her daughter joined class today, as she'd been saying she wouldn't do it all the way there in the car, was because she caught sight of Zoe. The little girl's name is Ava (very interesting, since Ava is a form of Eve, which means "life" just like Zoe). After class, the coach called over to me that "Zoe and Ava have sure become fast friends!" and within seconds after that, Ava was calling over to us from where she was getting her shoes on saying "Can Zoe and I have a playdate?"
We have never done "playdates". We get together with other couples and their kids more and more frequently lately, but we've never done playdates. Not really sure how that works, though I know I won't be dropping Zoe off at her house anytime soon, whether that is expected or not. Maybe I can make this happen at my house first. Heh.
I'm really happy for Zoe though. She is so thrilled about it, in her funny serious way. She has been talking about "my friend Ava" all evening. I hope it works out for her. I don't know much about this woman, other than that she seems really nice. This should be an interesting first experience for us.
