Make new friends…

But keep the old, one is silver and the other’s gold!

I can still hear the tune to this old girl scout song… And I think there’s probably a truth behind this catchy little song. Yesterday was a day of friends. I had some college friends over for the afternoon with their little ones. It’s still hard for me to believe that we all have kids, we certainly cannot be that old! I got just a few pictures, but I still haven’t found the camera cord in the move-hopefully soon. I was a little bummed that we weren’t able to get a picture of all the kiddos together, but maybe when they are a wee bit older.

Then yesterday evening I went to an advent calendar making party with some gals from church. I had pretty much decided not to go, since I don’t really know anyone very well, but then one of the ladies called and asked if I wanted to ride with her..so, I decided to go and I’m really glad I did. It was nice chatting with other mommies, though we tried not to talk about our kids the whole time. One of the girls was saying she heard a speaker recently talk about how it might not be a good thing if all parents talk about is being a mom. He asked his mom years ago what she and her friends talked about when they got together and she said, “oh, you know, politics, sports, news, we gossip…” he then asked, “don’t you talk about us kids??” to which she replied, “No! We talk about interesting things!” so that sounds a bit harsh, but his point was that kids need to know that a) their parents are interesting and b) the world does not actually revolve around them. Not bad thoughts.. But I don’t know what else to talk about these days… I mean where’s the time to read the news, keep up with politics, etc?! Anyway, i didn’t finish my advent calendar last night, but got a great start. I’m super excited about celebrating the Advent season this year! I will be learning as I go, but am so glad to be learning now so that when noah’s older-it will be engrained and more natural! I’ll share as I go more about this…

I have been realizing over the past few days, as I’ve been around lots of other mommies how different parenting ideas can be. I hope that I will be quick to learn and slow to judge as people do things differently than I! It’s easy to slip into thinking my way is right, but that’s probably not always going to be the case..

I had my first ever parent-teacher meeting and I was beyond nervous about it! I think experiences like these are probably good for me, even though I don’t plan to be a teacher as a career. There’s something about being put into uncomfortable situations that forces growth, of sorts. So, for that, I am thankful. It actually went rather well, I think, and I feel much more confident for next time.