Mini-pear has a new friend who won't be going back to school next year. Of course, the little girl's mom has a lot of questions and concerns. She's particularly worried that her daughter won't get to socialize as often as she's accustomed.
I have to smile at that. A wan, exhausted sort of smile. Exhausted because mini-pear's social calendar is insane! She'd never get this much time to socialize if she were in school. Please stop talking to your neighbor or I'll have to separate you two! Girls, we're not here to socialize! I want to be able to hear a pin drop in here!
I haven't blogged all that much over the past couple of weeks. Partly because I'm just not here all that much. We are very busy socializing. In the last week, mini-pear and I have:
Spent 8 consecutive hours at our local Unschooler Park Day!
Went to see her good friend's dance recital, with some other friends, followed by ice-cream (not to mention a sugar fueled exploration of the Whole Foods in La Jolla).
Had a friend over for a few hours of one on one play.
The whole family got together with several other families for dinner and to talk about the possibilities of hosting an Unschooling Conference in San Diego next year.
Karate, karate, karate...
More time at the park with friends!
Book club with 5 of her girl friends
A pottery workshop organized by another homeschooling family*
A picnic, sleepover, and all day play date with another friend and her family
Followed by another park day
And then yesterday, we met up with a different set of girl friends for the American Girl book club. The girls are reading through the historical novels. Yesterdays meeting had a Victorian theme in keeping with the Samantha series. Everyone loved the elaborate tea party - crust-less tea sandwiches, fresh fruit and loads of dainty little cakes - charades, and making their tussie mussies. Of course, I forgot my camera, but I managed to snap the above picture of mini-pear putting her bouquet into a bud vase at home. Then she noticed the camera and ran away, having recently developed an aversion to the camera.
So, yes, socializing - I think we've got it covered. We're trying to stay home all morning, but it's hot, so I think we'll have to accept that invitation to hang at the beach this afternoon.
*Actually, here's where I hit a wall and just couldn't handle the social whirlwind anymore. Luckily, my friends noticed and shuttled me off home with promises to make arrangements for mini-pear to get dropped off later. I went home and slept like the dead. And then one of the friends from pottery asked if they couldn't just take mini-pear home with them and I could just reconnect with them at park day the following afternoon. So then I got to sleep like the dead some more. Which is something I was apparently in dire need of.
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