This is Gavin playing with toys at our compounds play school.
Brooks and I decided last night that we were ready and willing to take advantage of the play school and let Gavin participate. There are 5 boys who live on the compound all under the age of 4 and as of last week 4 of the 5 were enrolled in the play school, Gavin being number 5. Now that my mom is gone, I've been thinking a lot about how to adjust to having and managing 2 kids on my own. I've also realized that Gavin is at a place where I think he's bored of just being at the house. We don't have options of places to go or events to participate in like we would if we were back home- such as Little Gym, Mother's Day Out, YMCA, etc. So, we figured this would be great for Gavin to hang out with kids his age, have some time away from me, and get to be in a new environment daily.
Today, I brought him to the play school to see how things were run, watch him interact, ask questions, meet the ladies, etc. Gavin immediately hid behind me when we walked in the door and wouldn't budge for the first 10 minutes. I quickly realized I needed to help motivate him so I sat down on the floor and told him I was here to stay-- and I did. I sat for 30 minutes and he eventually got up and started playing. It was interesting because in the beginning, he played by himself, hence why he's in the above picture alone. Now, he knows all the boys that were there and plays with them often, so I was shocked that he didn't want to hang out with them right when he saw them. After a while, he was right there with the boys, laughing and goofing off. I actually was able to slip away for 45 minutes and Gavin did fine. He was excited to see me when I showed up, but told me he wanted to go to "school" tomorrow. Fine by me! I'm excited for him to get this chance and am looking forward to having some time for me, for the first time since we moved in August. It will also allow me time to focus on Miles, too.
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