Get together for boys 10-14yrs
Connor's Place playground
Field Rd in Somers
Thursday, May 2, from 1pm - 3pm.
Please feel free to come with your boys (and any siblings of
either sex and any age), and have them bring whatever they'd like to do -- there
are ball fields, a basketball court, a covered pavillion with picnic tables in
addition to the playground, so really anything goes. We moms will meet in the
pavillion area and try to figure out what it is we/our boys would like to see
with a group(s) like this -- it's possible that the group will divide by
ages/interests/availability/compatibility/location, so if Thursday afternoons
are just impossible for you yet you'd like your son involved, please drop me an
email with what DOES work for you, and I'll keep your needs/desires in mind
while we chat.
My general plan is to provide various sorts of hang-out opportunities for
the boys to get acquainted and comfortable with each other, as a springboard for
friendships to form as they will. A rough idea of what I have in mind would be
a once a month park date, a once a month hike date, a once a month
activity/outing (mini-golf, bowling, movies, museums, etc), and a once a month
games type get together (board games or organized games or card games or video
games or whatever the boys want and works for them). The boys could pick and
choose which activities they'd like to be involved in and how often. This is
only an outline of what I think could work -- it will of course depend on what
everyone else wants to do. The only goal I have is for my boys to get to spend
time with other homeschooled boys their age.
Please feel free to write with any questions! The age is just a guideline
-- if you have a mature 9 yr old or a 15 or 16 year old that would rather hang
with younger kids, that's fine too! And siblings of any age are welcome. Also,
if you are not from the Stafford/Somers/Ellington/Tolland area but don't mind
driving to come hang out with us, you are absolutely welcome and encouraged to
come!
I will write again with just the basic info as the date approaches -- in
the meantime, if you know you plan on being there, or would like to but can't
make it that particular day, shoot me a quick note at collieherd@cox.net with your boys' name(s)
and age(s), and I'll put together a rough list of whom we might expect to show
up that day. :)
--Shelley Wurst, mom to Jacob (12), Gabe (10), and Clara (15 mos
