Tell Me Thursday: Gymboree time

This past Monday I took my little man to his first ever Gymboree class.  It was a big step for us, as for the better part of the past eight months it has been just me and him at home after my wife went back to work.  Given that he is home with me all day, we were concerned with his social development skills since he doesn’t get much exposure to other children his age.  I feel like I’m on an island as a stay at home dad, and despite my recent blogging and twittering activities I am very much an introvert.  

It is much easier for me to type into WordPress in relative annonimity than it is for me to be out in social situations.  Who knows, maybe I need Paxil or something, but I just don’t make friends easily.  I have a small group of very close friends from college that are very important to me, but most of them don’t live anywhere near me anymore since I made the moved to Charlotte nearly eight years ago.

One of my biggest fears is passing this on to my son, that and with me as his sole influence there is a good chance that he will be in kindergarten quoting Bond movies instead of the Wiggles and complaining about the lack of a wifi connection that is preventing him from updating his Facebook profile with his iphone.

Fortunately my wife had the day off and was able to come with us to Gymboree.  I was very thankful for that, as I was the only father present at the class we went too.  Despite my feeling like a complete outcast, I sucked it up and ran through all the activities with my son.  All in all he had a great time.  He was laughing and giggling the whole time, checking out all the new faces and places.  So, seeing how much fun he had we signed him up for regular classes and I will now be adding Gymboree dad to my list of weekly duties.  It should be fun and I’m looking forward to watching him have all these new experiences.