beach with friends

Today Z and I went to the beach with some friends and there was a new girl in the group that Z became fast friends with. They live pretty far south from us though so I don't know how often we can get together.

We are lucky that we have so many nice kids for Z to get together with.

Over last weekend we were able to get together with a some old friends that Z made when she was a toddler and we lived in the Channel Islands house. The girl is Z's age but Z always got along better with her older brother - he is eight now. Z has a crush on him. :)

Z has two other girlfriends from the old neighborhood that Z still gets together with - one is in Davidson too and used to live on our street. Another is Z's bestest friend from preschool.

Then we have some boys and girls from our new (I say new but we have been here for a year) neighborhood and the gifted group we go together with today. Plus we have our homeschooling group and we seem to meet new friends often - like this girl today and the kids Z meets on auditions.

Z even has some online friends that she is penpals with that she is going to get to meet in real life soon.

I have to laugh when people, who hear we are homeschooling, have concerns about socialization. Z has a lot of really nice friends - all kinds of good kids.

I think we are pretty lucky.