So wife (soon ex) went off the deep end, in rehab now but I give her a year tops, so with that I currently have full custody of our 3 daughters (5,7,10). In our apartment building there is a single (at least unmarried) mom with a couple girls and our daughters go to the same school, play after together, etc.. They get along great, her kids are well behaved and as such I have no problem with them coming in to play. Now it's winter and sometimes just too cold to be outdoors, so typically the kids and I watch TV, play games, or read.
So there's some background, the question is, being newly a single parent I realize how lonely it can be, and the neighbor mom is a nice person, she watched my kids when everything went down and was very nice. To that end, I'd like to invite her kids to come over to play cards or other games, as well as invite her too, but what's stopping me is that I don't want to come across as hitting on her or being otherwise creepy! My end goal is to make friends with her so that I don't come across as a creeper to other moms, single or otherwise, and to generally acclimatize myself to non sexual interactions with women.
So how would you feel if I knocked on your door and asked? Oh we do have each other's phone number from when she watched my girls but I don't feel comfortable texting her like I would my male friends.
A side note, while I'm not tall I can be physically intimidating, have been told numerous times that I look pissed off often (I'm working on that by smiling), and I don't want her or anyone to be agreeable simply because they're scared!
Oh another question, when I'm picking up my girls from dance class, standing around with a couple moms waiting for their kids, are you open to small talk or is that just weird?
P. S. I'm freaking out!
So there's some background, the question is, being newly a single parent I realize how lonely it can be, and the neighbor mom is a nice person, she watched my kids when everything went down and was very nice. To that end, I'd like to invite her kids to come over to play cards or other games, as well as invite her too, but what's stopping me is that I don't want to come across as hitting on her or being otherwise creepy! My end goal is to make friends with her so that I don't come across as a creeper to other moms, single or otherwise, and to generally acclimatize myself to non sexual interactions with women.
So how would you feel if I knocked on your door and asked? Oh we do have each other's phone number from when she watched my girls but I don't feel comfortable texting her like I would my male friends.
A side note, while I'm not tall I can be physically intimidating, have been told numerous times that I look pissed off often (I'm working on that by smiling), and I don't want her or anyone to be agreeable simply because they're scared!
Oh another question, when I'm picking up my girls from dance class, standing around with a couple moms waiting for their kids, are you open to small talk or is that just weird?
P. S. I'm freaking out!
I laugh on here but I'm dying inside 
lol. Good luck!