Playgroups

I may have found the key to surviving full days alone with the kids - playgroups. We have discovered that classes for toddlers are 1.) expensive x 3 (even with a sibling discount) and 2.) never scheduled at a good time. So this winter I decided to try to make more of an effort to find free activities to get us out of the house. It just so happened that an announcement went out on our local parents email group that some moms of toddlers were looking for a playgroup. I decided to check it out, and it seems like the moms in the group are pretty nice, and their kids are pretty cute and well-behaved. Plus no one has said anything weird/inappropriate/intrusive about having multiples. They all look a little shell-shocked when all 3 of my kids scream at once though. :)

I've also tried to renew my friendships with local moms of multiples. We had all let playdates fall by the wayside for the past few months, but I think we're all going stir crazy this winter. So I've been getting together with various moms of twins the past few weeks. It's nice to hang out with moms who understand the challenges of multiples - it's like we're all speaking the same language. I also like meeting up with moms at their own houses - so much easier to keep track of the kids in a friendly, baby-proofed space where there are always spare diapers and goldfish crackers.

Here's a blog post that I liked. It's about being friends with the parents of your kids' friends.

And since I didn't want to put pictures of the playgroups up on the blog without other parents' permission, here are some pics of what the kids have been up to the past few days.


Abby loves combing Lucas' hair, and he lets her do it as long as she doesn't pull too hard. I think he's in trouble once she learns to put in barrettes and do braids.

This is how I found Zoey sleeping this morning. She was lying completely straight with both feet sticking through the rails. Maybe that's what helped her sleep till almost 8am!

The kids finally got haircuts again today - it had been several months. Here is Zoey modeling her cute "flip" style.

Abby kept trying to look around to see what Ashley was doing.

This picture got all crooked and blurry because someone bumped into me just as I was taking it, but I thought it looked sort of cool. Lucas looks like such a big boy here! He sat the most still out of everyone.

They enjoy playing stroller derby after dinner.


Another day as a SAHM done. Now off to work tomorrow.