I love playdates! A mother that attends story time at our local library stood up at the end of class one day and announced that she would love to get together for playdates at a local park on Friday. If anyone was interested they could talk to her after class. I am always looking for ways my kid can interact with other kids so this was great. I exchanged email addresses and later that day she emailed everyone who was interested directions to the park and a designated time. I was also excited about going to a new park. Since we have a park in our neighborhood (which I love), I don’t venture out to other parks much. I have to say, I had a great time chatting with the mothers and grandmothers that came. And Taylor loved playing with all the kids. PLUS, I now know these mothers a lot better so story time is even more enjoyable (for me).
When the weather is too cold to go to a park then we meet in someone’s home. I have loved this. I am going again this Friday and can’t wait. I just wish I had thought about doing something like this sooner. And I wish I had the nerve to invite others I run into to our group. I met the sweetest mother and son at the park last week and I wanted so badly to invite her to the group but having just met her I was afraid she’d think I was weird. I did invite her to story time at the library, I figured that was a save invite. Let’s hope that if I meet them again I will have the nerve to invite them into our group. It’s good stress release for the mothers and fun play for the kids.
