First Meet-Up

I am so excited! I found a local group called the Hattiesburg Meet and Play Group. It has about 65 members and is all stay and work at-home parents with children. Most of the kiddos are between 2-3 and they have group "meet-ups" many times a week. Some of the things are small like just meeting at McDonalds to let the kids play while moms get to chat over coffee, while others are big like field trips to Alabama for a Christmas show.
This week we attended our first "meet-up." It was a tour of the Sam's Club. The tour guide was so sweet. She was a happy grandma-type woman in a long burgandy velvet dress (yes, she was working in a long velvet Christmas-eve type dress) She took a group of 30 or so of us around the store, even getting the kids' picture taken for their "Cookie Club" membership cards. Now every time Mailee goes to Sam's, she can show her card for a free cookie. We also got to see how they decorate "puppy cakes" (that is what Mailee heard cupcakes). As you can see, Mailee thoroughly enjoyed her "Anta Puppy Cake."

We had fun and are really looking forward to next week's meet-ups. We have a Fairy Party to watch Abby Cadabby's movie with some group members, making Cinammon Ornaments, Delivering Cards to a Senior Home, and a Scrapbooking night (no kids at that one!) As we head toward Christmas, there are a lot of things to choose from. What a fun week we will have!