One of the things I really love about living in Incline is the amazing support network for moms. Shortly after having Ben I joined a MOMS (Mothers Offering Mothers Support) group which puts together moms with little ones the same age, specifically little ones born between October 1st of one year and September 30th for the next year so the little ones will be with their future schoolmates. Ben's playgroup is quite large with about 20-25 kids. They are known as the Tahoe Tykes.
Just this last month the group including Sam was formed and we joined them for our first time this week at a local park for a get-together. This playgroup is very different from Ben's mainly because Sam's buddies are mostly second or third babies. As my sister, Beth, would put it they are the forgotten children since everything usually revolves around the activities of the older siblings. Honestly, we probably wouldn't have been able to attend Sam's playgroup if it had been held anywhere other than a park since it's not easy to find someone to take a rascally two year-old for an hour or two. Luckily, a couple of the moms from my original group were there with their two year-olds too so Ben had sidekicks for his time at the park.
Sam is one of the older babies in his group and got a kick out of climbing around through the woodchips and sharing his bunny crackers with his buddy, Michael (born 10 days after Sam). Soon the mommies will decide on a name for the group and keep getting together to watch the babies grow, commiserate on the lack of sleep we're all getting, and rejoice at every little accomplishment.
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