Ok, just two, but playgroup none the less. Maddy and I hosted playgroup two days in a row now! Yesterday I hosted playgroup for two little girls Maddy's age and it went SWIMMINGLY. They all had a good time together and Maddy was so excited to have people over her same age. We've been invited to another playgroup with the same group next Wednesday at another mom's house. Then last night a good friend of mine sent an email asking what was up for today and I told her to come on over! So her little girl came over and Maddy had fun watching her/trying to play. But Maddy was really clingy today (the weather) so she didn't play all that much, just snuggled a lot.
One nice thing about playgroup--I clean! HA! I hate cleaning. I don't mind cleaning bathrooms that much. I like a clean bathroom and it takes me such a short time (Cleaning hotels while in HS really did help me learn to clean a bathroom in no time. And it's not a good-enough job either. It's clean.). It's the dusting and vacuuming I hate to do! Yes, the house looks great when it's done and it does get rid of dander/dust. But, I just don't find the point. I don't view a bit of dust as unhygienic the way a dirty bathroom or kitchen are. A couple cracker crumbs here and there on the carpet don't bother me either. Now, when it's all said and done, I LOVE how I looks and I keep telling myself I need to do this more often and really keep up on it... but I don't. So it all collects dust once again until I have the next visitors over.
However, hosting playgroup these last couple times really has brought my attention to a couple things. One, if I would host an open playgroup for our mom's group I would definitely need to limit it to just a few kids. There simply isn't the space. And, my one mom's group has never really limited before, so I'd be leery of being the first one. Would they just think I'm antisocial? But then again, their playgroups are never really crowded anyway. Normally no more than 3 moms show up per group and they only have group once a week. Second, I do not have big kid toys. Honestly, I don't think there would be ANY appeal to older than 3 in my house and that's pushing it, too. My other playgroup (that does limit for size) tends to have older kids than Maddy and I do think they would get bored quickly with the toys I have here.
I guess the third is that I do wonder if anyone would come. I tend to be an odd-ball that I don't live in the same area they do. And they are a great group of women, so I don't mind driving the time it takes to get to their functions. I just don't know if they'd be willing to drive to my house to come to a playgroup.
So, last night I went out and bought myself my other mother's day gift. HA! Yes, I did. I can't really talk about it, since it's the same thing I bought for one of the grandma's but I loved it so much I wanted one, too! So Matt has it utterly easy this year. I bought all my own Mother's day gifts! But I had a great time being creative with them, so that was part of the gift to myself as well. I had almost as much fun designing them as I have using them. Speaking of, the cards I spoke about should most likely arrive today!!!
I'm starting to really get excited about this weekend. I need to start thinking about all the stuff I need to pack. It's only one overnight, so it won't be that much, but I don't want to forget anything!
This afternoon, Maddy and I need to run an errand or two. We'll see how the first errand goes before we try the second. She's been a bit moody today. Well, I better get a move on. There are a few things I want to get done while she's still asleep.
Tea of the day: Stash Green Chai, RoT Panda Berry
WO of the day: 20 minutes elliptical, without hands. I was up until 12:30 last night, so I was to tired for 6:10 this morning but did drag myself out at 6:30.