Musical Play

Every Tuesday we take a music class with all of my mommie friends at DayOne in walnut creek. Although i sometimes feel ridiculous with the things I am doing (if my hubby or friends could be flies on the wall they would just die laughing), Holden loves the class and it's fun to do classes that are just for him. In one part of the class, the teacher puts on a dog song and walks around to each kid with this giant, shaggy dog puppet. When we first starting going to class, Holden showed no interest...oh no thanks, I have one of those at home. But yesterday, he was obsessed! He reached out with both hands, gripped the fur like his life depended on it, and pulled that doggy to his mouth. When the teacher moved to the baby beside him, Holden reached out with both hands trying to get the doggy bac. It was so cute! I love watching him see something he wants and try to go after it.

Mommie Friends

As of yesterday I told my work that I am definitely not coming back which officially makes me a real housewife...my dream come true. So what did I do to celebrate the official-ness of becoming a real housewife?  A tea party of course and what tea party is complete without scones, croissants, tea sandwiches, and some afternoon wine. There's nothing like an afternoon tea with a bunch of mommies and babies to celebrate becoming a SAHM.

The tea party was held at one of the mommie's home who is in Holden's playgroup. After not seeing everyone for a few weeks due to the holidays, it was so good to talk with other mommies who are going through the same things that I am. Although you may think that you don't need it, I can't tell you how important it is to surround yourself with a community of mommies when you are a first-time mommy at home with your new baby. I don't know what I would have done without these wonderful ladies who have recently entered my life. They offer me a place to share joy, to vent, to commiserate, and fun things to do throughout the week while the hubby is at work.

Holden is going through a really bad teething phase this week so he was crying for a large part of the morning. I was tempted to bunker down and stay in for the day, but I forced myself to get out of the house knowing that the other mommies would completely understand (and wouldn't mind) if Holden screamed the whole time. I'm so glad I decided to go because Holden was so happy when we were there and took a two hour nap!  I guess we both needed to hang with some friends.