TPG, Hair-do's, & MNO!

As I've mentioned before, a group of us get together for TPG (Toddler Play Group) every Friday morning. Meredith hosted yesterday and the theme was Pirates because she has a pirate pool. The kids really didn't use the pool very much and the moms enjoyed the shade.

Julie & Taylor, Maribel, Avery, Corin & Jonathan

After Timmy ate a fudgesicle, he really looked like a pirate!

Joaquin and Reagan had fun playing in the sand box

I don't know why I never thought to do this before, but I French-braided Reagan's hair! I used to do this to my sister Camille's hair all the time when we were younger. I love playing with and styling Reagan's hair, so I really don't understand why it didn't occur to me sooner that I could French-braid it! I'll just chalk it up to "mommy-brain."

Doesn't it look cute?
Avery started to sweat and her wet hair, combined with the humidity caused it to go curly ... looks like she's going to have curly hair just like her big sister! If only her hair would grow faster so the curls didn't look like silly wings above her ears!

* * * TPG MNO * * *

Each week at TPG, we keep saying we all need to get together for a Mom's Night Out (MNO). We finally planned one for last night and it was so much fun! We were looking for someplace casual where we could maybe sit outside, so Maribel suggested an Irish Pub in Hackensack call Lazy Lanigan's. When we got there, everyone sitting outside on the back deck was smoking (YUCK!), so we opted to sit inside where it was smoke-free. It was so nice to get out with a big group of wonderful women. We all love our kids dearly, but sometimes we just need a break! At the last minute, I invited my friend Diane to come too ... her son JP went to preschool last year with Reagan and they'll be in Ms. Lisa's class again in the fall! Diane is such a sweetheart and I feel lucky to have met her. She's the one who invited us to the Circus back in April. She also helped us a TON with the Garage Sale back in June. I'm so glad she joined us for a fun night out :)

Amanda and Diane

Sandy and Julie

Julie, Amanda and Maribel

So, Nicole always gives me a hard time about the pictures I post of her ... she's very critical of pictures of herself. So, when I downloaded these two pics of Maribel and Nicole, I had a dilemna. The first one was great of Nicole, but Maribel looks kind of Chinese with her eyes squinted. They were obviously laughing at me and my obsession with taking pictures, so by the time I took the second shot, Nicole's face was all red, yet it's a better one of Maribel. So, too bad to both of you - I decided to post them both! I'm sure most of you are thinking, "you put way too much thought into this blog!" ... yes, I tend to over-analyze everything.

Meredith almost didn't make it, since her husband Kevin had to stay late at work, but we were so happy she finally came! There ended up being 7 of us and we all had a wonderful time. We're already trying to plan our next TPG MNO ...