823

During my stay at Newton-Wellesley, I met Sarah and Corinne, who gave birth to baby boys on August 22nd and August 23rd (hence the name of our play group-823). We exchanged contact information and decided to form a "play group" and get together every few weeks. Thus far, we've met twice. As our babies are still too young to play, we spend our meetings chatting, eating, and trying to soothe our babies to sleep so we can really relax-today we even had a glass of wine! It's been wonderfully refreshing and affirming to talk with other mothers going through similar experiences. During today's play date, we dressed up the bambinos in their Halloween finest and tried to take as many pictures possible before they burst into tears. Corinne's baby, Dylan, is the adorable moo cow and Sarah's baby, Ryan, is the very handsome fire fighter. Of course, Miss Caitlin is the super cute monkey. Caitlin behaved wonderfully and enjoyed her play date. I think the boys wore her out-she was asleep by 8:30 tonight!