As a member of Gemini Crickets, I’ve gotten to enjoy plenty of social events and monthly meetings to educate and hook up with other parents sharing the same challenges or even better, giving me a glimpse of things to come. But the one thing that drew me closest to this club was my playgroup.
My twins happened to be the oldest in our playgroup with the next oldest set being about 6 months younger. As we all know, that’s a huge developmental difference in the first year. But honestly, it didn’t matter. After all, “playgroup” is sort of a misnomer. Seriously. It’s not really all about the children. It’s about moms getting together to regain their sanity by sharing stories of their twins’ latest antics or just having another adult (albeit another mom with her own set of twins) physically there so you didn’t suffer overly much from the feeling of being outnumbered and often times, outmaneuvered.
Seriously though, there was nothing like watching our kids get together and play while we hung out, stress somewhat relieved by simply being out of the house and no longer alone with the kids. Believe it or not, it sometimes seemed easier to be with another mom and her twins than alone with my own. From two-on-one to four-on-two, you’d think it would be otherwise but no. And in a playgroup situation the old “it takes a village” saying never rang so true.
So, I wanted to do something a little different for my twins club this year for the auction fundraiser. Our playgroup outings were some of the most memorable times during my girls’ first few years…and I have hundreds of images to show for it. I created a collage of photos from when my playgroup’s kids were around 2 years old and it brought back such memories. This time, my photography studio donated a playgroup photo session and a 11x14 collage package.
The winning playgroup included five sets of energetic 3-year-old twins ready to play games in the grass, ride the carousel and train and explore the nearby creek! Here are a few images from the playgroup photo shoot – I hope that in time, they bring back the same sense of nostalgia my own playgroup collage does for me.
Original Mad About Multiples blog post.
When MommyTwinGirls isn't photographing twins and other children, you may also find her at Silicon Valley Moms Blog recounting the ups and downs of mommyhood, It's Never Easy But It's Always Fun splitting her time between her twin girls and at Solheim Photography posting favorites from her latest photo shoots.
