A couple weeks ago I found that our ward (church) did not have a playgroup. Since I had enjoyed our Twin Falls playgroup so much and didn't know many people here in Boise I was very interested in starting one up. I talked with the enrichment leader who is usually over that kind of activity and told her I would coordinate it if she wanted. I think she just decided to do it herself, which is fine other than I would have recruited more since I really want to meet people and make friends and she is already established and works part-time. Well, today was supposed to be the first playgroup a local park, but I had forgotten I had a doctor's appt the same time so I was over an hour late.
When I got to the park Caleb was really excited and there were a ton of kids! We've gone before and there haven't been many kids there but today it was packed. I walked up to the park and was obviously looking around and a woman kept looking my way and smiling. I smiled back and came up to her and asked if I should know her--thinking maybe she was from church and I just didn't recognize her since we're so new. She asked if I were there for the Boise Mom's Club and I thought, "Is that what they called it?" and answered yes. She was so friendly and introduced me to a number of other moms there, none of which I recognized either. I didn't catch on as I'm sure you all have that the Boise Mom's Club was NOT the playgroup from church and I made oh so many comments that wouldn't have made any sense to these nice women. I told the first lady that I was very pleased with the turn out and sorry I was late since I had been the one that requested they start a play group. She must have thought I was a bit delusional but decided to be nice anyway. I threw around church lingo like nursery and primary and other things. Finally after I had been there for a while--not all the time spent talking to moms since I was there to play with Caleb--I met the lady that was sortof in charge and made some comment about remembering everyone's names. Then as we were talking I said something about the Mormon church and she looked at me funny. It was at that point that I finally started catching on that this was not my group. I felt embarrassed and took Caleb over to play on the other slides. We played for a while on the slides and the stairs and then I saw some of the ladies were still there and I got up the nerve to go talk to them. I found out there is a Boise Mom's Club and asked how to be a part. I guess they meet every Tuesday and Friday and I'm going to look it up online and hopefully be a part of it. However, it was a bit of an embarrassing start...
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I would have been so embarassed also!! I'm very self-conscious though, so I admire your willingness to keep talking to them and also that your going to join their group. I bet it will be fun though, to go be around other moms, in or outside the church.
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