Kicking off the new year the Florida way...a beach playdate

I don't know about you all, but I missed my MOPS peeps over the holidays.  Our first playdate of the year was at the beach, which when you live in Florida is the only way to go!  Thank you Caitlin for helping us to relax after the stress of the holidays.

Our first meeting of the year was a white elephant exchange and we had a blast swapping gifts and vying for the bottles of wine, blankets and fuzzy socks.

Our Girls Night out for January was a swip swap which probably had our best turnout of the year.  I hope everyone else scored some great items like I did. All the leftover items were donated to various charitable organizations such as Hubbard House and Downtown Ecumenical Services.

This was just one of the carloads that when out.  Thank you all for being such a generous group.

These two photos are why I LOVE MOPS! Someone throws out a quick this is where we are headed and suddenly its a party.  We have been having some fabulous impromptu playdates which help keep us from going crazy.