17 February 2010

It was my turn for a stint as coordinator for a TMG playgroup meeting, and I managed to cock it up. I had chosen to hold it at the jidokan at Hamamatsucho, but had foolishly assumed it would be OK without checking first. When I arrived I was informed that there was a private babysitting session in the playroom and we could not go in. Mums started turning up for the meeting and I could not think what to do apart from apologise profusely and hope no-one had come too far. It was too cold for a park and anyway some of the babies were only tiny. Just when I was beginning to depair, one of the women in the office there who knew about TMG came over and told us that there was another jidokan nearby. We all trooped off there in convoy and after a couple of false starts found the place. Though it looked quite run-down, the playroom was very well-equipped. In fact, though it was only a small room it had a better stock of toys than the original venue, and all the electronic toys even worked, which they rarely do. In case there were stragglers I left Emily playing happily and made the trip back to the first jidokan, three times meeting a mum on the way and having to escort them to the new one. So it turned out OK in the end, but made me and TMG look bad to begin with.


Not content with an exciting morning, I had also arranged to go to Skip Kids in the afternoon with Julia. By the time we got there it was 4.30, and we were first to arrive. Julia and Charlize came a little later, with Rachel and Ashling, and Kara also came with Teo. We stayed a couple of hours and even then the children didn't want to leave. Unfortunately, none of them ate much tea there. On our return home I had to give Emily some more food. We had a 'picnic 'with some of the toys to make it a bit more fun and encourage her to eat.