Shanghai Mamas Party

Shanghai Mamas is a support group for expat women with kids in Shanghai. It was started 1.5 years ago by a woman who moved to Shanghai from Austin, Texas. She was homesick and lonely and came up with the idea of starting a Yahoo Group to meet people like herself. The Yahoo site is a great resource on all things kids. Shanghai Mamas also plan social events every month for everyone to meet.

Shanghai Mamas sponsored a Welcome Back party at Kid's Town today. Apparently alot of members are gone for months for summer vacation and the party was to welcome everyone back to Shanghai. I need to find out where these people work and how I can apply. I took 3 days off this summer to go to Phuket. The founder of Shanghai Mamas was able to find a couple of businesses to sponsor the party so that we only had to pay 40RMB instead of the usual 120RMB to play at Kid's Town. Everyone who attended brought food, drinks, etc. There were about 20+ adults and 20+ kids at the party. I met some really nice Americans there who had kids around Sydney's age. I see new playdates in our future. We ran into a classmate of Sydney's from school at the party.

I saw the RSVP list and knew that there would be alot of people at the party so I showed up early with Sydney so that she would have time to play before she will have to share some of the toys. Plus Sydney seemed really tired today so I wasn't sure how much stamina she had in her. Of course, the battery in my camera died right as the party was starting so I don't have pictures of the parties or our new friends. It was such a madhouse with kids running everywhere and Moms running after them. I did get some pictures of Sydney playing before the party.