Last weekend, some of our members met up at the Children’s Museum of Tacoma! This was a great event for a range of ages and all the siblings too. Our kids liked climbing around and playing in the water features!
The museum is a pay-as-you-will so no amount is too small to enter. Members get special benefits if you plan on going here often.
This year for our annual board planning meeting we met at our treasurer’s house for half a day. We planned out the events for each month and started booking reservations. As each event’s logistics are finalized, we will send locations and times to our members via our private Facebook page and email from TPOM_Events@tacomamultiples.org. Add our events email to your contact list to make sure update emails don’t go to your spam folder!
Here is our schedule for the year.
The children had a great time hanging out with each other and it was nice seeing some of the parents that we hadn’t been able to connect with in a while. It was a fun and interactive experience from toddlers to tweens. We learned about constellations, planets, and planet 9. The staff were friendly and accommodating.
Below is a picture of some of our group!
Happy Easter from Tacoma Parents of Multiples! Our families got together two weekends ago for an egg hunt at the Fircrest Tot Lot. This is a great event for all ages, but the playground is geared for younger kids. Kids under 2 years old get to go first, then kids under 4 years old, then everyone else. This way everyone gets some eggs. 😃 Thank you to everyone who donated candy, stickers, tattoos, erasers, and other fun things!
On February 25th, Tacoma Parents of Multiples rented out the historic Blue Mouse Theater to watch a movie for all ages.
We got to enjoy fresh popcorn and not worry about our big families bothering anyone since we all were used to busy kids! Every year there are some kids that wander around because they can’t sit through the whole movie. We had a few toddlers doing that this year and it brings a smile to the face of parents with older kids – because that was how our kids were just a few years ago!
Check our private Facebook group for details on our next event: the egg hunt!
This was our group’s second time visiting McMillin Farms in Puyallup for our Pairs at the Patch event. We had over 40 people attend, from babies to adults! Most of the kids wore costumes and enjoyed seeing what others were dressing up as this year. Each TPOM kid got to take home a sugar pumpkin at the end.
All families brought snacks to share with each other. One family brought a pumpkin loaf for every other family!
This year we had our annual picnic in September to coincide with the new school year and our new membership year. Our group met at a park in Tacoma where TPOM provided the main dishes of hamburgers and hotdogs. Members brought side dishes and desserts, potluck-style.
We had an informal survivor 101 with new parents who brought their sweet twin baby girls! The older kids ran around and played together while the parents could catch up with each other and share strategies of what worked for them in the past.
There was smoke in the sky from the wild fires, which also kept some families home. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our next event at the pumpkin patch!
About 60 people from our Tacoma Parents of Multiples club came together for a morning at the Fircrest pool a few weeks ago. Although it was a cooler July morning, the water was warm, and the kids had a blast. It seemed like the parents did too! It’s so nice when the kids play together and the parents can talk about the challenges and joys of parenting multiples.
Our annual egg hunt at the Fircrest Tot Lot was so fun for many ages! The multiples and their siblings ran around collecting eggs and had a fun time playing at the playground too. Enjoy a few photos from the day and Happy Easter!
This weekend our families had the fun honor of learning about planets, constellations, and space at the Pierce College Science Dome!
Most kids were over the age of 3 to be able to listen (aka pay attention!) to the sky talk.
The kids enjoyed shouting answers and trying to find planets, stars, and moons as the sky above them changed.
These photos are from before the show – it gets much darker to really see the sky!
It was so nice getting together safely after a long time of no in-person events!
Tacoma Parents of Multiples 