R.S.
HI J.! Oregon is beautiful...I have a brother that lives there. I bet you miss it tons!?! :) But welcome to your new home in Minnesota, hopefull you'll like it here just as much.
Actually, I live kind of far from you (a bit farther south)...but at least I can offer a few recommendations to bring you closer to your goal. Have you checked out your logal Mom's Club organization??...www.momsclub.org. for about $20-25 a year you can get a great and informing monthly mailer of activities and get in contact with mom's near your local neighborhood. They schedule monthly meetings and playdates and it also gives you a good idea of what fun things to do with your kids locally. Also, if your group was like mine, it was especially helpful when the baby comes...my group had a 'Caring Moms' facet, where I was delivered a ton of homecooked free meals a couple times a week for 2 weeks! Also, there's another organization called Mothers Connection that meets in EP too that's a bit more 'rounded' and is another great way to connect with moms: www.mothersconnection.info. or, email ____@____.com if you're having problems with the above link. In the interim, there's a great place that offers various fun physical/active classes for little ones called MY GYM in Eden Prairie near Rainbow. At 3, you can just watch (nice being PG) and talk with other moms that will be there also watching their 3 year olds...their phone: ###-###-####. You can call and sign up for a free 'sample' class first to check it out up front. The owners are really great with kids and I think you and Megan will really like it. Otherwise, as far as good preschool programs...seems like the trend is private schools are the best at this age: either a good local Montessori or the religious schools (most are not picky about needing to be a certain denomination this early in the game). Welcome, Best of Luck and Congratulations on your new baby!!
