Tell me about your Mainly Music

I used to attend a really good mainly music with gabriel but they had to disband... i tried a different one in my area with both the boys but it just wasnt as good or nice... even tho they are all church run they seem to be different... so tell me about yours and why you like it...    

Our favourite MM class is crazy meyhem and we LOVE it! It is a huge group of all sorts, Mums, Dads, Nanas and Nannys! The lady that runs it is super fun, the kids gravitate towards her, she just gives off such a great vibe and she enourages the shy children. The people are very friendly, always stopping to chat to me as I don't have any friends that attend, one particular lady sits with me every time I go as she has a wee girl that is just one month older than Lauren.

I visited another MM nearby last week and it was very different, very structured (and damn boring), parents are not allowed to talk to each other and the lady that ran it was just so boring, spoke in a very monotone voice and was a bit of a control freak IMO. It was so so boring, Lauren was away with the fairies for most of it as it just was not stimulating enough for her!

Funny I went looking to a new one as I was wanting a break from our one ( I was helping and it was getting too much.) And it was really unstructured we hated it my boy's got lost in the kaos they feed the kids bicuts at morning tea and they could jsut go help themselves to as many as they wanted I got funny look's for saying no more to the boy's who would have kept going all day if they could the kids just got to run around when I made mine sit down. And the music time was really hard to follow they all jsut bunched up on the floor and pretty much did there own thing.
Our one which i have gone back too is rather strustrued not overly controlling, but they do prefere the Mum's to show some respect and not talk too much during the singing time and engage with the kid's more. The lady that run's ours is so amazing and the kids totally adore her there is usually a fight as to who get's to stand with here etc. we all get in a big circle so you feel like you are all part of it and morning tea they feed the kids apple's and healthy food there are biscuts aswell they get there own plate. Mum's alway's get spolit especially on Mother's day etc.

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The one that I take the five month old to at Eastgate Church in Pakuranga is fantastic, music starts at 10am for half an hour , the ladies get the children really involved and it is wonderful, then morning tea is out and toys after morning tea. and we have theme days as well,
Nice morning teas on special occasions like childrebs birthdays

Well you've already been to ours

I like it coz the people there have been really friendly from day one, I know a few of them from various places already but even people you don't know will come up and talk to you.

Some of the songs are a bit random but the leaders are really enthusiastic and the kids all get involved with shakers and scarves etc. And Maya came home from school singing one of the songs we sing at Mainly Music so was nice that I knew some of the words for her.

And I like the way they do morning tea, it's Mercedes and Sienna's fave part lol.

Oh and on Mothers Day we got a gorgeous ramekin each filled with lollies, that sold me if nothing else!

Our ones just fantastic, I rave to everyone about it. They have a waiting list as soo many people are trying to get in and they also run two sessions one at 9.30 and another at 10.30 witha shared morning tea in between at 10am. They provide the kids iwth a small bag of food with crackerz, sandwhich, biscuit and a drink of water and mums get their choice ( and as much of) yummy slices, hot food, biscuits etc etc, the morning tea part is my boys favourite. The music itself is well thought out, there are two ladies who actually sing and are really boisterous and involved. They ask us to save our conversations till morning tea which we're all fine with (that's obviously not conversatinos with our kids). It's organised but relaxed and very very friendly.