vital Christmas ambience

It was the last Vital Moms for the year and our social muster of great mothers was abuzz with table decorating and catered food displaying.  My earlier morning fluster of having forgotten the coffee/tea mug for the gift  exchange was quickly remedied with a quick trip to Wal-mart for a more colorful replacement.  It had not deterred my punctual arrival so as to be able to assist with the children's check ins.  Phew.  It is truly delightful to be one of the first to see moms proudly toting their beautiful children into the building.  Some were well dressed for the celebratory season with the appropriate colors: boys itty-bittedly well representing mom's taste for quality seasonal masculine attire and little girls primly staged with their silky smooth curly ribboned tails adorning their pates.  And then there was my more casually groomed Maverick who was timidly comfortable with yet another "class room" social gathering amogst his mini peers. 

The sanctuary was completely decked with seasonal embellishments which included thousands of stringed miniature low lightings.  The celebratory ambience was fabulously YUM to say the very least.  Heart and eye candy to every in-house reveler.

Joyous applause to Michelle Smith [our greeter] for doing and stupendous job of keeping the jibber jabbering crowd gently nudged along within the the morning's buzzing agenda of used toy exchanging, gift exchanging, crafts display, maw stuffing, new mom/baby recognitions[s]....etc.  Her genuinely positive and gentle spirit is an incredible asset in helping all busy social-hungry moms feeling loved, appreciated and safe.  This is an environment that can easily propagate cliques [which conflicts with the purpose of VM].  However, her God-guided warm spirit appears to have a way of keeping that snuffed.