Last week Austin Moms Blog hosted its first ever play date at Hoppin’ House off South Lamar. We have been dreaming of this event for almost two years and it couldn’t have gone better. We learned of Hoppin’ House a couple of ways. The first time we heard of the place, Vanessa visited a location in Cedar Park and the second time (the time we fell in love) Allison attended a birthday party at their Lakeway location. She loved everything about the party–there is space for the adults to sit and mingle, there are play areas for children of all ages and it’s just an all-around great time.

Orens party

After we fell in love with the place, we reached out to the franchise owner, Joel and explained to him that we’ve been dying to host a play date for years and we knew our mamas would love the location. He was gracious enough to partner with us and roll out the red carpet for Austin Moms Blog readers. You know us, we love local Austin businesses!

We arrived at Hoppin’ House at 10 am, which was perfect. They open at 10, so for about 15 minutes our mamas had the place all to themselves. One of the great things about Hoppin’ House is that you don’t have to be at a birthday party to get in. Every day they have what they call “Open Play” where you can attend during certain hours and have a ball in their facility. We met and saw quite a few families who were attending for Open Play and they mentioned that they love doing that on a regular basis because they have free WiFi (perfect for the work-from-home mom or the blogging mom!) and you can take your own snacks (AND BYOB if it’s cocktail time!). I put out a spread of goodies for the attendees in our own party room and mingled with our readers while our kids mingled with bounce castles.

Hoppin House Collage 1

Our fabulous contributor Kristen Jansen offered up her incredible photography services to take pictures of the event. As you can see there are things for children of all ages to do. The foam pit was especially a huge hit and favorite amongst the kids. In fact, Caroline only came home with one sock because of that pit 😉

 

Hoppin House Collage 2

In addition to the complimentary entertainment and yummy snacks, our moms also had the opportunity to sign up for the chance to win a free mini-session donated by a local photographer and contributor, Katie Eaton and a coupon for 20 percent off a local Etsy shop, Kate Zaremba Company! Congrats to Stephanie Ortiz for winning the giveaway, we can’t wait to see how your pics turn out!

If you joined us at Hoppin’ House, thank you for coming out! We loved meeting all of you! If you missed the event, don’t worry; we will definitely have more fun with play dates and moms night out events! Big Huge Ginormous THANKS to Hoppin House’ for helping make our first event a success!

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