Creative Dance Classes - Start Oct. 17th, 2011

First meeting of the year!

Hey Ladies! Guess what? 

It's that time again.

The first meeting of Leavenworth MOPS is on the

schedule for Wednesday September 14!

PLEASE NOTE: TIME CHANGE. We will be meeting at the Leavenworth Church of the Nazarene at 111 Ski Hill Road but we will be meeting earlier than last year at 9am to 11am! (We hope this time change will be helpful for those moms needing to pick up their chitlins from preschool.)

This year's theme is MomSense. This year MOPS will focus on assuring every mom she can become the mom she's meant to be and by combining her mom intuition and her common sense she will discover her own unique "MomSense".

In a nutshell, MOPS is all about moms getting together to encourage, equip and edify one another on this fun filled road through these crazy times of raising preschool kiddos!

Won't you join us?

If so, get ready for a great year packed with yummy food, practical and quick crafts (did I mention quick? Like even I can do them and finish them before I leave!!) and an amazing line up of speakers who will fill our think tanks with good info. Here are some of the slated topics:

How to fit healthy habits into a hectic lifestyle

Creating lasting and memorable holiday and family traditions

Home Efficiency: How to calm the crazy

Healthy kids are happy kids

Disciplining children in love

Decor for the busy Mama: What is YOUR style?

Keep in mind these topics are still floating and subject to change but most will be in the line up for this year!

Be excited!

MOPS Moms in Leavenworth also have a heart to give back to the community around us as well as the world at large. We also know that mothers of preschool kids have bigger philanthropic dreams than their time allows so we have planned a few activities that allow us to work together and bless others!

If you are new to MOPS and want some more info, check out www.MOPS.org. You can email us at LeavenworthMOPS@gmail.com!

Also, Leavenworth MOPS is on Facebook. Yes, we are that cool. So look us up and friend us so you can get all the great updates and witty quips from time to time!

Well, that's all for now. Have a great rest of your summer and we'll see you in a few weeks!

Love,

THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR

This is it for the year, folks! We are meeting this Wednesday at 9:15 for a time of socializing and picking up ideas for ways to keep your kids busy and having fun all summer long. This is also time clean out your bookshelves for a book exchange. You may bring grownup books as well as kid's books. See you at the Nazarene Church on Wednesday.

We do plan on meeting informally during the summer, so be sure to check the blog or your email periodically. We can't go all summer without seeing each other!

There will NOT be a snowstorm-

I am just sure there won't be a snowstorm this time around, so we have re-scheduled Jenn Dean-Hill to come and speak to us on anger management. Jenn is a licensed individual/ family/ marriage counselor from Richland, WA and the mother of two children- ages 13 and 12. She can give us great insight and perspective as one who is on the other side of parenting young children. Please come and bring anyone you can think of who would benefit from this topic - which is everyone, right? You can find out more about Jenn and her work at relationshipremodel.com. Brunch and childcare provided- this Wednesday- check in begins at 9:15.

Don't forget our annual MOPS and POPS night out- THIS FRIDAY- May 13th at the Nazarene Church. The evening begins at 6:00 pm- dinner (for the adults), childcare and lots of fun provided. Suggested donation of $10 per family- but please don't let cost prohibit you from coming. Also- if your spouse can't make it, not a problem- come anyway for a fun night out. Please RSVP with the number of adults and children coming by May 11th. We'll need to know just how much steak to buy and sitters to hire. You can RSVP by commenting on this post or emailing josh.hill@frontier.com. SEE YOU THERE!

CONGRATULATIONS to Holly and Chris Flick on the arrival of precious Sarah Fina Flick born April 30th. Hopefully I can find a picture to post soon- she's a cutie!

Congrats to Sarah Rose (& Family)

Welcome Finnley Robert Rose born April 20th. 7#10oz. 20" long.

We can't wait to meet him!

Also: if you are looking for ways to bless Sarah & her family, check out our Meal Train:

http://www.mealtrain.com?id=mpebo147te7t

April 13th

Come this Wednesday for our annual Easter celebration. We will hear from some of our own moms and participate in a service craft in order to spread the Gospel in one of the most violent and hardest to reach areas in our world. I am really looking forward to seeing everyone! Check in begins at 9:15.

Two announcements and a reminder

FIRST:

Light in the Valley Community Church is looking to hire someone for nursery on Sunday mornings. We're looking for someone who is committed, reliable and has a passion for kids from 9:45-11:45am every Sunday. There is an average of only 2 kiddos in our nursery. You can bring your own children if you'd like to. Please email Whitney at lightinthevalley@gmail.com or call 782-1920 if you're interested. Feel free to pass this along if you know of someone who might enjoy some extra money and loves kids.

SECOND:

Mom's Night Out is staying at the originally scheduled date of March 29th. We'll be meeting at the church in our normal room, and CHILDCARE is (hopefully) PROVIDED- still waiting on some calls back on that one. Cover charge of $5.00 to offset cost of supplies- and please note the beginning time has been changed to 6:30.

THIRD:

There is no MOPS until April 13th! March has five Wednesdays- so sometimes we get thrown off a bit.