Playgroup on hold...

Hi Everyone!

I really hate to do this, but I think we are going to cancel our playgroup tomorrow and hold our get-togethers until January. My life has gotten kind of crazy lately and unfortunately I have work tomorrow and then December gets crazy with Nate's finals and we're heading out of town to visit family for 3 weeks over the Christmas break. Also Michelle is sick this week and her new little one is due in December, so she'll be out for a while, too. I'm sure you all have crazy schedules around the holidays as well, so this might work out best for everyone. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and we'll start back up after the new year!! See you soon.

Can't Make It

Hi Ladies!

Just wanted to let you know I have sick little girls today, so I won't be making it to Putters. Bummer. Also, I talked to Michelle last night and she has a cold, so I'm not sure she'll be there either. If you are planning on going, please contact someone else to make sure they're going, too. I hate for anyone to be alone. Sorry to ditch out, I'll miss seeing you all! Have a great time and hopefully I'll see you next week.

November's Schedule!

November 3rd: Nursery Room
November 10th: Putters Indoor Playground
November 17th: Nursery Room - Thanksgiving Pot-luck & craft!!
November 24th: Thanksgiving week - No activity.

We'll be doing sign-ups for our pot-luck this month so if you have something in mind you'd like to bring, please let us know in a comment! Also, now that we'll be indoors most weeks, I'd love help planning crafts at the church or special outings (i.e. I'm planning a trip to the fire station), so if you're willing and available please let me know! Hope to see you all soon!

Happy Halloween!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Halloween party this year! We had a great turnout and my girls and I had a great time. The total count for children there was 24…that is awesome!! I know it got a little chaotic, but I am so grateful for the help of so many women from set-up to clean up. You sure made my job easier! For those of you that we missed, we hope to see you next year (and at our weekly get-togethers in the meantime!). Now some fun pictures to enjoy…

Coloring stems for "Pin the Stem on the Pumpkin"

My favorite is that we didn't even blindfold the kids and still none of them got the stem in the right place!

Our attempt at making a cute craft turned into quite the entertainment! What were we thinking handing a bunch of two year-olds suckers and telling them to decorate them instead of eating them? Most kids either ripped off the paper...

....or cried (but doesn't she look so cute!)

...or just ate the sucker anyway

but eventually they turned out pretty cute! :)

Playing a musical witches cake walk!
Some of the fun
Making cute owl cupcakes

If anyone else has fun pictures to share, we'd love to see them!! Oh and now that it is November, I will be working on the schedule for this month. Sorry to be last minute again! :) Check back soon...

Halloween Party Details...

Please join us for our first annual Mom & Tot Halloween Party! This is for all children home during the day (about 0-6...if they're home from kindergarten!) and any parents who are home as well. Also feel free to invite others you know, parties can be a great missionary tool! :) We will be starting at 10:30 on Tuesday, October 26th in the nursery room. Dress up your little ones and join us for a fun time of Halloween games, crafts and treats! Can't wait to see you there!

Halloween Party!

I am REALLY excited about this party! School age kids usually get awesome Halloween parties in their classes, but what about the little ones? Okay, so maybe they don't even have a clue what's going on, but it's still fun to dress them up (who wants to buy or make a costume and then put their child in it ONCE?!), and every toddler enjoys a good party (or at least all the sugar their mom's let them consume)! No matter what, it's at least fun for the moms! So with that said...let's make it EXTRA fun! I've chatted with a few gals about it and I think we're going to go the whole nine-yards...decorations, costumes, games, cupcake decorating...the classic awesome kid-friendly Halloween party. So now, anyone want to help pull it together? I'm looking for some volunteers to head up different assignments. If you are willing to help out, please e-mail me or respond to this post. If you have a special area in mind that you'd like to be in charge of, let me know, otherwise I'll just let you know where we need help. Oh, and start spreading the word!! The more people we have, the more fun it will be. Even people who don't normally come to Mom & Tot should be invited! (And make sure to mark your calendars and plan to be there, too!)

And one minor detail...THE DATE HAS CHANGED! Sounds like there are MANY Halloween parties scheduled for Friday the 29th (mostly due to Halloween being on Sunday this year), so we are moving it to TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26th at 10:30 at the church. I hope that works for everyone. Seems like the consensus was that that was the best day. I'm already looking forward to it!

Hayride Details

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give the details for the hayride tomorrow!! It is at Lone Pine Farms (where they have now set out all their Halloween stuff and it is a BLAST!). I've never been on the hayride, but it sounds like something the kids (and moms) will love! We could either do a tractor-drawn ride for $3 (ages 1+) or a horse-drawn ride ($4). They take you out to their pumpkin fields where you get to pick out your own pumpkin to take home! (The price of the pumpkin is extra.) If everyone could meet in the parking lot in front of the playground at 10:30, that would be great. It's going to be fun!