Summer Playdates July 2, 2009

 Here is a schedule of some fun summer activities that we have planned together as a Mops group.  We will plan on being there on these dates and if you can make any or all of them that would be great!  

*June 24th-10:00 Carey Road Park,Carmel
*July 7th-10:00 Dillon Spray Park, Noblesville….make sure your kiddos wear their suits so they can play in the water
*July 30th-10:00 Meet at Brandi Day’s House for a morning of sprinklers, swinging, and food!  13197 Turquoise Circle, Carmel (317-429-6474)
 
*August 10th-10:00 Billercay Park,Fishers….also has a spray area, so have the kiddos wear suits!

*September 1st-10:00 Holliday Park, Indianapolis Meridian/Kessler area

We look foward to spending the summer with you and your kids.  Feel free to invite other mommies along too!

Thanks, Mops Steering
 If you have any questions call Brandi Day @ 429-6474

FREE Summer Activites May 2, 2009

Oh does our free page have so many new things on it! Here are a few highlights (if that huge page is too overwhelming!)

Royal Pin is having a great offer, if you have kids who like to bowl. For the entire summer, they’ll send you coupons for your kids to bowl two free games a day. Go to www.kidsbowlfree.com  to sign up and get the coupons. We did this last week and the boys loved it. I’d not been to that bowling ally (at 96th and Keystone) and I was impressed with how nice and clean it was. My husband gave me a hard time for commenting on that, but it has been awhile since we’ve gone bowling together. 

Local movie theaters have free showings of kid movies through out the summer, look on the free page for the links for those. I’ve never done this so I have NO idea how crowded those end up being (any one done who’d be willing to give advice in the comments?).

There are LOTS of free concerts–both kid concerts and ones in the evening for the whole family. There are also some fun act ivies like Touch A Truck (a BIG favorite in our family). 

Click on the FREE tab at the top and see what all the options are. If you know of other ones, let me know via email or in the comments. If you find out any that are no longer true, PLEASE let me know so we can take them off!

MOPS Meeeting: 4/21 April 23, 2009

Announcements for our meeting:

1. Next week is the LAST Chance we have for you to bring family favorite recipes (for meals, appetizers or deserts). PLEASE help with this!
2. Any MOPS Cards or money you have for the cards needs to be turned in at the next meeting. Based on the money turned in so far, we need to sell at least 80 more!!!
3. MOPS Picnic will be Sunday, May 17th. You’ll get an e-vite for the specific time and place once we get confirmation that we can have the picnic pavilion. Mark your calendars!

Another Kids Sale April 18, 2009

Were you not able to get to our sale? Or did you not find much in the size you needed? Here’s your chance to support another MOPS group that The Church at the Crossing.

April 28, 2008 @ 8 am – Noon, Cash Only!
The Church at The Crossing (near 86th & Keystone)
www.kidsstuffsale.org

MOPS Sale April 18, 2009

Thank you all for your help with the sale! So many of you got word out, donated items, worked the sale and even stopped by! It was a great success and we appreciate all your help!

Here are a few pictures I took Friday evening–really, these don’t do it justice for you to see how full the room was! If you couldn’t make it this year, I’m hearing rumors some people are thinking to do it again next year, so start saving your clothes and join us next year! 

MOPS Kids Consignment Sale April 14, 2009

Kids Consignment Sale

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

AT Northview Christian Life Church, Lower Level
8:00-12:30

Cash & Carry Sale!
Kids Clothes, Toys, Equipment & Maternity Clothes

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

MOPS Meeting 4/7 April 14, 2009

Our last meeting was a small, casual and fun evening. We had a number of people gone for spring break, but it was a great time for those of us who stuck around!  There were several topic tables on topics of Adoption, Traveling to Disney World, Biblical Parenting and Planning Quick and Cost Friendly Meals. As I walked around I was SO impressed with the thought and time each person put into their talks–you ladies did a great job!  We also had two crafts going one, one was making domino necklaces and the other was to decorate a home orginazation notebook.   

Our big announcements dealt with the two fundraisers we have coming up. The first one, the Kids Sale, you’ll see more above. The other, the MOPS Preferred card, has more details here.  We would greatly appreciate your help with both!

MOPS Meeting 3/17: Announcements March 20, 2009

We have some VERY important announcements from our meeting.

• Our next meeting is April 7th. (We have 5 Tuesdays this month, so it’s going to be a long time before  we get to see you again.)  At the meeting we’ll be doing a craft as well as a few Topic Tables–we hope to see you there!
• If you are interested in being on Steering or a Table Leader, let Kelli know. I will tell you I have LOVED my time of being in leadership at MOPS, it’s so much fun to get to know women better by being on a leadership team–you should really consider it!
• We have our MOPS and POPS event next Friday, March 27th. You should have gotten an e-vite about that (if not, let me know).  PLEASE, if you want to come, RSVP soon! Also, if you RSVP on the e-vite, make sure you include if you want child care and the age/name of your kids so we can have name tags made. It’ll cost $15 if you’re using child care (no matter the number of kids), or $5 if you’re not going to use the child care services.
• We have 2 big fundraisers coming up that we really need to be successful!
• We are selling MOPS discount cards (I have more details here). They are $10 a card and have LOTS of great deals on them. We really need every person to sell 5 cards and have 30 days to sell them. If you haven’t gotten cards from Kristi, contact her and she’ll get you some. We have 30 days to sell them!
• Our Consignment Sale is coming up, April 17th & 18th.

1. Sign up with Kristi if you want to sell things, to get your seller number. We need more sellers so you are welcome to invite friends or family to join in the sale.
2. You need to get a yellow paper on how to label your items you are selling.
3. You will get your cash 2 weeks after the sale.
4. We will also take donations if you just want to get rid of items and not mess with tagging them. If you have items you’d like to add to the sale, let Kristi know.
5. We are starting sign up to work the pre-sale and the sale. If you’d like to help with either, let Kristi know.
6. Don’t forget there is a pre-sale Friday evening for all those who help out or sell items.

MOPS Meeting 3/17: Resources March 20, 2009

We had 5 women on an Educational Panel to talk about various Educational options.  Here are some of the websites mentioned.

We had the VP of Heritage Christian Elementary School, their website is here.

We had a teacher from Prairie Trace Elementary School, in the Carmel School System. She mentioned their web site had a list of standards to judge if your child is ready for Kindergarten. You can see that here.

One mother who homeschools talked about why her family made those decisions. She mentioned several sites including:

• Indiana Association of Home Educators
• Home School Legal Defense Association
• The Old Schoolhouse Magazine  (great magazine, but also free e-mail newsletters and helpful website)
• Rainbow Resource (Generally the best prices on all homeschool materials)
• Northview Christain Life Homeschool Moms Prayer and fellowship group-2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month (contact me if you’d like more information on that)

Here are some books she recommended about home schooling and choosing curriculum:

• The Christian Home School by Gregg Harris
• Educating the Wholehearted Child by Clay and Sally Clarkson
• The Successful Homeschool Handbook by Dr. Raymond and Dorthy Moore
• Beyond Survival by Diana Waring
• Teaching Your Own by John Holt
• 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum by Cathy Duffy

MOPS Preferred Card! March 20, 2009

We are getting to sell the MOPS Preferred Card for the next 30 days–check out the GREAT offers on these cards (these cards can be used the next year). We are going to have a prize to the person who sells the most cards. Check out the great deals you can get with the it:

• Monkey Joes-$2 off 1 child
• Texas Roadhouse-FREE cactus blossom with purchase of 2 adult dinner entrees, Sunday-Thursday.
• Pinheads-One FREE game of bowling with purchase of a game (excl. Friday/Saturday after 6pm, shoe rental not included)
• Capstone Cafe & Bookstore-20% off any 1 item, or 50% off 2nd beverage w/ perchance of beverage of equal or lesser value.
• Bounce Planet–$2 off Open Bounce (Monday-Thursday)
• Fazolis-$2off any purchase of $5 or more
• Little Caesars-FREE crazy bread combo w/ purchase of large speciality pizza
• Gelato DaVinci-FREE kids scoop w/ pur. of double scoop.
• MOE’S–FREE soft drink with purchase of entree
• Qdoba–10% off total purchase
• Handles–10% off total purhase
• McDonalds at 15101 N. Meridaian in Carmel–FREE same sandwich w/purchase of extra value meal.
• Clubhouse Cuts for Kids–$2 OFF any Regular Priced Haircut
• Cool River Pizza–FREE order of bread sticks w/ pur. of large or extra-large pizza at Reg. menu price
• The Roost–10% off total check, after 4 pm @ 7371 E. 116th St. Fishers
• Runner’s Forum–10% off total pur. using credit card, 15% of if using cash (valid for reg. priced merchandise only)
• Einsteins Bro. Bagles–10% off Lunch Sandwich or Lunch Salad
• Quiznos–10% off total purchase
• Gymboree–10% off birthday party packages

You’ll have 30 days to sell these cards. We really need each person to sell 5 to hit our goal (which we really need to hit). Any you don’t sell, bring back. Checks may be made out to Northview Christan Life Church