Lord,
I pray for your healing touch on all of the children of moms reading this. Heal them of any disease, illness, infirmity, or weakness. May they sleep well at night, their bodies rested and strengthened for the next day. May they have supernaturally strong immune systems.
I pray that the children will be wise in the way they go about their days, doing the things they have been taught to stay healthy. Give us wisdom as we make grocery purchases and help our children adhere to early bedtimes and other things to give them a healthy advantage.
Give your angels charge over our families to keep us in all our ways. Amen.
“I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you.” 2 Kings 20:5

From Coach Mom newsletter 10/5/09

Copied from Coach Mom newsletter
Hydrogen Peroxide (3%) is an inexpensive, non-toxic cleaner. Buy a small hydrogen peroxide spray bottle at WalMart, then refill it with larger bottles from Sam’s Club or Costco.  If you using your own spray bottle, make sure it is opaque like the brown bottles it comes in, as it reacts to light.
Use hp to clean almost anything in the house, from walls to carpet, cutting boards to showers and toilets. It is said that following the hp cleaner with a spray bottle of vinegar and water cleans as good as bleach. Remember to disinfect whatever gets touched: doorknobs, keyboards, faucets and toilet flushing levers.
HOMEMADE OXYCLEAN
* 1 cup hot water
* 1/2 cup baking soda
* 1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide
Mix ingredients. To use on clothes, soak the clothing in it for 20
minutes to overnight; then wash as usual.

Check Out Our God Smiled Fundraiser at

                  www.MustardSeedFundraising.org/mops-on-the-hill

Create your child’s ‘life story’ and help support our fundraiser! God Smiled is a highly personalized book that shares details and feelings about your child’s life, while sharing God’s love! God Smiled is sure to become a treasured keepsake! And each book ordered returns $10 to help fund scholarships for Moms who want to be in MOPS!

• Highlights 25 personalized details – including thoughts and feelings!
• Your child’s name stars on the cover!
• Colorfully illustrated and sweetly written!
• Perfect gift for preschoolers and early readers!
• Boy and girl versions!
• Quality hardback!
• Only $29.95!

Go to www.MustardSeedFundraising.org. Click “Find Your Organization”, and then click on Mops on the Hill. Once on our secure, Mops on the Hill web page, you can read the book and fill in the blanks with details to create a one-of-a-kind biography for your special little one. Satisfaction is 100% guaranteed.

Books will be delivered to our Mops group in 4 to 6 weeks at no charge –in time for Christmas– or they can be shipped to any address for a small charge. Be sure to invite friends and family to share in this unique fundraiser.

Order today!Our God Smiled fundraiser ends October 18^th!

Free! Uddercovers is giving away free $32 nursing covers. You just pay shipping (8.95). Code is cranberry2. I just got one and it worked! Put it in your cart and then apply the code at checkout. www.uddercovers.com. By the way, in no way does this message imply that I feel nursing mothers need to use a cover! I just know that some people are more comfortable using them when nursing in public – personal preference.

I just wanted to let you know our new year is starting in just 2 short weeks.  For those of you who are visiting for the first time, we meet at Northview Christian Life in Carmel,  (131st & Hazeldell) the 1st and 3rd Tues of the Month at 7-9 p.m., Sept-May.  The first meeting is Sept. 15th. 

Please join us we love to meet new mommies!  You will find the meetings relaxing, motivating and encouraging, no matter what stage of motherhood you are in!  AND.. are you ready for this?…… You get to eat and not have to feed anyone else!  (That is my favorite part!)   

We hope to see you soon!

Just a sample of some of the fun things Family Fun from Disney offers, you can sign up to get their newsletters delivered to you inbox and they will offer lots of free fun things to print off and give to your kiddos to do!

(Emily C., age 8, Rosepine, LA)

Things you’ll need:

- 3-by-5-inch spiral index card notebook

- thin, assorted ribbons or string

- colored or scrapbook paper

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- scissors

- glue

- markers

How to Assemble:

1.Cut paper into shapes and designs that you like.

2.Glue paper designs onto front of index card notebook to make a fun pattern.

3.Write the words “Prayer Journal” on the front.

4. Cut ribbons or string into 3-inch strips, then tie onto the spirals of the index cards to create a design.

5. Write your prayers inside your journal. When God answers, write how and when!

(Katie W., age 12, Mechanicsburg, OH)

Things you’ll need:

- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter

- 1/2 cup powered sugar

- 1 tablespoon butter, softened

- 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs

- 1/4 cup chocolate chips

- 1/2 cup sliced almonds

- extra chocolate chips

- scissors

- plastic zip bag

- greased cookie sheet

How to Assemble:

1.Mix together peanut butter, powdered sugar, butter and graham cracker crumbs.

2.Shape the peanut butter mixture into ovals for the bees’ bodies, and place them onto a greased cookie sheet.

3.Ask a parent to melt chocolate chips and pour melted chocolate into a plastic zip bag.

4. Use scissors to snip off a tiny corner of the bag, then drizzle stripes onto the bee bodies.

5. Create wings with sliced almonds.

6. Make eyes with the extra chocolate chips.

7.Allow chocolate to dry, then taste and “bee” stung with flavor!

Things that make your child deaf
Any parent knows that the moment a child sees water there will be instantaneous deafness. It doesn’t matter whether it’s an ocean, lake, river, stream or mud puddle. Even a Dixie cup full of water is a child magnet…because children cannot hear parents when they see water.

Suddenly, the brain sends a signal that bypasses the ears and goes straight to the child’s legs and tells the child to jump, dive, stomp or splash in the water. Not until the child is soaking wet and shivering do parents’ voices register.

“What did you do that for? I told you we were NOT getting wet today!”

Come on, parents. Did you ever get near water yourself as a child and NOT get wet?

The minute the car stops so the family can take a look at the water, all bets are off. Somebody is going to get wet and it’s going to be a total soak. In fact, the amount of soaking will be directly related to the lack of towels and dry clothes on hand, meaning the less prepared you are the more soaked your child will be.

Unless the water is in a sink filled with dirty dishes, your kids will not be able to resist its magnetic pull.
Another great distraction is the television. The third parent has far more command over children than do mom and dad. Television ON = child’s hearing OFF.
“Junior, how was your day?”
No response.
“Did you enjoy the lunch I made you?”
Still no response.
“Your father and I decided to buy you a pony….”

It doesn’t matter. It could be the news and even a three-year old will stop, pivot toward the tube and the eyes will glaze over, the jaw will go slack and there’s no getting through to him.

“I’ve got ice cream!” you sing. Who cares? No child can resist television. You’d do better if you made a commercial. “We interrupt this broadcast so Timmy’s dad can say, “Tim, it’s time for bed. Now.’” And try talking to a child delving into a sack of candy. A child cannot see, grab and stuff candy in his mouth AND hear at the same time. It’s biologically impossible. Cookies, pizza and soda have the same effect.
Children mean well, but there are certain things a parent must avoid in order to keep a child’s attention. So put away the candy, turn off the television and drive to the middle of the desert where you can use these things to negotiate with your child (some call it bribery). They’ll be putty in your hands as long as you can stand the whining—something that tends to make parents deaf.

Jelly Mom™ is written by Lisa Barker, mother of five and author of “Just Because Your Kids Drive You Insane…Doesn’t Mean You Are A Bad Parent!” and is syndicated through Parent To Parent™. To buy the book or leave comments, please visit
http://www.jellymom.com. Sign up for the complimentary Jelly Mom™ weekly newsletter and receive a BONUS GIFT!

In view of our recent storms, we thought this would be approiate…. Enjoy…

Family Fun Magazine
“Blackout nights” help kids learn to feel comfortable in the dark
by Marilu Hess— Dallas, Oregon
My family occasionally has what we call a blackout night, when we pretend that the power has gone out. The kids run around the house turning off anything that uses electricity: lights, the TV, the stereo, the computer. We eat dinner by candlelight, then play games, read stories, and color by flashlight. The kids have a great time, and it’s helped them see that losing power can be an adventure, not something to fear. It also provides us parents with an unusually quiet evening.
What a bonus!