November...

November Meetings

6pm to 8pm

Tuesday, November 6th, is our Pinterest Night. Crafts/Food

Each mom should bring an old t-shirt and random photos from home. We will create t-shirt scarves and a trivet.

Food Rotation: Surfboard Sisters & Beach Blanket Beauties (If possible please use a Pinterest Recipes, AND please bring/share the recipe!)

Also....please note: we'll be taking pictures! Props & a painted frame and will take pics of moms holding up the frame and posing in front of a beach background. The pics will be printed and placed in the nets! AND on FB.


Sat Nov 17th: Christmas Parade

Starts at 11am, line up on Kent at 10-10:30. Graven is providing a truck for us, driven by Rae, and the moms and kids can sit in the back to wave. Open to all members. If you want to walk and hand out fliers beside the truck, GREAT! We will purchase some candy to give out.


Tuesday, November 20th will be a super-fun Photo Scavenger Hunt!

PLEASE NOTE: we are starting AT 6pm! We will break into small groups and will be leaving at 6:30 with a list of things to take pictures of, taken by a camera phone. There cannot be 1 photographer, all most rotate and be in the photos. There are points awarded by the difficulty of photo (you will see on the list). Be back by 7:30 and your photos will be counted up. The winning 4 will get a prize. And it will be worth it!

Food Rotation: Starfish Sweeties & Coral Reef Cuties (Theme: Comfort food – think Thanksgiving!)

Community Fall Fest Events

I have been online all day trying to come up with this list! Crazy the lack of advertising in this little town...;)

Some Trunk or Treat/fall fest places to check out:

Southern Heights Christian Church 7pm
Faith Baptist on East 32 5pm - 7pm
First United Methodist 5:30pm
Cross Creek Church - 5:30 - 8pm

Also "rumored" that the following are having something, though they dont have anything on their websites.

Real Life on South 5
Heritage Baptist
Hillcrest Baptist

If you have more details on any of these...or know of other churches to add to our list, please email me :)

Julie Y
publicity@lebanonmopsatshcc.com

Camera Shy

How many of you read or heard about the huge article last week "The Mom Stays In the Picture"?

Published in the Huffington Post on October 6th, it was written by Allison Tate. Allison Tate is a regular mom..thirtysomething, mom to four, freelance writer, school volunteer, car-pool driver. Usually late to arrive. Still carrying extra baby weight. Sometimes awkward, tired, and rumpled.

Her post is honest, vulnerable. Profoundly moving.

And steps on toes. Mom toes.

Last week, she shared a story that began with an object of dread: a photo booth at a party. Her 5-year-old son wanted her to join him in it. She hesitated, really wanting to avoid it.

"It seems logical. We're sporting mama bodies and we're not as young as we used to be. We don't always have time to blow dry our hair, apply make-up, perhaps even bathe (ducking). The kids are so much cuter than we are; better to just take their pictures, we think.
But we really need to make an effort to get in the picture. Our sons need to see how young and beautiful and human their mamas were. Our daughters need to see us vulnerable and open and just being ourselves -- women, mamas, people living lives. Avoiding the camera because we don't like to see our own pictures? How can that be okay?......."

"I'm everywhere in their young lives, and yet I have very few pictures of me with them. Someday I won't be here -- and I don't know if that someday is tomorrow or thirty or forty or fifty years from now -- but I want them to have pictures of me. I want them to see the way I looked at them, see how much I loved them. I am not perfect to look at and I am not perfect to love, but I am perfectly their mother."

"The kids are so much cuter than we are...."
 

That’s certainly what I think.

 

I mean, why would I want documentation — evidence — of all my faults?

 

Behind the camera is where I feel safest.

 

Lately, though, I’ve been reconsidering this policy.

Not because of Tate; because of one of my daughter's.

She has recently become very camera-shy, too.

 

I wonder: Is this my influence?

 

Conversely, Tate’s influence has been positive: As of today, her essay has 521,332 “likes” on Facebook; it has been shared 151,400 times; it has prompted 805 comments.

 

As the picture-perfect post went viral, the Huff Post created a gallery of submitted images where readers — moms like me — have stayed in the picture. Their comments, about themselves and their children, are so powerful:

 

“No makeup, an extra 100 pounds, and grey hair. Look how much my kids love me anyway.”

 

“After reading this article, I realize, I must be in the pictures, she must see me, for who I am today. She loves me just as I am, so why shouldn’t I do the same?”

"I've decided the measure of a pic with my kids is not if I look "good", but if I look happy. Then it's a keeper! Flat hair, double chin, crazy eyebrows, whatever, if you can tell how much I loved my kids in that exact moment, well it's perfect."

 I encourage you to read Allison's entire article.
Julie Y
What are your thoughts?.......

Boring School Lunches?

Check out this great collection of recipes over at Second Chance to Dream!

 

 

 

This is one that I can't wait to try.....

 

 

Mini Deep Dish BBQ Chicken Pizza

• olive oil
• 10 oz. refrigerated pizza crust dough
• 1/2 cup bbq sauce, more as needed (I used hickory & brown sugar)
• grilled chicken, tossed in bbq sauce
• red onion
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, more as needed
• fresh cilantro

 Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Brush 9 wells, of a standard size muffin/cupcake pan with olive oil.

Roll out pizza crust dough to desired thickness, dough will expand during baking (I stretched my dough pretty thin). Use a large biscut cutter (or rim of a glass) to cut out 9 circles of dough, and press into bottom and up sides of muffin pan.

Spoon a scant tablespoon of sauce onto each dough cup, and spread up sides

Add chicken and finely chopped red onion or desired "toppings".

Top with shredded cheese. I like a lot of cheese on my pizza, so I really piled it on, but you can use as much as you like, depending on your preference.

Bake for 10 minutes, until edges start to turn golden brown

Top with chopped fresh cilantro and transfer to wire rack for 2-4 minutes before removing from pan. Serve immediately

 

 

 

 

 

The Beginner's Bible App for iPad

The bestselling Bible storybook of all time with over 6 million copies sold is now available in an iPad app that includes enhanced audio with compelling narration, music, and sound effects that help bring 94 Bible stories to life like never before.

With Bible characters you can touch, coloring pages, puzzles, and games, this special iPad edition of The Beginner’s Bible brings God’s Word to children ages 2-6 in an engaging and interactive way.

 

 

The first “Story Pack”, which includes 6 stories, coloring pages, puzzles, and game, is included in your app download, completely FREE!

Oct - Community Fun

~ Community Fun ~

Oct 5th, 6th, 7th— Lebanon Library  Annual Book Sale  Early bird sale fri night with $5 admission. Sat & Sun free.

Oct 4th, 5th, 6th—Camdenton Library Fall Book Sale During regular business hrs

Oct 6th—Praise Him in the Streets SHCC Praise Team’s night of outdoor worship and fellowship. 7pm at National TV's parking lot on Jefferson. FREE to all

Oct 7th—Free Concert featuring Pans of Praise from Trinidad & Tobago. Presented by Cross Creek Church. 5:30pm at Atchley Park.

Oct 13th—MOPS Gunter Farms Pumpkin Patch 10 am—1pm

Oct 13th—Fall Community Garage Sale at Cowan Civic Center 8 am -2pm

Oct 13th—Communion Chapel Bible Church Fall Festival Free fun...hayrides, food, music. West 64 at 5pm

Oct 20th—Smitty’s Customer Appreciation Fall Fest Pumpkin Patch for kids, bbq to purchase, car show, store specials.

Oct 27th—Big Daddy Weave & Aaron Shust “Redeemed Tour” LHS Boswell Auditorium. Doors open at 6, concert 7pm. Free admission.

Oct 28th—Lebanon Family Church Annual Fall Fest at Ag Barn behind Civic Center. 5pm to 7:30pm. $5 admission wristband covers meal, drinks, popcorn, cotton candy, and unlimited play on inflatables. 

 

Know of some area events that young children and/or moms would like to attend? Or have a great easy recipe , kid craft idea, or devo you want to share? Email Julie at publicity@lebanonmopsatshcc.com

 

Kid toons this weekend

 

 

 

Pumpkin Patch!

MOPS Annual Gathering at Gunter's Pumpkin Patch

 

 

Saturday, October 13, 2012

 

10:00am until 1:00pm

 

Potluck lunch, barn games, corn maze, hayride and more!!     Have you rsvp'd yet? You can do so on our lebanonmopsatshcc facebook page or email info@lebanonmopsatshcc.com.

8 Weeks of Thanksgiving

Joy, it’s always a function of gratitude — and gratitude is always a function of perspective.

If we are going to change our lives, what we’re going to have to change is the way we see.

 

                                                                                                                             ~Ann Voskamp

 

 

Finding joy. Digging down deep and discovering gratitiude. This sounds good to me. I want this. I find myself ashamed that most days, I don't really give it a thought. At least, intentionally.

 

But I want to.

 

And I love that I don't have to do it alone.

 

I recently was invited to a facebook group called "8 Weeks of Thanksgiving".  Whose goal is to practice the discipline of thankfulness and gratitude in the 8 weeks between Oct 1st and Thanksgiving Day.

By sending out two cards/or emails of sincere gratitude to someone that we know per week.  

I also love this:

 downloadable here

 

 

So I challenge you....join in. Join with some of us other mops moms, and people around the country, and lets get our hearts mindful of thanksgiving. Let discover crazy Joy!

 

Julie Y

 





Fundraiser: Google Nexus 7

Our fall fundraiser: Google Nexus 7 (16GB)

We are selling tickets for a chance to win this brand new unopened tablet. For spec information, click on the link above.

Ticket cost: 1 = $5  or  3 = $10

The winner will be drawn at the November 6th MOPS meeting at 7:30pm!

Any money we make on this fundraiser over the cost of the tablet will go towards our Outreach fund, which enables us to donate to the Pregnancy Support Center, COPE House and more!

To purchase a ticket via debit/credit card, visit our "Donations" page. You can click on the $5 Donation button for 1 ticket or the $10 Donation button for 3 tickets. We will use your address to mail out your tickets!  You do NOT need to be present to win.

You may also pay via debit/credit card OR in cash in person by contacting Tonya Soum.

October...

October Meetings
6pm to 8pm

 

Tuesday, October 2nd our speaker will be Stacy Segebarth. "Love and Loving the Unloved"

Food rotation: Beach Blanket Beauties and Starfish Sweeties.



Tuesday, October 16th we'll be doing session two of our Sacred Parenting series. Followed by a team Pumpkin Carving Contest. Pumpkins provided :)

Food Rotation: Coral Reef Cuties & Mermaid Mommas


And don't forget our special fall event:

October 13th we'll be gathering up our families and heading to Gunter Farms Pumpkin Patch for a potluck lunch, barn games, hayride, corn maze, and more pumpkin fun! Please rsvp.