Hard to believe, but today was our last MOPS meeting of the 2010-2011 "season". It was a fun-filled and busy morning! We honored our "graduates" with a short ceremony and small gifts (a mop, poem, and Kit-Kat bar). It is always so bittersweet to see our friends "graduate" from our group and move into this next phase (school-aged kids) of motherhood. We also took time to thank our wonderful leadership/steering team and MOPPETS workers. These amazing women are a vital part of our program and our meetings just wouldn't happen without all of their hard work!
Our speaker, one of our fellow MOPS moms, shared some great ideas for things to do with our children this summer. She broke her talk into four sections: Things To Expect, Things To Do, Things To Play, and Things To Be.
1) Things to Expect:
messy home, more laundry, bathing bonanza (summer time = MORE baths), changing plans, weather, fatigue, and differences (interests/abilities) from year to year
2)Things to Do:
4 Free - library, parades, parks, concerts, read, cook, craft, hike, picnic, paint,k journal, campfire
4 Fee - Summer School, Rec classes, swim, movies @ theater, zoo, Breakfast on the Farm, museums, fairs/festivals, Vacation Bible School
3)Things to Play:
old school playground games, relay races, treasure hunts, tabletop Olympics, marble raceways (build and then play with), paper play (hats, boats, airplanes, origami)
4) Things to Be:
organized, flexible, routine, random, fun, creative, instructive, balanced, holy
Have a fabulous summer, enjoy some time with your kiddos/family, and see you in September for the Moms of Influence kick-off!! Bring a friend too!
This blog is dedicated to the Moms of Influence group at Northbrook Church in Richfield, WI.
