Next Meeting- Friday, March 4th

Join us for our next meeting Friday , March 4th from 10am-12pm in the KDC. Our topic this month is education. As a special treat, one of our mom's has some Pull-Ups freebies to share! Come join us for some great discussions, fun activities and crafts for the kids. Bring a snack to share, your child(ren) and an open heart.

Hope to see you Friday!

February was Awesome!

What a great February for CCMoms! Here's a recap for those who weren't able to join us.

Meeting:
Our Friday meeting had a great turn out of moms and kids. We were able to discuss love as addressed in the Bible and how we implement it in our everyday lives. Here are a few of the Bible verses that really stood out to the Moms.
-Love is a stabilizing factor in our lives (Ephesians 3:17)
-Love is the lubricant which greatly reduces the friction which can build up between us and others (Ephesians 4:2; 1 Peter 4:8)

We tossed around ideas for showing love in our everyday interactions with our partner, child(ren), self, community and God. There were some great ideas such as love notes in school lunches, heating towels for spouse on a cold morning and making time for ourselves. There are so many ways we can show love to each other in the little things we do. We all realized how important it is to recognize and appreciate these things in order to feel loved and fulfilled and to give our love freely and openly to our families and community.

Since it was such a beautiful day, we took the kids outside for awhile to burn off some of their energy before jumping into a cute Valentine's craft. Here are our cuties playing together!*

Events:
We had our first park play date at Arlington Sports Park where a few moms (and 1 dad) were able to connect and let their little ones play.

We wrapped up the month with our first Mom's Night Out and it was a total hit! We had a lot of fun chowing down on some yummy Italian food and then caught a chick flick together in Mission Grove. It was a fun, relaxing night away from the kids. It's always fun to meet new moms and get a night out to ourselves. We hope more moms are able to join us for some girl time next month! This will for sure become a regular event.

A big thank you to all the moms who were able to join us for the meeting, play date or Mom's Night Out. We love meeting new mom's and have already grown so much together with you all. For any mom's who haven't been able to make it yet, don't give up! You're welcome to join us for anything and everything you can fit in your busy schedules. We love new faces!

Love Prayer

O God, we thank you that you have given us another year of life together. We thank you for the love which grows more precious and for the bonds which grow more close each day. We thank you for the happiness we have known together; for the sorrows we have faced together; for all the experiences of sunshine and of shadow through which we have come, up to today.

We ask for forgiveness for any failure on our part; for any times when we became difficult to live with for any lack of sympathy and understanding; for anything which spoiled even for a moment the perfect relationship which marriage should be. Spare us to each other to go on walking the way of life together, and grant that for us it may be true that the best is yet to be: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

*All photos published with parent permission

Join Us For Mom's Night Out- this Tuesday!

Mom's Night Out

• When:  Tuesday, February 22 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Where: Romano's & Mission Grove Theater                          121 E. Alessandro Blvd. Riverside, CA 92508

Come join us for appetizers at 6:00p.m. at Romano's in Mission Grove Plaza followed by a movie at Mission Grove Theater. The movie will start between 7:40 and 8:30 depending on which movie we decide on. Tuesdays are ladies night at Mission Grove Theater, so admission is only $5.75 per person. If you can't join us for both, one or the other is fine! Come alone, bring another Mom or meet a new one! It's Ladies Night!

Check your email for our Evite and be sure to vote on a movie when you RSVP. We hope to see lots of new and returning CCMoms!

Tonight's Meeting Cancelled

Unfortunately, we are cancelling tonight's evening meeting. We are both under the weather, and the rain isn't promising for attendance. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, but we look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming Mom's Night Out! Please check your emails for an evite.

We would also like to take this time to survey the attendance for our Thursday Night meetings. We have had a total of 4 meetings, with the attendance of only 1 mom at 1 meeting. We would like to ask your feedback, if there is a better night during the week, or if we should add another Friday morning meeting. Please select which day(s) best fit your schedule for meeting in the poll on the right. This will help us accomodate as many moms as possible. Thank you for your feedback!
As always, stay connected via email, facebook and evites!

In Motherhood,

Michele & Sarah

Mom's Night Out- February 22nd

We all deserve a little mom time without the kids, right? Here's your opportunity to step away, relax, connect with other CCMoms and have fun.

Our first Mom's Night Out will be Tuesday, February 22nd. We'll be enjoying appetizers and a movie in Mission Grove. We'll meet around 6 or 6:30 for appetizers and plan on a movie between 7:15 and 8pm. Join us for one, the other or both! More details to follow.

Make child care arrangements now so you can join us for some just Mom time! Come alone, bring another Mom friend or make a new one! It's Ladies Night!!

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

 

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Performance Riverside's Discovery Theatre

From the moment he wakes up with gum in his hair, things just do not go Alexander's way. At breakfast, Alexander's brothers Nick and Anthony reach into their cereal boxes and pull out amazing prizes, while all Alexander ends up with is . . . cereal. The situation does not get any better at school, in fact it gets worse. No wonder Alexander wants to move to Australia! In Australia, everything is upside down, so maybe a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day can become a wonderful, terrific, really good day. After school, Alexander encounters even more bad news when he visits the dentist and goes shopping for sneakers with his mother and brothers. And Alexander's father isn't at all happy with him when the boys visit his office and Alexander gets a little carried away with the new copying machine! This terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day is enough to make anyone want to go to Australia!  ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY, the musical adaptation of Judith Viorst's popular children’s book, will be presented as part of Performance Riverside's DISCOVERY THEATRE series of plays for school groups, February 16 and 17 at Landis Performing Arts Center. The production, performed by the California Theatre Center (www.ctcinc.org) , is a introduction to all that live theatre has to offer for school groups. Grades Pre-K through 5, Tickets are only $5 per person.

When: February 16 and 17, 2011

Where: Landis Performing Arts Center, 4800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside

Admission: $5 per person

For more information or for reservations, school groups may call (951) 222-8372, or email schoolshows@performanceriverside.org

Valentines Weekend Wine Tasting

Mission Wine Gallery is proud to host Robert Hall Winery for a Valentines Weekend Wine and Cheese Event. Come and meet Phil from Robert Hall and taste some of his fine wines served with a sampling of gourmet cheeses. This is a very special pairing that will be held on Sunday, February 13 from 2-6 p.m. Mention that you found us on the 15 Things to do listing and we will add a little surprise for you and your valentine.  Limited reservations will be taken for this one day wine event. Only $39.00 per person, perfect for a day with your valentine.  Anyone attending this event will receive a 10% discount on any single bottle of wine purchased and a 20% discount on any case or mixed case purchased.  

  When: February 13, 2011 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Where:  Mission Wine Gallery is located at 3660 Mission Inn Ave., we are just across form the Historic Mission Inn valet, right next to Mario’s Place.

Admission: $39.00 per person 

For more information or to make reservations please call 951-779-0324.                  

Park Play Date- February 10

Join us for a park play date!

When: Thursday, February 10 at 10am

Where: Arlington Heights Sports Park (corner of Van Buren and Victoria)

Who: All CCMom's new and old. All moms and children are welcome to attend.

Amazon Mom

For any mom’s out there who haven’t heard about this fabulous Amazon.com program yet, here it is!
You need to just enroll in the program, and in exchange there are some fantastic perks.

:: Get free Amazon Prime (= free shipping!)

• Prime allows you to get free shipping on any order you place from Amazon directly or fulfilled from Amazon (not 3rd party sellers)- so if you want an item for $1.36 shipping is totally free!  You don’t have to hassle with finding items to hit $25.
• Your shipping is upgraded to 2 day service and if you happen to need an item overnighted, you just pay $3.99.

::You get special discounts and promotions that are emailed directly from Amazon.

:: You can continue to receive 30% off select diapers and wipes with subscribe and save. Subscribe and Save is Amazon’s automatic delivery system. How it works is you choose an item marked as Subscribe and Save, choose how often you want the item to arrive (1 every month, 2 months, and so on), and your subscription will be started. You can cancel a subscription at any point without further obligation (I start and stop subscriptions after every order, in order to get the extra 30% each time).

Here’s a baby wipes example:

• Register for Amazon Mom (this is totally free and there are no strings attached.) 
• Select the wipes and then click on Subscribe Now on the right side of the page- not add to cart! You will see your total drop by 30%.
• Once your wipes arrive you can either keep the service or you can just go into your account at Amazon and cancel.  You have no further obligations.  If you decide to keep the service, you are not guaranteed to get this price next time.

:: To make the deal even better, check out issues of Parenting (the Early Years), Parenting, American Baby or Baby Talk Magazine where Amazon has had coupons for an additional 20% in the past couple of issues. Enter these codes and you will receive a total of 50% off a pack of diapers or wipes!

::It is totally free to register.

::You get 3 months for free of the Prime service.  You need to buy things from the baby store on Amazon in order to extend your Prime membership.  Then Amazon will email you at the end of the 3 months letting you know if you purchased enough items to extend your subscription. For every $25 in baby items you purchase, your free Prime shipping will be extended another month.

You can get all the information and sign up here.

Post any questions in the comments below and I’ll respond as I’ve used this service for almost 6 months and have been quite pleased!

Mom's Night Out!

We all deserve a little mom time without the kids, right? Here's your opportunity to step away, relax, connect with other CCMoms and have fun.

Our first Mom's Night Out will be Tuesday, February 22nd. We'll be enjoying appetizers and a movie in Mission Grove. We'll meet around 6 or 6:30 for appetizers and plan on a movie between 7:15 and 8pm. Join us for one, the other or both! More details to follow.

Make child care arrangements now so you can join us for some just Mom time! Come alone, bring another Mom friend or make a new one! It's Ladies Night!!

Welcome Back Meeting This Friday!

To kick off this year, please join us for our upcoming meeting this Friday, January 4th from 10am-12pm in the KDC. At this meeting we will take time to define and explore the many roles of love through faith development, discussion and kid-friendly activity. 

This meeting will focus on faith development, as well as engage mothers and children in a fun Valentine activity. Please note that ALL CHILDREN ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND with their mothers. We will operate on a rotating cycle where there will be "stations" of mommy and me, kid fun zone, and kid-free mommy faith development.

We are asking that our members please RSVP, so that we know how much food and craft activity to provide. Please feel free to bring a snack to share with the group. We are also accepting donations of craft supplies such as, tape, scissors, glue, etc. to add to our craft box.

We are very excited to announce that our group is growing in participation, which means there will be more activities and community involvement for the upcoming year!

We look forward to growing in faith, sharing experiences and creating memories with you and your child(ren) at our meeting this Friday!

Girl Scout Cookies!

Help support the Church's Girl Scouts (AND get yummy cookies)!!

Girl Scout Cookies Sale 1 Time Only Until 2012 – You can ONLY purchase Girl Scout Cookies once a year.  Next time will be 2012 during this time.  Girl Scout Cookies freeze well so stock up for the whole year and buy by the case.

Girl Scout Cookies also make perfect gifts and party food. (Super Bowl party platter for example)

Buy Cookie Bundles- Purchase the following bundles and we will add a ribbon and gift tag to each bundle:

Timeless Classics – 1 Thin Mints, 1 Trefoils, and 1 Samoas

I Love Chocolate – 1 Samoas, 1 Tagalongs, and 1 Thin Mints,

Café Companions – 1 Thank U Berry Munch, 1 Lemon Chalet Cremes, and 1 Trefoils

Price Per Package-

$4 per box                                           12 boxes per case                                            $48 per case

Girl Scout Cookie Varieties

Enjoy these eight delicious varieties to choose from, including this year's new cookie, Shout Outs!, light and crisp Belgian-style caramelized cookies.

Caramel deLites - delicate vanilla cookie drenched in caramel, sprinkled with toasted coconut and laced with cocoa stripes
Peanut Butter Patties - crisp vanilla cookies layered with real peanut butter and blanketed with a chocolaty coating
Shortbread - traditional favorites with a buttery, light flavor
Peanut Butter Sandwich - deliciously smooth peanut butter sandwiched between crunchy oatmeal cookies
Thin Mints - thin chocolate wafers dipped in a rich chocolaty coating with a burst of pure peppermint
Lemonades - savory slices of shortbread with a refreshing tangy lemon icing
Thanks-A-Lot - heartwarming shortbread cookies dipped in rich fudge and topped with an embossed Thank You message in one of five languages
Shout Outs! - NEW THIS YEAR - sensibly sweet Shout Outs! are light crisp Belgian-style caramelized cookies with no artificial colors, no artificial preservatives, no high fructose corn syrup, no hydrogenated oils, and 0g trans fat

 

For more information, or to order cookies, stop by our meeting this Friday, February 4th (10-12) or email us st.thomasccm@hotmail.com