Easter Egg Lunch hunt!

Thanks to "Gluesticks" for this awesome post and fun idea for the kids!

TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012

Easter Egg Lunch Hunt

Kaylee and I decided to have a little fun with lunch! We filled Easter eggs with all sorts of lunch items. Bite sized lunch items. Even little peanut butter & honey sandwiches.

Since Kaylee and Aaron were going to both be finding these, we marked the ones for Kaylee with stickers and the plain ones would be Aaron's. This would make splitting up lunch a little easier.

Then I got busy and hid the eggs before Aaron's kindergarten bus arrived.

Kaylee ran right up to the bus and handed Aaron a basket. He hit the grass running.

After the eggs were found, the sorting began. It was such a beautiful day (as all of the days here in Ohio have been the past couple of weeks) so they enjoyed their little lunch outside. I usually hide eggs with little snacks as a fun afternoon activity, but Aaron liked how there were sandwiches too so I think we'll do lunch eggs more often.

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Just a friendly reminder that we will not meet again until April 19th!
We do however have our Easter party coming up! Scroll down to the flyer for details!
See you soon.
Blessings,
Amber

The Good Samaritan Project

Amber will be giving mini sewing lessons to those that want to learn how to make a super simple tote, and we will assemble the bags for the moms that would like to keep one in their car to give to someone in need!

There is plenty to do even if you do not need/want sewing lessons, so come out for a great night of fun and fellowship. Please remember no kiddos, child care is not available for us that night.

Hope to see you there!

March Madness Giveaway...

I know it seems like forever since our last giveaway, but the wait was well worth it! We have 1 AWESOME prize for one of you ladies.

I know we talked about organization last month...but this prize made it to this month. I am a bit of a freak about my car, not as much as I used to be, as having 2 littles makes it difficult to be crazy about a tidy car and still have hair on my head. But I like having a place for everything where we can reach it. And if you recall our speaker from January, Susan Peterson, she gave us a list of NECESSITIES to keep with us at all times. If you remember that list was pretty hefty, especially for a family of 4 or 5 or 6!  I loathe having 6 bags of stuff randomly rolling around or in some cases flying around my car. Enter one of our moms, Vitalia, whom introduced me to 31bags! She saved my sanity and my car with this AWESOME XL utility tote:

You can win this tote by leaving us a comment here on the blog about your kiddos...we all know they say and do the funniest and most endearing things! Remember, if you cannot comment with your name hit the drop down box and click anonymous, be sure to leave your name at the end of the comment! You can earn extra entries by participating on our face book page too! For each valid post that embodies our tag line; Building Faith, Family, and Friendships; you create you can earn an extra entry and for each post you comment to you will earn an extra entry. 

*All Entries must be made by March 14th. the winner will be announced on March 15th and you will receive your prize on March 15th at our meeting!

Thanks for playing!

Joyful Parenting...By Ann Voskamp

10 Points of Joyful Parenting {Printable}

10
Point Manifesto for Joyful Parenting

(any text in turquoise links to posts for more explanation & encouragement)::
1. Today, I will make our home a house of prayer. I will pray at set times. And I will invite our children to come move into an interior space that lives with God.
2. Today, I will transfigure all things into beauty, and I will refuse to see anything else.
3. Today, I will not have any emergencies. There are no emergencies! Only amateurs hurry.
4. Today, when stress mounts, I pray to dismount it with gratitude. My stress management plan will be intervention with verbal thanks. I can only feel one feeling at a time, and I choose to give thanks at all times. Fight feeling with feeling!
5. Today, I will pray to speak words that are only STRONG words, words that make these children feel strong. Grace words. Grace is the only non-toxic air. All other words I breathe are death words.
6. Today, I will pray to be consistently consistent. I will create safe rhythms that our children can find security in. I will create daily ceremonies because everyday we are CELEBRATING the gift of now!
7. Today, the moment when I am most repelled by a child’s behavior, that is my sign to draw the very closest to that child.
8. Today, I will hug each of my children as many times as I serve them meals — because children’s hearts feed on touch. I’ll look for as many opportunities to touch my children today as possible — the taller they are, the more so.
9. Today, my priorities will be all Things Unseen.
10. Today, I will laugh! And I will let the little children laugh! I will create a culture of JOY!
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Click here to Download a Free Printable Copy of the Manifesto of Joyful Parenting

-Ann Voskamp
http://www.aholyexperience.com/10-points-of-joyful-parenting-printable/