REMINDER! Pre-Registration Sign Up on August 30th!

This is just a reminder that we are having a Pre-Registration sign-up at Bradfordville First Baptist Church on Tuesday, August 30th from  9:30-11:30 a.m.  Please feel free to bring a sack lunch/snacks.  Let the kids play on the playground and sign up for an awesome year of MOPS!!!  The MOPS annual group fee is $90. We have 15 meetings (and many other activities) planned for the year, which comes out to $6.00/meeting.  Payments can be made in 2-4 installments if needed.  


At Bradfordville MOPS, our main objective is to support the well being of the moms in our community.  If our membership fees pose a particular hardship, contact Christie Wildes.


The mandatory annual MOPS International fee is $24. These fees are how we support MOPS International, the organization that provides every MOPS group around the world with the promotional tools and guides, as well as the support and curriculum, we use each year to run MOPS.


Membership benefits include:

• Subscription to MomSense magazine (6 issues per year.)
• Weekly Mom-Email 
• MOPS Reusable Shopping Bag
• MOPS Iron-On Appliques
• MOPS Stickers featuring VeggieTales

Make Your Own Pizza! Day at Pizza Hut

We had a great turnout for "Make Your Own Pizza Day" at the Pizza Hut on Capital Circle NE today!  Six moms and eleven kids participated, and we had so much fun!  Miss Jenith and Miss Stephanie helped the kids make their pizzas.  They got to check out the two big walk-in freezers beforehand, and then took turns making their own personal pan pizzas, and putting them on the conveyor belt into the oven to bake!  It only takes about six minutes to bake the pizzas once they go into the oven.  All the kids had a great time making and eating their pizzas, and the moms had fun watching how excited the kids were!

Sweet Grass Dairy Public Tour!

If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend with the family, head out to Sweet Grass Dairy Farm in Thomasville, GA for their public tour!  On the first Saturday of every month between March and September, they provide a public tour.  Tours start promptly at 9:00 a.m. and the cost is $5.00 per person over the age of two.  Tours normally last an hour and a half to two hours.  On the guided tour, you will have the opportunity to see the goats being milked, learn about their farming techniques, pet and interact with the goats, and taste some of their handmade cheeses.  Due to sanitation restrictions, no one will be allowed in the cheese making area, but a picture presentation is provided to show you the complete cheesemaking process.  They allow ample time to ask questions.  Our family went to this in April of 2010, when my kids were three, and 20 months old and they both loved it!!! Their favorite part was getting to play in the goat pen with the baby goats after the tour. I highly recommend this tour-it is extremely interesting, and very fun for the whole family!!!  For more information, their web site is here: http://www.sweetgrassdairy.com/events/2011/08/06/sweet-grass-dairy-public-tour/

Chick-fil-A Backstage Kitchen Tour!

 Several MOPS moms and MOPPETS met at the Chick-fil-A on North Monroe Street on Tuesday for a "backstage kitchen tour".  Miss Wendy was our Tour Guide, and she handed out backstage passes and hats for all the "tourists".  After a brief introduction to Truett Cathy (founder of CFA) and information regarding his foundation, WinShape, she took us back in two separate groups to tour both the front counter area, and the kitchen, including the big cooler and the freezer.  We got to see where they hand-make their lemonade; mix the biscuits at 5:30 in the morning; the area where they make the salads (all produce is grown from local farms); and we saw them take the raw chicken from the refrigerated table, dip it in the milk bath, and bread it.  If I'm not mistaken, I believe he said the recipe for the chicken sandwiches/nuggets came from Truett Cathy's mother in 1939.  Yes, the chicken patties are not frozen, but made fresh there on-site!  The buns are from a bakery in Thomasville. They get a new truck in every two days of produce, buns, chicken, salad makings, etc.  Even though it is "fast" food, everything is very fresh!  After that, Miss Wendy gave everyone the chance to sample something we may not have tried before: carrot/raisin salad, chicken noodle soup, or coleslaw.  Then, she let each child go behind the counter one by one to make their very own Ice Dream cone!  This recipe too, comes from 1939, and has only been "tweaked" a little bit throughout the years.  Still more treats awaited us-Miss Wendy gave everyone the choice between a CFA cow PEZ dispenser, or a CFA stuffed cow!!!  I think moms and kids alike learned a lot, AND had a great time, thanks to our fabulous tour guide, Miss Wendy!

Pre-Registration Sign Up on August 30th!

We are having a Pre-Registration sign-up at Bradfordville First Baptist Church on Tuesday, August 30th from  9:30-11:30 a.m.  Please feel free to bring a sack lunch/snacks.  Let the kids play on the playground and sign up for an awesome year of MOPS!!!  It is $24.00 for the MOPS International registration fee, and then $6.00/meeting.  The cost of child care is included in the $6.00.  With your MOPS registration, you will receive from MOPS International:

• Subscription to MomSense magazine (6 issues per year.)
• Weekly Mom-Email 
• MOPS Reusable Shopping Bag
• MOPS Iron-On Appliques
• MOPS Stickers featuring VeggieTales

A Very Busy Week!!!

This past week was a very busy weekend for some of our MOPS ladies and MOPPETS!

On Tuesday, several of us met for Tot Time at Trousdell Activity Pool so the little ones could swim and play in the water without getting run over by the big kids.  It was not very crowded, so the moms actually got to visit while the kids swam.

On Wednesday, some moms and kids got together at one of the mom's houses for a fun play date and then went to lunch at Red Elephant to celebrate one of the mom's birthdays.

On Thursday afternoon, some of us met for snowballs at our favorite place, Mardi Gras Snowballs!  We had two first-timers, and I think they both really liked their first snowball!

Friday morning, a couple of moms and children met at the Brogan Museum.  One of the ladies is thinking about joining our group, and I sincerely hope she does, because she and her daughter are a joy to be around, and I know they would love being a part of our MOPS group!

Another fun thing several people participated in last week was the Vacation Bible School at North Florida Christian Church. The theme was "Panda Mania", and it was extremely well-organized, and all the kids had a blast!  One of our MOPS ladies volunteered as a Crew Leader, and even though she worked long hours, she really enjoyed taking care of our MOPPETS that participated, and they were all so grateful to have her there. The closing ceremony Friday night was completely amazing, and it was evident how much time and effort went into VBS there this summer.

We have some fun events planned this week as well:  a backstage kitchen tour at the Chick fil A on North Monroe Street on Tuesday, and a birthday lunch for a mom on Wednesday at Morelia's. Both of these events were distributed as Facebook events, so please RSVP to let us know if you're coming!  They are also on the Yahoo! calendar, which can be found by clicking on the Calendar link from this page.

Fun Station, Jr.

 

Last Friday, several MOPS moms and MOPPETS went to Fun Station, Jr. (previously known as Zoinks) which is a family entertainment center featuring lots of bouncy houses (including two just for the three and under crowd), a huge climbing structure, arcade games, and a small section of cars and a carousel for the little kids to ride on.  The moms got to visit while the kids had a blast!  It's a great place for summer time because the kids can run and bounce off all of their energy while keeping cool at the same time.

There was one arcade game in particular that all the kids loved, because they had the chance to win up to 75 tickets!  I think each child there played that game at least twice!  Here are two playing the game....

And here is one who won a bunch of tickets....