Sunday, December 8, 2013

Christmas Party

Happy Holidays ladies!! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are enjoying the fun and excitement the holiday season brings for all of our little ones!



We hope you can join us next week for our annual family Christmas Party! Here are the details:

When? Thursday, December 19, 2013

Time? 6:00-8:00 pm

Place? Community of Christ Church on Bristol Rd, (where our meetings are held) next to Baker College

Who? You and all your little ones!

What? Santa Claus, crafts, snack, fun!

Please bring: A wrapped book for your child, with his/her name on it that Santa can give him/her.

Please RSVP on Facebook or to Lisa Goodwill



Monday, November 18, 2013

November Meeting is THIS week!

Hi ladies!

Hopefully you are all staying warm and dry despite the crazy wind and storms that blew threw here this weekend. With that in mind, I'm sure you can all use a little reprieve from your homes and kiddos so come out Thursday night for our November meeting!

We didn't have a meeting last month (bowling was fun though!) so we'll have lots to talk about this month including holiday plans, new members, the Spring Mom 2 Mom sale, the annual fundraiser and more! We really need everyone's input and involvement to help keep our group the best it can be so we hope lots of you can make it!

Don't forget to bring an appetizer or dessert to share and bring your own beverage. We'll meet at the church at 7pm on Thursday, November 21.

See you then!

Friday, October 25, 2013

Halloween Party!!

The wonderful people of the Community of Christ Church (where we hold our monthly meetings) have offered to once again, host a Halloween party for all of our kiddos! Please come dressed in Halloween costumes and prepare the kids to have LOTS of fun!

When: Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: Community of Christ Church, 1158 Bristol Rd, Flint, MI 48507


Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Sept meeting minutes/ oct board meeting minutes

Meeting Minutes
General Membership Meeting 9-12-13
The meeting started around 7:35.  We talked about membership.  Please be sure to get your membership forms in ASAP if you have not already done so and let Debbie know you have so you can be sure to be in the directory.  We also discussed the fall sale/swap.  There were a few people interested in either buying or selling items.  Kerry Bennett said she may be able to arrange something at her house for everyone interested.  If you would like to participate, 
contact her to get a date.  
The meeting ended about 8:15pm

Board Meeting 10-4-13
The meeting started around 8pm with Lisa, Barb, Debbie, Denise, Sarah, and   Carmen.  We discussed membership and went through last years directory and compared it to this years membership forms and talked about this years directory.  We then briefly talked about the Halloween party and Holiday party. The church has volunteered to do the Halloween party but we are waiting for them to get back with us with a date.  Santa is ready for the holiday party.  We are using the same santa we have had the past few years.  That will be held on December 19th from 6-8 pm.  We decided to try something new this year.  We are hoping it will boost participation as attendance has been low at both general meetings as well as moms nights out.  We will do meetings at the church the third Thursday every other month.  The "off" months we will do a moms night out.  We will be starting this the 3rd Thursday in October with bowling.  Please look for more info on this to come.  This will be great as most of us already have this night set aside and will be able to get together!  November we will meet at the church.  December is the holiday party.  January will be "out", Feburary at the church, March will be "out", April will be at the church, and May will be the installation dinner.  Please look for more info on all of these events as they get closer.   We talked briefly about shopping in December once again as well as going to Painting with a twist again.  We then discussed in great depth Lisa's recent abduction by aliens and the "plug" they have put in behind her ear.  And followed that up by talking of the fundraiser.  We are looking into possible ideas, perhaps improv.  The meeting ended around 9:30

October Meeting = Moms Night Out!

We will be spending our meeting might out this month! 

(THIS WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF OUR REGULAR MTG AT THE CHURCH)

We are trying something new, and we hope everyone can come and have a fun night away with us!




Thursday, October 17, 7:00 pm

Galaxy Lanes
2226 E. Hill Rd.Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439

We will be making lane reservations so please let us know if you will be coming. 

Bowling is $3.25 per game, plus $3 for shoe rental. They have food and drinks available to purchase while we are there also.

Even if you don't bowl, please still come and hang out and have a good night out!

Please RSVP on Facebook or to Lisa Goodwill.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

September Board Meeting Minutes

The September board meeting was held on September 6th and began at 8:20. Members present were Lisa, Barb, Debbie, Sarah, and Carmen. 

We began by talking about the state Mothers of Multiples organization. 23 should all be receiving the next newsletter directly from the state.  At this time our group is still not on the states website. 

We discussed the clothes swap that was brought up at the end of last year.  An email was sent regarding this to see if there is any interest.  

We then talked about the general meetings.  This year we ask that everyone attending a meeting bring a dish of your choice to pass.  Also, because we no longer have hostesses everyone will be responsible for their own beverages (ie water, pop, coffee...)

We talked about upcoming activities.  The church will once again throw the Halloween party. The holiday party will be December 19th from 6-8 pm. 

We briefly talked about the fundraiser.  Thought of a few ideas, what's worked in the past and what has not. We will revisit this topic.  

We discussed possible speakers for our general meetings. They included: Love and Logic, fire safety, a math/reading specialist, "tricky people", and meal planning.  

We then scheduled the rest of the board meetings. 

We wrapped up by 10pm.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

September 19, 2013 Meeting!

All you Moms are busy with Back to School time and fall sports - but don't forget to take some time out for yourself this month with our September meeting! We've got lots to discuss to make the upcoming year lots of fun!!

Meeting Date: Thursday, September 19, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Community of Christ Church, 1158 W. Bristol Rd, Flint (next to Baker College)

Some reminders:
* Bring an appetizer, dessert or something healthy to share and snack on!
* Bring your own drinks (pop, water, tea, etc). We do not have Hostesses this year. We will continue to provide plates, tableware and napkins but won't be buying pop and drinks.
* Don't forget your Membership form and dues so we can update our directory!

Things we'll be talking about:
* Mom 2 Mom kids clothing swap (instead of our usual fall sale)
* Social activities ideas
* This year's fundraiser
* New Members and new babies!
* Ideas for speakers this year

Pass the word to past members and invite new members to join us!
Looking forward to seeing you there!

Thursday, August 29, 2013

2013 Summer Picnic

We hosted our annual summer picnic this past weekend at Barber Park in Montrose. We had BEAUTIFUL weather and everyone had a great time! The pavilion was right next to a nice playground for the kids and we had our favorite clown, Slow Poke, on hand for the amazing balloon animals and face painting!

We were excited to meet two new members along with their lil ones! Welcome to the group Jaimi and Kellie!

Thanks to all those who helped plan, set up or clean up and to everyone for bringing lots of yummy food! We hope everyone had a great time! See you all in September!



 A Fish and a Flamingo balloon!

A Beautiful Butterfly

 Everyone LOVES Slow Poke!

 Bain and Iron Man

Fun with bubbles!

 Our newest members!

 Argh! Ahoy Matey!




Sunday, August 18, 2013

Color Run

I can't believe we never posted about this! A big bunch of us MOMs had a super fun time doing the Ypsilanti Color Run back in May! Quite a few of us went down Friday night, had dinner and some drinks and had a big, fun slumber party then got up and braved the COLD on Saturday to do the run!

The music, colors, run/walk and company made for a very FUN time! Maybe we can make it a family event next time (or maybe we can keep it as a Moms Night Out again!) :-)

 Before - Nice and clean!!

After = Rainbows!!

Twins in the classroom

Article: Twins in the classroom: Infographic


Saturday, August 17, 2013

VGs Community Share Points

As a group, we've collected and used VGs community Share Points to help earn money. (We often use the money we get back to purchase gift cards to reimburse Moms who make meals for new moms!)
Well, VGs is discontinuing that program and starting up something new and the program ends on August 30th.
Susie Haney has agreed to collect whatever points anyone has and will turn them in on August 28th. If you have any points (found at the bottom of your VGs receipts), please do the following:
1. Trim your receipts so they are tidy and easy to compile - make sure your receipt shows the Community Share Points amount 2. Total up how many points you have and include the total on a note with your receipts 3. Mail the receipts and point total to Susie (leave a comment if you need her home address).
Please send them THIS week so they are ready for her to turn in next week.
Thanks Ladies!

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Summer Picnic!

Hopefully everyone is having a great summer! Its hard to believe how fast it is flying by!



In case you missed the news, our annual picnic will be Saturday, August 17 at 12:00pm at Barber Memorial Park in Montrose (11410 Seymour Rd, Montrose).

The group will provide sub sandwiches and drinks (along with paper supplies) and we ask that each family bring a dish to pass. Please RSVP to Lisa Goodwill or on Facebook or to momggcnewsletter@yahoo.com. Let us know how many people are coming and what dish you plan to bring.

There is a playground adjacent to the pavilion and we'll have a few games set up. If you have any fun yard games, feel free to bring them!

See you next weekend!

Friday, July 5, 2013

2013-2014 Board

President - Lisa Goodwill

Vice President - Debbie Schaefer

Secretary - Carmen Ostrander

Treasurer - Barb Olszewski

Membership - Sarah Steinacker

Parlaimentarian - Denise Bakker

Contact us at momggcnewsletter@yahoo.com 

Find us on Facebook! Mothers of Multiples - Greater Genesee County

We are also members of the Michigan Organization of Mothers of Twins Club!

Happy 4th of July!



Hi Ladies!

We hope you're all having a great summer so far! The board has discussed a few possibilities for our annual summer picnic but we'd like to hear from YOU about places you'd like to have it at or things you'd like to do. We were also hoping to get a general idea of who plans on coming (the date is not set in stone but we were looking at mid August).

Also - since we don't have any Socials this year - we hope that we can all work to pull together some play dates. If you see something fun going on in the community or even just plan to go to the park - consider posting it to the MOMs Facebook page or email the newsletter account (momggcnewsletter@yahoo.com) to invite others.

There won't be a newsletter coming out this summer either so be sure to check this blog or our Facebook page for updates!

Enjoy your summer!!
Barb

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Hello Everyone!  This is Lisa Goodwill, your current President, just checking in to do a test posting and saying hello.  I LOVE the idea of having the blog here for all of us to come look at and keep up with everything that is going on, I hope we all find it very useful.  Thanks for setting it up for us Barb!

I am looking forward to seeing everyone at our April meeting tonight.  Don't forget we will be doing our board elections and other voting  - so come make sure your voice is heard!

Monday, April 15, 2013

April Meeting Reminder!

Don't forget - we have our monthly Membership meeting THIS Thursday, April 18 at 7pm.

We'll be voting for next year's board (We're still looking for some ladies to step up and get involved!), donations, bylaw changes and more.

There will be news of upcoming Social events including a Moms Night Out on April 20th at Cork in Flint.

We hope to have a few more people join us for the March of Dimes walk on April 28th also! Please consider supporting our team by walking with us or making a donation for our team/walkers:

Click here for our Team Page

We'll also be talking about our installation dinner in May and making final plans for our Color Run team!

Don't forget to bring food:

Boy/Boy twins: Sweet Treats

Girl/Girl twins: Savory Morsels

Boy/Girl twins: Healthy Bites

Triplets: Bring whatever you want!

April 2013 Newsletter

Trying to share the newsletter via Google Docs!

April 2013 Newsletter

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Painting with a Twist!

We had an awesome Moms Night Out at Painting with a Twist in Lansing a few weeks ago! 11 ladies made the drive and we had lots of fun painting, singing, dancing, snacking and sipping! All of the "Looking Up" paintings turned out amazing!!


Easter Egg Hunt

We held our annual Easter Egg Hunt last week. Its always fun to see so many kids running around, eager for eggs and excited to see the Easter Bunny! The sun was shining and allowed us to do the hunt outside! Thanks to everyone that came!


April Membership Meeting

We'll have our monthly meeting on Thursday, April 18 at 7pm at the Community of Christ Church on Bristol Rd.

We'll be voting our Board for the 2013-2014 year and voting on where to make donations on behalf of the group.

Other topics:

March of Dimes' March for Babies on Sunday, April 28 at Bicentennial Park
Check out our team page to make a donation or sign up to walk with us:
http://www.marchforbabies.org/s_team_page.asp?seid=1922739#

Color Run!!!

Upcoming Socials Events

Summer Picnic ideas

Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

2012-2013 Board

President - Lisa Goodwill

Vice President - Monica Nofziger

Secretary - Elizabeth Freeman

Treasurer - Barb Olszewski

Membership - Stephanie Bryson

Socials - Carmen Ostrander and Sarah Steinacker

Newsletter - Debbie Schaefer - momggcnewsletter@yahoo.com

Parlaimentarian - Denise Bakker

Find us on Facebook! Mothers of Multiples - Greater Genesee County

We are also members of the Michigan Organization of Mothers of Twins Club!