MOPS Newsletter.01.09.09

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As we begin the second half our MOPS year, we’d like to take a minute to thank you for your dedica- tion and support of our group. It takes each unique individual to make this group successful, and we truly appreciate each of you. From all of us on steering, we wish you and your family a year filled with joy and blessings. Happy New Year! Upcoming Speakers & Crafts Today, January 9th: Speaker ~ Chris Hardesty Women’s Health Craft ~ To Be Announced Friday, January 23rd: Speaker ~ Beth Vogt Lowering the Bar Craft ~ To Be Announced ~ MOPS Steering Team MOPS Cookbook - Recipes Wanted 2 January Birthday Girls 2 Meeting Cancellation Policy Due to Weather 2 January 12th is “Organize Your Home Day” 3 Other Fun January “Holidays” 3 The Concession Stand: Homemade Mac & Cheese 3 The Golden Ticket Devotional: Sibling Rivalry 4 Inside this issue: The Main Attraction MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS Radiant MOPS January 9, 2009 Radiant Church ~ 4020 Maizeland Road ~ Colorado Springs, CO 80909 ~ (719) 597-4402

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As we begin the second half our MOPS year, we’d like to take a minute to thank you for your dedica-tion and support of our group. It takes each unique i n d i v i d u a l t o m a k e t h i s g r o u p s u c c e s s f u l , a n d w e t r u l y appreciate each of you. From all of us on steering, we wish you and your family a year filled with joy and blessings.

Happy New Year!

Upcoming Speakers & Crafts

Today, January 9th:

Speaker ~ Chris Hardesty

Women’s Health

Craft ~ To Be Announced

Friday, January 23rd:

Speaker ~ Beth Vogt

Lowering the Bar

Craft ~ To Be Announced

~ MOPS Steering Team

MOPS Cookbook - Recipes Wanted 2

January Birthday Girls 2

Meeting Cancellation Policy Due to Weather 2

January 12th is “Organize Your Home Day” 3

Other Fun January “Holidays” 3

The Concession Stand: Homemade Mac & Cheese 3

The Golden Ticket Devotional: Sibling Rivalry 4

Inside this issue:

The Main Attraction

MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS

Radiant MOPS

January 9, 2009

Radiant Church ~ 4020 Maizeland Road ~ Colorado Springs, CO 80909 ~ (719) 597-4402

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RADIANT MOPS

Happy Birthday To You...Happy Birthday To You...Happy Birthday To You...Happy Birthday To You... January 3rd ~ Naomi Thomas

January 11th ~ Karen Silverio

January 16th ~ Rochelle Janecek

January 19th ~ Ashlee Mizee

Would you like to own a useful recipe book where you actually have the ingredients to make the recipe? Have you tried a dish at a get together and thought, “Wow—I wish I knew how to make that?”. Our MOPS group is creating exactly that, and we desperately want your recipes! Please take a few minutes to submit your favorite or unique family recipes. You may write them down or email them directly to Niki at [email protected]. Recipes will be collected until March 6th, but please don’t wait until the last minute (as Niki needs time to type them). A big thank you to those who have already taken time to submit recipes! It’s greatly appreciated!

Meeting Cancellation

Due to Weather

As the winter months draw near, we'd like to remind you of our meeting cancellation policy. If District 11 is cancelled or on a delay due to inclement weather, our MOPS meeting will be canceled. We will meet again on the next regularly scheduled date.

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MOPS Cookbook ~ Recipes Wanted!

2008/2009 Steering Team

Coordinator ~Naomi Thomas ~ 494-0936

Co-coordinator ~ Niki Broyles ~ 494-8292

Mentor Mom ~ Rae Driscoll ~ 444-0506 Mentor Mom ~ Beth Connell ~ 260-7405

Discussion Group Coordinator ~ Lindsey Giaffoglione ~ 201-1628

Finance ~ Rachael Felice ~ 576-2379

Craft Coordinator ~ Heather Gwinn ~ 244-2142

Craft Coordinator ~ Becky Walker ~ (720) 733-0343

Hospitality ~ Jennifer Dorminey ~ 548-8370

Hospitality ~ Carrie Reeck ~ 596-2052

Publicity ~ Roxanne Cook ~ 598-1740 Publicity ~ Amber Scott ~ 388-8407

Discussion Group Leaders Niki Broyles ~ Orange

Lindsey Giaffoglione & Heather Huerta ~ Red Anna Peterson ~ Yellow Michelle Vacha ~ Green

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RADIANT MOPS

January 24th—National Compliment Day

Teach your children to give and accept compliments. Practice throughout the day and celebrate kindness.

January 21st—National Hugging Day

How many different hugs can you create? Bear Hugs? Pinky Hugs? Have fun finding new ways to say “I Love You.”

Do you ever wonder who comes up with these holidays?!? In any event, what a better time than the New Year to start organizing your home and life. Avoid becoming overwhelmed by starting simple and setting realistic goals for yourself. Here are a few places you can start: • Find a home for all the gifts you received over the holidays. If things need to be returned or exchange, do so now. • Purchase birthday cards, anniversary cards, etc. for the first quarter in 2009. That way, when the occasion rolls around,

you’ll be prepared. • Recycle magazine and newspapers (magazines older than three months and newspapers older than one week). • Clean out your refrigerator. Throw out old leftovers and expired condiments. • Clean out your medicine cabinet. Throw out any expired medicines, cosmetics or never-used toiletries. • Clear out and organize your email Inbox. • Make a schedule for yourself. Write one small thing for each calendar day that you would like to accomplish such as clear-

ing off the top of the refrigerator, throwing away expired coupons or consolidating all your movies and cd’s to one location.

Visit www.getorganizednow.com for a practical January calendar and other helpful hints.

Cook macaroni according to the package directions. Drain. In a saucepan, melt butter or margarine over medium heat Stir in enough flour to make a roux. Add milk to roux slowly, stirring con-stantly. Stir in cheeses, and cook over low heat until cheese is melted and the sauce is a little thick. Put macaroni in large casserole dish, and pour sauce over macaroni. Stir well. Melt butter or margarine in a skillet over medium heat. Add bread-crumbs and brown. Spread over the macaroni and cheese to cover. Sprinkle with a little paprika. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes. Serve.

• 8 ounces uncooked elbow macaroni • 2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar

cheese • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese • 3 cups milk • 1/4 cup butter • 2 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour • 2 tablespoons butter • 1/2 cup bread crumbs • 1 pinch paprika

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Other Fun January “Holidays”

January 12th is “Organize Your Home Day”

The Concession Stand ~ Homemade Mac & Cheese

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan

Serve with a salad for a great kid-pleasing meal

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Sibling Rivalry

Psalm 133:1 reads, “How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.” Indeed! But most brothers and sisters I know need a little help to make it to the point of harmony. When squabbles are unavoidable, concerned parents have a plan for teaching their children how to fight fair. Here are several suggestions: • Expect fights. Children use fights as a way to measure parental love as well as to learn empathy, process their

emotions and develop the negotiation skills they’ll need as adults. • Give it time. Resist the urge to jump right in and referee. Let your children have time to learn what they need to

learn without your interference. Short of them harming each other, give them time to work it out alone. • Listen. When your children come to you with their struggles, tune in to their words. Recall the reasons for sibling

squabbles. Listen for the cause beneath the struggle. Help unity grow in-house by teaching your children to fight fair. In time, they will learn the rules, be able to work through conflicts, and find that wonderful harmony. How good and pleasant it can be! (by Elisa Morgan in the Mom’s Devotional Bible)

The Golden Ticket

Meeting Notes