Pink Power!

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many of us wore pink to the monthly meeting.

Here are a few sites related to raising awareness and finding a cure~

National Breast Cancer Foundation
Avon Foundation for Women
Susan G.Koman for the Cure

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Local Info for Moms & Kids

Glenwood Wrestling Club Sign Ups

Saturday November 6 * 10AM -Noon
Wrestling 501 Club Building 501 Tyson St.

*Free Glenwood Wrestling T-shirt with sign up!
Questions- contact John @ 527 5267

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JB Fit Kids Program

Beginning November 1, JB Fitness will offer classes for movers & shakers ranging in age from 18 months to 5 years. Taught by an elementary school teacher, this class will incorporate movement and education in a way that promotes a healthy lifestyle. It’s never too early to learn to live well!

FIRST SESSION RUNS NOVEMBER 1-DECEMBER 15
TO REGISTER: EMAIL JACQUE373@GMAIL.COM OR CALL 402-515-0580

Halloween Happenings!

Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department
Pancake Feed
October 31st 9 AM- 1 PM
Free Will Offering

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Trick or Treat at Linwood Estates
700 N. Linn St.
5:30-7 PM

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Cookies & Cocoa at the Fire Station
Halloween Evening 7-9 PM
Free Glow necklaces starting at 5 PM

Tuesday Tunes

Mommy & Me Monday: Candy Corn Family Playset

Are you looking for a totally cute, calorie-free Halloween surprise for your little ones? Hop over to the Frugal Family Fun blog and check out this little Candy Corn family playset. It is so cute, so cheap to make, and guaranteed to get a few laughs (and maybe some major play time!). If I get a chance I may make a set of these for my boys to surprise them.

If you are feeling super-ambitious (and you have basic sewing skills), consider making this little candy corn drawstring bag to hold your little candy corn family. I made these bags a few years ago, filled them with candy corn, and gave them to my boys for Halloween. CLICK HERE for a link to the tutorial I used to sew these.

Mommy & Me Monday: Halloween Wreaths

Hello! Here is another "cheater" post linking you to a post I wrote two years ago about some cute Halloween wreaths I made with my boys. CLICK HERE to check it out. It involves painting your child's feet and making "ghosts" with their footprints. Try it! They turn out so cute and you can pull them out every year and have your children "match" their feet to see how much they've grown!

Thursday's Beauty Inside & Out Tip

Here is a step-to-step guide on achieving a flawless application:

Cover the entire lid with makeup primer before applying eye shadow. This will assure your colors won’t fade or crease. I always recommend applying eye shadows with professional brushes for precise application and ease of blending. Remember the smaller the brush, the more intense the color.

1. Choose a light neutral color (linen) to brush lightly and evenly from the lash line to your brow, covering the entire lid. This will be your base color.

2. Use a darker shade (sand) than your base color, and apply it to the crease line.

3. Use a shade lighter (snow/matte white) than your base color to highlight under the eyebrow.

4. Use a shade darker (chocolate) than your crease color to accent the outer corner of your eye. Take a full brush and blend all together. If the colors are too intense, fill your brush with the light neutral color you used in step one and blend all together.

5. Top off with a black eye liner or matte black shadow with a slant brush along top lash line.

Using an color on your bottom lash line is optional. If you decide not to line the bottom, then no need for mascara on bottom lashes. If you like color on your bottom lash line use a shadow – not a harsh eye liner – then apply mascara.

This is a good everyday look.

Tiffany Harger
www.tiffanyharger.myarbonne.com

Second Photo Session Added!

Photo Day with My MoJo Photo-- October 23 & October 28

Check out the pics at My MoJo Photo.

This is a great opportunity to get some photos of your children or family in time for the holidays. Joanna takes amazing photos and they will be treasured for years to come. She is offering a special MOPS package for $45. The package includes 8x10, 2 5x7s, and 8 wallets. Additional sheets will be available for $15 (meaning $15 for one 8x10, $15 for 2-5x7s or 4x6s, and $15 for 8 wallets.) Larger prints are available and would be discounted as well.

Please BOOK YOUR SESSION NOW to reserve your time-- email amberloo22@aol.com with time choice and # of people in photo.

Times available are:

October 23rd
9:00 Tanis
9:45 Roni
10:30 Ashley
11:15 Christie
12:30 Amber
3:00 Melissa O.
4:15 Lynette
5:00 Anne P.
5:45 Leeann

October 28th
3:30 Heather
4:15 Deena
5:00
5:45

Tuesday Tunes

Mommy & Me Monday: Autumn Suncatchers

Wahoo! I can't believe I got photos to post. Maybe my luck is starting to turn with Blogger and the MOPS blog. Anyway...........I actually did a new fall craft project this weekend with my boys. I had not done anything like this with them for so long and these turned out SO cute! The idea came from Valerie at Frugal Family Fun. I know Amber mentioned this blog last week. So many great ideas.........and they really are frugal!





To do this you just need clear contact paper, construction paper, and various colors of tissue paper. Cut a piece of contact paper your desired size. Ours were about the size of a sheet of paper. Peel off the backing and place it sticky side up on your table. Tape the corners down to the table while your child works. Cut out a tree trunk from the brown construction paper (or have your child do it if they can) and place it on the contact paper. Cut a bunch of leaves from the tissue paper (fold it over several times and it will go quickly) and have your little one place the leaves on the sticky contact paper. This is a great activity for refining those little finger muscles. Once they are done, place another sheet of clear contact paper over the top, making a "sandwich" to seal everything inside. Trim the edges and tape it on a window. They are so pretty!





(Note: We also added a piece of green tissue paper for grass across the bottom.)

Thursday's Beauty Inside & Out Tip of the Week

From a mom, "I have always heard that you should match your lipstick with blush- True or False?"

False, color should compliment your overall look. If you wear a soft coral blush and want to wear a pinkish lipstick, wear the pink lipstick but apply a neutral gloss to tone it down a bit. You can always swipe a sheer neutral lip gloss/lipstick over the top of any color to tone it down a note.

Tiffany Harger
http://www.tiffanyharger.myarbonne.com/

Website Wednesday

Here are a few of my kids related- crafty itea type blogs. These bloggers come up with the best ideas and many of them are just so easy to do!

Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

No Time for Flashcards

By Little Hands

Frugal Family Fun

Let's Explore

Make and Takes

I hope you find something fun to do on one or more of these! Please leave a comment if you have a similar site to recommend.

Coming next week: Decorating at home- please send any favorites to Amber or leave a comment here.

Enjoy!

Tuesday Tunes

Mommy & Me Monday: Halloween Jars

Here is another little cheater post for you. I wanted to post about these in October anyway, though. My two boys and I made these cute little Jack-O-Lantern jars to decorate our home for Halloween last year. You can read all about it by clicking THIS LINK. I am thinking about doing just a fall version of these this year by using fall-colored tissue paper squares and Mod-Podging them onto some glass votive holders that I have. We'll see if that happens............ If it does I'll be sure to post photos here. If your young child can paint with a paint brush they can help with this project..........messiness is OK!