St. Matthew's MomCo Jax

We were able to get in the first meeting of March. We had a Mother-in-Law Wisdom Panel. We had 3 amazing mother-in-laws come to give us their words of wisdom on how to be a good daughter in law and a glimpse into the world from their perspective. It was so nice to gain some insight and have them take their time with us. I have been calling my MIL a lot more since the meeting! And then COVID-19 took over and we've had to stay at home. No meetings, play dates or girls nights. We've had to get creative on how to stay sane and in touch. Our next meeting in March was supposed to be on Cheap and Healthy Eating. The speaker canceled, but Kate taught us how to Zoom and we traded tips on how to eat healthy and inexpensively. She also told us about the Facebook Group, Families Surviving Corona Virus Together for tips on things to do at home with kids. We've had two fun girls nights, put together by the amazing, Kate. We watched a movie together in a Netflix Party. It was nea...

Our first meeting in February, we took over the St. Matt's kitchen and did meal prep. We each went home with freezer meal bags of chicken fajitas, meatloaf, sweet and sour meatballs, honey Dijon chicken and sausage and peppers. We chatted, traded tips and made a weeks worth of dinners for our families. We did extras for working moms and moms with sick kids. MOPS International even reposted our Instagram post! Becky has been making that happen a lot for us, lately! We did a Relationship Challenge on social media to celebrate Valentine's Day.  For our second meeting of the month, we had  Barbara Handzel, a marriage building leader from Resurrection talk about marriage and gave some words of wisdom. She also passed out some neat bookmarks and hand outs. We had a few fun girls nights this month. We went to ladies night at Fired Up (Kate's awesome photography skills!) and a few of us did a One Vibe dance class. It's neat getting to know everyo...

It's a new year, mamas! We've got this! Sometimes it's hard to tell what day it is, let alone which year. But here we are, standing together! Our first meeting of the year was on school choice. This is a family decision, of course. We're just here to help with the discernment process. We had Carol Yazdiya talk about private school. Beth Rasch talked about public school. Anna McCormick talked about home schooling. I think it was an awesome wisdom panel. These three women are amazing mothers, wives and people! They had so much helpful information to share! School Choice Wisdom Panel We're having lots of play date fun! Walking, story time and parks! The girls night with Rethreaded was postponed. We have one coming up early next month. Come hang out with us! Be thinking of what leadership role you'd like to do for the fall!

We only had one official meeting in December. Vanessa Holland gave some great photography tips. See the handouts below: We went caroling at the Cross Care nursing home twice. We had lots of play dates at parks, the indoor playground, zoo, MOSH and riding the skyway to the library. Throw ideas out on Facebook and Instagram if you aren't seeing something you like.  Caroling at Cross Care Round II of caroling with the big kids out of school Train exhibit at MOSH Stopping for a pic at Hemming Plaza after riding the skyway. Headed to the library! The Creative Grain girls night was canceled because we couldn't get enough people. Instead, a group went to La Nap for dinner. Do you have any girls night ideas? Let us know! On the 4th day of Christmas we had the MOPS & POPS Christmas party. My husband was excited to meet some of the other guys. We stayed up late laughing and chatting! Christmas Party

November was a good month for us! Our Take Over Tuesdays are in full swing with each mom tagging the mom for the next week. It's a neat way to follow along and get to know each other. Our first November speaker was Ashley Holt, from J. Ashley. She brought along her closet and more and we talked about fashion, style and keeping your closet organized. It's easy to get in a slump when surrounded by kids who are spitting up on you. Ashley gave us some great tips on how you can stay in style through motherhood. I totally added boots and a jean jacket to my yoga-pant-tshirt uniform this week and looked and FELT great! Our new sign is quite an improvement We had to dress a mannequin Talking about fashion We had a Blessing Way to honor one of our members, Lynn. Erica hosted the lovely party. It was neat preparing her for the birth of her 5th baby! Honoring Lynn Going into the holiday season it was nice to have Erin Pruett, licensed mental health counselor talk to ...

Our speaker series has begun. Dr. Mae Barker was our first speaker talking about parenting solutions. A few good take aways that I have are that "As parents we basically regulate sugar and technology." That's so true! I asked about my negative child. Mae suggested making it fun and turning it into a game. Picky eaters? Check out this book . I also use Positive Parenting a lot if anyone wants to borrow it. That's another Mae suggestion. "If two children are having an argument, and mama is not in the house to hear it...did the argument happen?" Getting down and giving practical tips to Alison Hand out on reward system (zoom in) SLEEP! We had a bunch of pop up play dates to parks, the indoor playground and the zoo. We also had a weekend play date to Amazing Grace Crop Maze. The play dates are a great way to get to know other moms and have your children make friends, too.  For our second meeting in October, we had Onie Le...