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EVENTS! May 19 Dinner Meeting – Please come join us at 7:00pm for an evening of fun and excitement by meeting new friends. Mark your calendars and take one night a month for yourself. Remember, your family can survive one night without you and you can always use a night away!!! You definitely deserve it. Don’t forget, the MMOM group will pay for one member’s dinner each month. All you have to do is come to the dinner meeting to get your name entered into the month’s drawing. Good Luck! June 14 Family Fun Night at the Grizzlies Game - June family night will be on June 14 at the Gateway Grizzlies game. Our group has reserved a limited number of tickets for the 7:05pm game. We will be sitting in the picnic table seating area on the left side of the park. There is a playground area near the tables for the kids. The ticket associate that I spoke with assured me that you can see the game from the picnic tables. I myself have never been there so I'm taking his word for it. I have heard that the Grizzlies games are alot of fun and several of our members requested this for a family night. Again we have a limited number of tickets and they will be held for members and their immediate family on a first come basis. Please RSVP to Natalie by June 1 by email knbumann@egyptian.net March 9 Family Fun Night at the YMCA - On March 9th our group reserved the YMCA on Carlyle Ave in Belleville (across from SWIC). This was the event that had to be rescheduled due to the ice storm. We are happy to say that we finally got it in. Unfortunately, we didn't have a very good turn out because of cancellations due to the kids being sick. Everyone that was able to go had a really great time. The YMCA has a lot to offer for all of our age groups. They have a Fitness Center, a gymnasium, an indoor pool and a children’s center. We will have access to all of these areas. The fitness center is for ages 13 and up. It has stationary bikes, treadmills, elliptical machines, etc. The gym will be set up for volleyball, basketball or dodgeball, which ever we choose. The indoor pool is 3.5 feet to 6 feet deep. It is regulation size for those professional swimmers. You are able to bring in floaties, life jackets and water toys. All ages are able to swim with adult supervision. There will be lifeguards also. The Children’s Center is for ages 1 through 5. It is basically a room to play with soft climbing blocks, child size tables and chairs and many activities. March Family Fun Night at the Magic House – The MMOM group travelled to The Magic House Children's Museum in Kirkwood, MO. on Sunday March 30th. The Magic House Family Fun Night was awesome. We had 26 families from our group attend and 13 families from the triplet group (through Jen Ashauer-Meyer). This was an incredible turnout!! It seemed as though everyone had a good time. The kids were all so entertained (although not many parents were relaxed). It was nice that we had The Magic House just to ourselves. The manager on duty told me that on a normal Sunday, they may have anywhere from 1,000 - 2,000 people come through. So for our group of about 175 people, the place looked a little empty. I personally think its much better when its a little less crowded. I hope everyone got a chance to see all 3 stories of the museum. My boy’s favorite part was making their hair stand up by the magnetic ball. Although their hair is short and stands up all on its own, they got a good laugh at seeing my big mop sticking straight up. The Magic House is just an awesome place to go see. My kids loved it and they didn't want to leave. Please send me your thoughts on the night and if we should do it again next year. MMOM Spring Re-Sell-It SaleThe mandatory sale meeting was again successful. We had about 50 members sign up to sell. A few members got lost coming to the new location, so we got started a little late. I went over the sale rules and guidelines and answered questions. Everyone selling is urged to read the rule sheet we passed out. The sale is very huge so that is why is to so important that everything be done the same way. I know some of the new members may think we are a little over compulsive with the cards and pins, but once they see how it all works, they hopefully will understand. We pre-sold our fundraiser shirts. We sold 44 shirts. I will re-order them and we will sell them at the sale to members and to the public. Here were the sale details. MMOM Sellers can shop from 7:00 - 8:00am MMOM Club Members but not sellers from 7:00 am - 8:00 am Open to the Public from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm MMOM Red T-Shirts- Many Members who participated in the recent sale showed off the new Red T-shirts with our logo on them. Thank you to Shelly Haudrich for coordinating this. If you are interested in purchasing a red t-shirt, please contact Shelly Haudrich at (618) 473-9113 or at sthaudrich@aol.com Member Participation - This club is for you so please help us out in some way. We are looking for volunteers in most areas. If you have a special expertise let us know and we can make room for you to shine! With the lack of members volunteering, our club's activity will fall greatly! Please volunteer! If you want to see something happen, help make it happen! Open Committee Positions - If you are willing to help in any area please contact our president Bumann at mmomclub@yahoo.com. We would love to have you aboard! Librarian committee position is currently open. Please keep in mind that we are all busy moms and this is not a full time job. This is simple volunteer position for a few hours a month. Membership Information Nikki Smith is doing a wonderful job with the Membership Committee. This position will send out membership forms that ALL members must fill out will in order to renew or become a new member. This new membership form will allow us to know our mothers needs, know the statistics of our club and be able to match and pair up mothers according to their specific interest and needs. The new membership forms will be available at the MMOM sale meeting, and the MMOM sale. Please continue to spread the word of our organization to mothers of multiples. We currently have over 100 members. Thank you for your continued awesome support of this group, which could not exist without all of you members. MMOM POST OFFICE BOX The Post Office mailbox(snail mail) is paid up for an year (Same box number). We understand that the Post Office sent back any mail that was in our mailbox to the senders. The was due to us not getting the payment made in time. If anyone sent mail and received it back, please resend it to the same box. Newsletter by Email MMOM has an e-mail new option for you! Do you sometimes receive your newsletter late? Well there is a way that you can be guaranteed to get your newsletter on time every time! How? Via e-mail! If you wish to get your newsletter via e-mail please e-mail us at mmomclub@yahoo.com and let us know what e-mail address to deliver your newsletter to. There are many advantages to receiving the newsletter via e-mail! Please note if we do not have the correct e-mail address for you, you will not receive the newsletter! Please make sure your e-mail address is correct! We will try to catch it and and send the newsletter via us mail but this is not guaranteed. MMOM needs you! Please come and participate in your club, make it worth while for you and other members! BIRTHS! 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