Updates and Fun Dates

In honor of Mother's Day we did not have any scheduled lesson plans last week. We did learn though!

Butterflies
Monday at storytime one of the grandparents told us she was a director for the Butterfly Society of VA. She helps educate the community and she had some caterpillars she was supposed to give someone who showed up. Well, I went home with 10 new "babies" and I am proud to say that I have not lost one! We have one in chrysalis form and 3 making their way there. I think in about a week we will see a black swallowtail butterfly and I am so excited!

I didn't know how educational this would be for a 2 year old but we watched a couple videos on Youtube about the life cycle of butterflies and she totally understands that the "snakes", as she calls them, will soon be butterflies.

http://butterflysocietyofva.org/

Workouts
My dance classes have been pretty sporadic. I finished one choreography class involving a 6 minute number, took a couple beginner classes to refresh and will be starting a new choreography for a show at the end of the month.
www.hipnoticbellydancing.com

Hapkido is going quite well. I have been practicing my self defense techniques, kicks and punch blocking. I still haven't conquered my fear of the forward roll but I feel a lot stronger and will be testing for my white belt this Thursday.
I know, due to a trip to the doctor, that I have not lost any weight but I am not concerned with that. I want to be able to protect myself and my family when the need arises so I want to be strong.

In other news I will be training with the Crisis Prevention Center of Tidewater tomorrow night. This step is a long time coming.  Find out more about this wonderful, life saving organization here: www.cpcfriends.org

I have had 2 weekends of great restoration and preparation. 1st at The Tender Warriors Women's Conference at Calvary Chapel and then last Saturday at a Women's Prayer Encounter at my church.
My husband and I have decided to become members of our church. Our Discovery Seminar is next week and we are looking forward to belonging to such a great church.

May's Playdate Party
Every month I host a playdate party for the moms that I know. So far it has been a great success and I think I may just make it an official playgroup!

This month we had a picnic in the park. We have a gorgeous park that wraps around a beautiful man made lake in my city. It was wonderful to all the new faces this time! I invited friends of friends, friends from storytime, from music class and, of course, my regular core group. And what a turn out!

We had fried chicken, potato salad, fruit and of course A GOOD TIME! The kids loved playing on the playgrounds and exploring by the lake. And the moms had fun talking, eating and sharing. I love this fantastic group of ladies and hope to have many more excursions with them this summer!

Things are about to heat up!