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As part of The Mommies Network, FrederickMommies.com is a free community for moms in Frederick, Washington and Western Carroll Counties, Maryland. We realize that all moms need local support -- and who can't use another friend? FrederickMommies.com offers a simple way to connect with local moms for friendship, support and fun. Members meet on our private discussion forums to share information on everything from where to get the best haircut to tips on transitioning to a "big kid" bed. Each month, we also offer many face-to-face events for our members, their children and their families.
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1) How does it feel to be the first Moderator of the Month 2012?
Absolutely Amazing... I can't wait to get started on promoting world peace and lobbying for a cure for The Terrible Twos.. No in all seriousness I am very happy that my efforts have been rewarded and I just want to say that with a team like ours at the moment it makes you want to be involved. We love our playgroup and getting to take tours and meet for lunch and go to Gymnastics. I want to work to make this site as much fun as we can make it! Now if only I could find that bling again I would be set!!
2) Tell us a little about yourself.
I am a mother, a daughter, a wife, a friend, a dancer, a singer, a performer and a lover. I love life and I want to raise my children to enjoy the world and I only hope I can give them the same experiences I have had. Being a horse show brat as a kid I grew up all over. I was in and out of schools and had tutors and worked in trailers at shows with my peers. I was able to show in 49 states and 15 countries and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Unfortunately now that would cost me about 3 billion dollars so we may stick to local shows and visits to mommies friends over seas for a while. I love to dance and worked professionally with Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Richmond and Greensboro ballets. I teach dance, I choreograph for local theater departments in DC and performed with them as well for 5 years before moving to Frederick. I love to ride my horses and to take my son to play in the dirt and I try to live each day like it may all end soon because you only get one chance to do anything so take it.
3) What has been your favorite FM event so far?
I don't know that I can decide and I think that is the best part of FM every event (even our weekly playdate) is new and fun and different from the last. I love the spice you all add to our lives. I think for Stone it would be our weekly playdate, then anything at Flips Gymnastics, and then possibly a tie between Baby Sign and Pump it Up. Now if we could do baby sign at pump it up he may just not be able to stand it! I also love that we have gone from 4 kids at our first playdate here at my house in October to 10 kids here last week. I can't believe I have only been around since October sometimes!
4) Since you were nominated as a Frederick County Moderator, name your top 3 favorite places in Frederick County.
Ok so this one is a toughie for me because we have only just moved here. I would say that we love going to our friends houses, we also love our new house, and I would say that the park that we go to in Ballenger is pretty cool. You will have to get back to me on this one when the weather has gotten warmer and I have actually gone outside. As many of you know I don't do the cold!
February Events at FrederickMommies! WOW! Looking at the FrederickMommies calendar just makes me smile. Do you know why it makes me smile? It?s because February is another busy month around FrederickMommies! We have an activity planned for just about everyday during the month of February? sometimes multiple activities on one day. Do you want to know what is happening on FrederickMommies?
Are you a member? Then check out the calendar to see what is happening.
Wait, did you say you weren?t a member? That is ok, I will give you a special sneak-peak as to what we are offering? but remember, this is only a sneak-peak! If you like what you see, then come join us. We are great group and we would love to have you be apart of it!
Sneak-Peak Events on Frederick Mommies:
Playdates: All-Ages Playdate Little Squirts/Rascals (12-24mo/2-3yo) will have FOUR this month! Preschool kids will have THREE playdates! There 2-crafting playdates (Make a Valentine and a LeapYear) Rollers and Crawlers has a playdate (0-12mo) Family-Friendly/All Ages/New Member playdate on a Saturday!
Fieldtrips/Visits: Visiting a Dentist Office Firestation Visit Nursing home Visit
Activities just for Mommy: MNI and MNO (Mom?s Night In and Mom?s Night Out) Young Mommies Night ? Going out to dinner Craft/Sewing (B*tch & St*tch)
New Member Events: I will be hosting THREE in February!
Community Involvement: Frederick Rescue Mission ? come help us serve lunch
This is just the icing on the cake of events we are having around Frederick Mommies in February. Come join us for some fun!
Betty Co-Coordinator Little Squirts Hospitality Manager
February is Cultural Awareness Month!
February is Cultural Awareness Month at The Mommies Network, and we're thinking globally! Share a love for foreign language and different cultures with your child in our Multicultural Mommies forum on our National Chapter. Each week, we'll feature several languages and cultural tidbits. You may also participate and strengthen your language lingo in a special webinar. Additionally, our sponsor will provide information on how you can continue your language-learning experience after the month is over.
According to Associated Content, brain research shows that children are at an optimal age for language learning. Although language study is effective at any age, some studies suggest that the human brain is more open to learning a foreign language from birth to preadolescence. Fortunately, researchers have not found an age in which the language window closes completely, especially in the areas of grammar and vocabulary.
Take advantage of this opportunity to think globally, and join us as we learn about foreign languages and different ways of life during Cultural Awareness Month at TMN!
Are you a Mom? A Mom-to-Be? Are you looking to find new Mom-friends to hang out with? Friends for your children to hang out with? If you answered YES, then I want to know if you are a member of FrederickMommies? If you have answered YES, than WOO-HOO! I am thrilled that you have found our community of Moms around town. Now, let me ask you this? are you participating in any of our activities we have going on? If you answered YES, FABULOUS!
Wait? did you say NO to not being a member of FrederickMommies? Are you not sure if its a good fit for you and your little one(s)? I know you have friends, family, support systems, careers, etc and that you don't have time for FM. Well, what is having one more set of friends for you and your little one going to hurt?
Frederick Mommies has much to give, we have support for almost all phases of Motherhood - from conception to birth, from infants to going off to school for the first time and then? the teenage years. Wherever you are at in your Mommy-journey, you will find a home here at Frederick Mommies. We have playdates, Mom-Night-In, Moms-Night-Out, Family-dates, we give back to the community and much more.
Come on inside, check out all of the forums, talk with us and make sure you check the calendar for all the latest scoop on events.
Betty Co-Coordinator Little Squirts Playgroup Hospitality Manager
