Hoover Ward Play Group

January Schedule

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Thursday, January 14
10 a.m.
Church Building

Thursday, January 21
10 a.m.
Stephanie Hodgson's Home

FRIDAY, January 29
10 a.m.
Pump It Up

December Schedule

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December 3
10 a.m.
Church Building

December 10
10 a.m.
Christmas Party
Bring a $5 gift to exchange
Rachel Gerstner's Home

November Schedule

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WEDNESDAY, November 4
10:30 a.m.
Tiny Tot Tales
Hoover Library

November 12
10 a.m.
Amanda Jensen's Home

November 19
10 a.m.
Cooking WITH the kids
Stephanie Hodgson's Home

November 26
NO PLAYGROUP
Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Our Trip to the Firestation!

2009-10-24T14:51:00.000-07:00

Thanks for everyone who came!

October Schedule

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October 22
Tour of Riverchase Firestation

October 29
Halloween Costume Party
Church Building

October Event - Hands On Trucks

2009-09-01T15:01:00.001-07:00

This looks like so much fun. I know it's a long drive but I wanted to share it with y'all.

It's Called Hands On Trucks. Apparently a bunch of real trucks, i.e. Firetrucks, ice cream trucks etc. come and let the kids play in them and check them out.

Here is the website for more info!

http://www.sci-quest.org/home/special_events/handsontrucks_2009.phtml

Summer Recap!

2009-08-23T12:02:00.000-07:00

Stephanie helped out with the slide at Pump it Up!

Of course they want to play with toys we have at home! Oh well, we had a blast!

Tasty blueberries!!!

Thanks for a great summer y'all!!!

Summer Schedule!

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Wednesday, May 27
10:30 a.m.
Hoover Library
Stone Lion Puppet Theatre

Wednesday, June 3
10 a.m.
McWane Science Center
*(Under 2) Free, (2-12) $8, (13+) $11

Wednesday, June 10
10 a.m.
Kristin Tice's Home

Wednesday, June 17
11 a.m.
Birmingham Barons Baseball Game
*(2 and Under) Free, (2-12) $ , (12+) $7

Wednesday, June 24
10 a.m.
Oak Mtn. State Park Lake - Swimming
(Under 6) Free, (6-11) $1, (12+) $2

Wednesday, July 1
Time TBA
Balch Farms – U-Pick Blueberries

Wednesday, July 8
10 a.m.
Patton Creek Rave
Horton Hears a Who
Free

Wednesday, July 15
10 a.m.
Alabama Adventure Water Park
*(2 and Under) Free, (3+) $34.99

Wednesday, July 22
10 a.m.
Galleria Mall - Carousel

Wednesday, July 29
10 a.m.
Wendi Johnson's Home
Swimming

*Group discounts can be cheaper.

SORRY :(

2009-04-23T15:35:00.000-07:00

Well, Kristin strikes AGAIN! This time though, I cannot claim that I have never been there, because I have been to the Sunshine Farms before so I should have went right there. And not led this mini adventure in the middle of nowhere that was "fruitless" for many...(ha, I know I'm just so darn funny!)

So our adventure in strawberry picking didn't turn out as planned, as you might have guessed from these starting comments. I was leading the line of cars, I had planned this trip and so I'm very sorry and do take full responsibility for this outing(well not enough to offer everyone gas money, but at least I wasted my own as well as everyone else's). The directions are wrong that are on their website and that is the excuse I am sticking to! We kept having to turn around, park and ask for directions. Then we needed to call and I had no signal. But thankfully San is well equipped with Verizon and of course - they have service everywhere - so when we finally called to make sure we were on the right road (because we thought we were lost again) they told me they were closed today b/c yesterday they were "picked out." How crazy is that??? I called on Monday, but I guess everyone else in the vicinity had my same brilliant idea to pick strawberries this week. Sorry, I should have called last night to make sure they had enough.

Some of us did end up with some delightful berries from their produce stand on another exit and Shannon and I found the best Burger King playland of ALL time. So at least Damen and Josh ended up having a fun time playing together.

Good news for those who didn't go...

Bad news for me if I ever want anyone to trust my navigational skills again!

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2009-04-14T10:35:00.001-07:00

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Birmingham Zoo

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We had a great time. Thanks for those of you who came.

Here are some of the cuties in the monkey house!

April Schedule

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Thursday, April 2
Veteran's Park

Thursday, April 9
Riverchase Park

Thursday, April 16
Cahabalily Park
(*Changed from schedule)

Thursday, April 23
U-Pick Strawberry Farm
(Time and info TBA through email)

Thursday, April 30
Heardmont Park

March Schedule

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Thursday, March 5
Municipal Park

Thursday, March 12
Overton Park

TUESDAY, March 17
Birmingham Zoo - 1/2 Price Day
Happy Spring Break!!!

Thursday, March 26
Cahaba Lily Park

January and February 2009

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Thursday January 8, 10 a.m.
Kristin Tice's Home

Thursday January 15, 10:30 a.m.
Homewood Library
Rhythm and Rhyme Singing/Story Time

Thursday January 22, 10 a.m.
Shannon Bischoff's Home

Thursday January 29, 10 a.m.
Chuck E. Cheese

Wednesday February 4, 10:45 a.m.
North Shelby County Library
Mr. Mac Singing/Story Time

Tuesday February 10, 10 a.m.
Pump It Up

Wednesday February 18, 10:30 a.m.
Hoover Library
Tiny Tot Tales

Tuesday February 24, TBA p.m.
Patton Creek
Mardi Gras Parade

Thursday February 26, 10 a.m.
Howard Lake Park

Goodbye Remunds!

2008-11-29T14:11:00.001-08:00

We will miss you!!

:....(

Little Pimpin...

2008-11-29T14:07:00.000-08:00

Jacob is already pimpin it with the ladies... look out Tammy!!!

Music Time at the Remund's

2008-11-16T18:57:00.000-08:00

One of the best play groups ever. Thank you so much Sonnet. Sorry for anyone who missed it!

Sonnet made "pianos" to show the kids where the keys were.

And had the kids match their letters with the names of the notes.

We got to make our own shakers!

Sonnet was so great teaching the kids all about music.

What's more fun than making "music" with garbage!!!!

She even bought the kids recorders. What a great time!

Halloween Party

2008-11-10T20:12:00.000-08:00

Sorry this took so long... I hope you guys had fun!

The boys team putting the skeleton back together.

The mummy wrap!

You can't go wrong with decorating cookies!

And what's a Halloween party without decorating pumpkins?

Thanks for coming. We had a blast!

Oak Mtn. State Park Farm

2008-10-23T19:14:00.000-07:00

While the name is a mouthful, it was so much fun.

Thanks to Lisa for the idea. Thanks to San for the pictures.

I'm so glad for everyone who made it. I will definitely be taking Josh there to learn about animals. And you can't beat $2 adults and free kids. Not to mention the animals just roam around free and you don't have to look at them through cages.

Getting out the kinks!

2008-10-22T10:37:00.000-07:00

I guess this fall is a trial and error period of play group.

With all the bad directions and wrong names, etc.

I'm really sorry about all that!

So hopefully next spring all the "kinks" will get worked out right!

Keep your fingers crossed...

If anyone ever has an idea about a place they want play group to be or would like to host it at their home, please let me know!

Want a year of free food?

2008-10-14T19:17:00.000-07:00

Every time a new Chick-fil-A opens, they give away 52 free combo coupons to the first 100 people to camp out all night.

When it first started you didn't have to show up so early , but now too many people know about it. Greg showed up at about 10:45 a.m. to the last one and was #80 (or close to it).

How it works: You show up to the location, show id to prove you are 18 or older, sign sheet to get a number, then hang out all day and go to roll call when they call for it. You can't leave at all but they usually give out free food throughout the day. You can bring kids and keep them with you, they just don't count as part of the 100 who get the free coupons.

Chick-fil-A Campout Info
Nov 5
McCalla Chick-fil-A
Exit 1 off 459
Goes from 8 a.m. Nov 5 to 6 a.m. Nov 6

Greg and I will be there. Let me know if you have any questions.

Veteran's Park

2008-10-14T19:12:00.000-07:00

Sorry...no pics for today.

Thanks for those who came!

Next time we go there we will have to take sand toys and play in the sand volleyball pit.

(Next week: Oak Mtn. Petting Zoo)

More Fire Station Pics

2008-10-13T07:56:00.000-07:00

The kids got to climb in the trucks and even "drive". They had a blast (from what I could tell)!

Fire Station

2008-10-10T19:00:00.000-07:00

I'm so glad for all who made it. Sorry it was so hard to find!!! I hope everyone had fun. Sorry I forgot my camera so these are cell phone pics.

I didn't even think about this until we were there with the fireman in his gear. I'm so glad that we got to do this so hopefully if the kids ever need to go to a fireman they won't be scared! It is really important. We will definitely have to do this next year too!

Halloween Costume Ideas

2008-10-04T14:38:00.001-07:00

I saw this link on Rachael Ray's website and thought she had some pretty good ideas. I wanted to share in case anyone needed an idea to make a costume.

No Sew Costumes

Municipal Park

2008-09-30T12:24:00.000-07:00

Sofia came for the first time!!!

Thanks for coming!!!

Kids Market and Mom

2008-09-26T08:09:00.000-07:00

FYI

I wanted to make sure everyone knew the dates of Kids Market. If you don't know what it is, it's basically a giant yard sale of good clothes, toys, books, furniture and just about anything you can think of for babies and kids plus maternity clothes. I always find great deals, especially on the last TWO days. Almost everything is 50% off the price marked. There are usually a ton of 0-9 month clothes left on this day, but the bigger sizes go fast.

If you have any questions you can ask me or go to their website

www.kidsmarketandmom.com

It is in the old Food World in South Lake (on Valleydale by I65) and here is the schedule:

Public Sale Dates

TWO WEEKS !

(closed Sunday October 12th)

Monday, October 6th

Note: During this opening day - No strollers, diaper bags or large purses allowed while shopping. Fanny packs are acceptable.

8am - 8pm

Tuesday - Saturday,
October 7th thru 11th
(closed Sunday October 12th)

Monday - Tuesday
October 13th, 14th

9am - 6pm

25% Discount Days

(% off only applies to tags NOT marked in red. Tickets with Red price remain at normal price)

Wednesday, October 15th
Thursday, October 16th

9am - 6pm

50% Discount Days

(% off only applies to tags NOT marked in red. Tickets with Red price remain at normal price)

Friday, October 17th
Saturday, October 18th

9am - 6pm
8am - 4pm

Howard Lake Park

2008-09-23T14:23:00.000-07:00

Great turnout today, Thanks for everybody who came!

Check out these cuties!

Our youngest members!

No worries...

2008-09-21T16:04:00.000-07:00

So, for those of us (maybe just me and Greg) that were worried about our Ward being changed today, I guess those worries are over, or were fruitless.... However you want to think about it. I was thinking all this morning about what would happen to our play group and it was making me sad. So good news for us!!! We are all still stuck with one another.

Days Available?

2008-09-17T10:19:00.000-07:00

As I said in my email, I have a request to change a few days for Play Group.

If everyone can please tell me the days they have available, I would really appreciate it so that a few other kids that aren't able to come right now might get a chance to participate this Fall.

Either email me or post a comment.

Thanks!

Fall '08 Schedule

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September 23
Howard Lake Park (Across from Hoover Rec. Center)

September 30
Municipal Park (Alabaster)

October 7
Inverness Park
Tour of Fire Station (RAIN OR SHINE)
*Be there early. Tour starts at 10 a.m. sharp!

October 14
Veterans Park (By Spain Park H.S.)

October 21
Oak Mtn. State Park Farm/Petting Zoo
$2 Park Entry fee

October 28
Halloween Costume Party
At Kristin Tice's Home

November 4
Ali Martin's Home

November 11
Music Time
At Sonnet Remund's Home

November 18
Julie Reynold's Home

MONDAY - November 24
Patton Creek Barnes and Noble
Story Time 10:30 a.m.
You can come early or stay late and play on the train!

December 2
KayDee Ince's Home

December 9
Christmas Party
At Lisa Childress' Home
Each child can bring a $5 gift to exchange

Welcome!

2008-09-16T08:57:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our new Play Group website. Here you will be able to view pictures of all our cuties having fun, save any pictures that you like, ask and get questions answered, view a schedule of events and anything else your little heart desires. Just let me know!

Welcome,
Kristin