MomsOfOmaha.com Forums http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/ This is a discussion forum for moms in the Omaha Nebraska area en Sat, 19 May 2012 05:45:15 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg MomsOfOmaha.com Forums http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/ Cycle Fest 2012 at Chalco Hills Recreation Area on Sunday, May 20th http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9139&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 03:27:36 GMT *Cycle Fest 2012 at Chalco Hills Recreation Area * *Date:* Sunday May 20, 2012 Rain or Shine *Time:*11:00 am to 3:00 p.m. *Location*: Chalco... Cycle Fest 2012 at Chalco Hills Recreation Area

Date: Sunday May 20, 2012 Rain or Shine
Time:11:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Chalco Hills Recreation Area
154th & Giles Rd..

Cost: Free public event
Donations are accepted

Save time at registration with this Family Registration Sheet. No preregistering available but you may print this form and complete it prior to the event to make registration more efficient and faster for your family. Bring the completed form with you. If you can't print these ahead of time you may just register at the event.

CycleFest teaches safe bike riding skills to children and adults in a fun and interactive environment. Bike and Trike Rodeo. Three children's bikes from The Bike Way and trip for a family of four to Ocean's and World's Of Fun from AAA Nebraska will be given away. Free face painting is also available at the event. Free food and water will also be provided by US Food Service.

A special thanks to Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Kohl's Department Stores, Sarpy County Sheriff's Dept.. and Omaha Police Dept.. for providing several volunteers that help make this event a reality.
You must register at the event to be eligible for prizes.

No pre-registration available. Free bike safety checks by The Bike Way technicians to those 15 and younger. Those older than 15 will receive a discount coupon to have their bikes checked at The Bike Way any time after the event. Free helmets to those 15 and younger (while supplies last). You must bring your bike to be eligible for the free helmets. Helmets are also donated by The Bike Way. Those older than 15 may purchase a helmet (exact cash only) for $15.00 while supplies last.
AAA Nebraska, The Bike Way and U.S. Food Service are proud supporters of CycleFest.

Click Here for 2012 CycleFest Flyer/Coloring Sheet to print for your children to enjoy.

Click Here to Download 2012 CycleFest Poster

For full details, please click on the link below:

http://www.safenebraska.org/safe-living/bicycle.php ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9139 Aqua Tots Swim School is Coming to Omaha http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9138&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 03:23:31 GMT *Aqua Tots Swim School is Coming to Omaha* I just noticed yesterday that there is an Aqua Tots Swim School franchise going up in the new strip... Aqua Tots Swim School is Coming to Omaha

I just noticed yesterday that there is an Aqua Tots Swim School franchise going up in the new strip mall that is located on the northeast corner of 144th & Fort Streets. From the looks ot things, it appeared that they should be open for business any day now. If you live in the Northwest Omaha area and are looking for kids' swim lessons or swim teams, you might want to check out their programs. I will post again when I find out their grand opening date. Click on the link below for more details:

http://www.aquatots-omaha.com/swim-schools/omaha/ ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9138 Cycle Fest 2012 at Chalco Hills Recreation Area on Sunday, May 20th http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9137&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 02:30:06 GMT *Cycle Fest 2012 at Chalco Hills Recreation Area * *Date:* Sunday May 20, 2012 Rain or Shine *Time:*11:00 am to 3:00 p.m. *Location*: Chalco... Cycle Fest 2012 at Chalco Hills Recreation Area

Date: Sunday May 20, 2012 Rain or Shine
Time:11:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Chalco Hills Recreation Area
154th & Giles Rd..

Cost: Free public event
Donations are accepted

Save time at registration with this Family Registration Sheet. No preregistering available but you may print this form and complete it prior to the event to make registration more efficient and faster for your family. Bring the completed form with you. If you can't print these ahead of time you may just register at the event.

CycleFest teaches safe bike riding skills to children and adults in a fun and interactive environment. Bike and Trike Rodeo. Three children's bikes from The Bike Way and trip for a family of four to Ocean's and World's Of Fun from AAA Nebraska will be given away. Free face painting is also available at the event. Free food and water will also be provided by US Food Service.

A special thanks to Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Kohl's Department Stores, Sarpy County Sheriff's Dept.. and Omaha Police Dept.. for providing several volunteers that help make this event a reality.
You must register at the event to be eligible for prizes.

No pre-registration available. Free bike safety checks by The Bike Way technicians to those 15 and younger. Those older than 15 will receive a discount coupon to have their bikes checked at The Bike Way any time after the event. Free helmets to those 15 and younger (while supplies last). You must bring your bike to be eligible for the free helmets. Helmets are also donated by The Bike Way. Those older than 15 may purchase a helmet (exact cash only) for $15.00 while supplies last.
AAA Nebraska, The Bike Way and U.S. Food Service are proud supporters of CycleFest.

Click Here for 2012 CycleFest Flyer/Coloring Sheet to print for your children to enjoy.

Click Here to Download 2012 CycleFest Poster

For full details, please click on the link below:

http://www.safenebraska.org/safe-living/bicycle.php ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9137 End-of-School-Year Backpack Search Yields Many Mysteries, Including Decomposing Ones http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9136&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 15:45:36 GMT End-of-School-Year Backpack Search Yields Many Mysteries, Including Decomposing Ones

Yesterday was my son's second to last day of school. When he made it up to my car at dismissal time, I could see that he was really struggling with his backpack, so I reached over and opened the door for him and helped him hoist it into the car, exclaiming, "What the heck is in here?" He responded, "It's all trash, Mom, but the teachers wouldn't let us throw it way at school! We had to bring it home? Why?'' I explained that the teachers probably wanted the parents to be able to look through all of their child's work and see if there was anything they wanted to save. I'm also thinking that the school doesn't have enough trash cans and dumpsters to even deal with the detrituts that a few hundred students have managed to collect over the course of a school year.

When we got home, I unzipped every section and poket of the backpack, and I went through all the contents item by item. I found a birthday party invitation that I never knew my son had received, so I had never responded. Being the kind of person who prides herself on prompt responses to invitations, I felt like a jackass knowing that there's now one more person out there who thinks I'm completely rude and thoughtless. I'm completely mortified, and I plan to call the mom to apologize and to explain what happened.

In different parts of the backack, I also found food in various stages of decomposition. Fortunately, everything was either in plastic wrap or a baggie, and nothing smelled. The only item I could identify was something that looked like a petrified Little Debbie cupcake which I am assuming is something that was handed out for someone's birthday or another school celebration.

I remember earlier in the school year when my son's classmates were all out in the hallway when a moldy, green sandwich rolled out of my son's locker. According to my son, everyone wanted to see, smell, and even touch the sandwich, and for a few brief moments, my son felt like a celebrity. He was still radiant with accomplishment when he bragged to me later about just how rotten the sandwich was. It's strange, I know, but I wasn't so excited to find the rotting remnants of lunches and snacktimes past.

On a similar note, this morning I decided to finally tackle organizing my son's bedroom closet. I had the doors open and was studying the contents to try to figure out how many containers and in what sizes I should buy when I realized that a better way to answer this question would be to empty the closet's contents first, stack like items together, and then figure out what kind of storage items I would need. When the closet was almost completely empty, I reached into the far rear corner and pulled out what appeared to be a partially decomposed sandwich/wrap/tortilla/enchilada? in a zip-loc bag. Was it a snack that had been put aside and then forgotten? Or, was it a dinner that my son didn't want to eat and then tried to hide? I'm sure that when I ask my son about it, he'll have no memory of it whatsoever. I, on the other hand, will continue to be baffled about how someone as neat and tidy as myself could have raised a son who would do such things. Could a mom with older sons tell me? Are rock-hard Little Debbie pastries and moldy sandwiches portents of things to come? Are nasty college dorm rooms and filthy bachelor apartments lined up on my son's horizon? Or is there still hope? ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9136 <![CDATA[One Boy's View of the Last Day of School]]> http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9135&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 14:46:10 GMT Next Fall, a new elementary school will be opening in our district, so about half of the kids who attended my son's elementary school this year will be attending the new school next Fall, including one of my son's best friends Clay. A couple of days ago, my son Aidan told me that he and Clay had already come up with a way to mark their very last recess together. My heart kind of caught in my throat as I listened, and I couldn't helped but be touched at the fact that the two of them had planned something special ahead of time. Then Aidan told me the plan: The two of them were going to spend the entire recess siting on the tire swing together, telling each other the grossest jokes and stories they could think of to see who would be able to make whom laugh the hardest. Okay, so once I heard the entire plan, it was just the slightest bit less touching, but on the other hand, they're boys, right? So what did I expect them to do? Make each other friendship bracelets? I have to constantly remind myself that boys apparently have very different ways of bonding than girls do.

My son also found out yesterday that another very good friend of his from school is moving to Florida in three weeks. I know that not having two of his best friends at school next Fall is going to be really hard, but we'll just have to help him through it as best we can when the time comes. Has anyone else been through a similar situation with your own child. What, if anything, did you do that helped? ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9135 Little Musicians In Motion http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9133&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 01:43:53 GMT There are olny 3 days left on out Living Social deal, make sure you take advantage of the half off of the 10 week session! There are olny 3 days left on out Living Social deal, make sure you take advantage of the half off of the 10 week session! ]]> melinda.krebs http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9133 Be Ready Academy Basketball Camps http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9132&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 03:38:32 GMT *Be Ready Academy Basketball Camps * http://bereadyacademy.com/ Be Ready Academy Basketball Camps

http://bereadyacademy.com/ ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9132 Annual Dundee Neighborhood Garage Sale Weekend, May 18th-20th http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9131&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 03:31:16 GMT *Annual Dundee Neighborhood Garage Sale Weekend, May 18th-20th * If anyone lives in Dundee and has more information about this garage sale,... Annual Dundee Neighborhood Garage Sale Weekend, May 18th-20th

If anyone lives in Dundee and has more information about this garage sale, please post a reply here or e-mail me at rhonda@momsofomaha.com. Thanks!

http://www.dundee-memorialpark.org/ ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9131 Summer Dance Workshops and FREE Pre-Ballet Classes at Camelot Community Center http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9130&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 02:54:11 GMT *Summer Dance Workshops and FREE Pre-Ballet Classes at Camelot Community Center * Camelot Community Center is offering a variety of dance... Summer Dance Workshops and FREE Pre-Ballet Classes at Camelot Community Center

Camelot Community Center is offering a variety of dance workshops this summer, including opportunities for young dancers to prepare for auditions for an upcoming production of "The Nutcracker." Free pre-ballet sessions are also available for students who are interested in trying dance.

For more information, click on the link below (scroll to the final page of the flyer):

http://cityofomaha.org/parks/images/...clip%20art.pdf ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9130 <![CDATA[(FREE!) Rave Cinema's Free Family Film Festival]]> http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9129&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 01:15:46 GMT (FREE!) Rave Cinema's Free Family Film Festival

Twice a week for nine weeks. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Movies begin at 10:00 a.m. G or PG movies.

All shows are FREE!

6/4 & 6/7- Cats and Dogz
6/11 & 6/14- Legend of the Guardian
6/18 & 6/21- Yogi Bear
6/25 & 6/28- Happy Feet 2
7/2 & 7/5- Journey 2
7/9 & 7/12- Dolphin Tale
7/16 & 7/19- Shorts
7/23 & 7/26- Inkheart
7/30 & 8/2- Happy Feet

Westroads 14
10000 California Street
Omaha, NE 68114
(402) 393-9200

http://ravecinemas.com/ffff_2012.aspx ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9129 <![CDATA[Haute City -- An Interactive Pop-Up Shopping Experience at Midtown Crossing's Turner Park on May 19th]]> http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9128&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 22:25:32 GMT Haute City -- An Interactive Pop-Up Shopping Experience at Midtown Crossing's Turner Park on May 19th

WHAT IS HAUTE CITY?

In the spring of 2012, Omaha will become a style-centric destination as HAUTE CITY brings together the finest in fashionable, entertaining and upscale lifestyle experiences through an interactive pop-up shopping event at Midtown Crossing at Turner Park.

HAUTE CITY DAY

Don’t miss the Midwest’s only interactive shopping event! Sample, taste, and shop local & national brands that suit YOUR lifestyle! From fashion and fitness to food and furnishings, spend the day discovering what HAUTE CITY has to offer you.

BUY TICKETS

HAUTE CITY NIGHT

HAUTE CITY culminates with an exclusive VIP rooftop fashion production showcasing national designers and live performance by Quixotic Fusion followed by a chic after party overlooking the city of Omaha. You won’t want to miss this production!

BUY TICKETS

Conceived by STEP Group, this lifestyle event held at Midtown Crossing exists to put Omaha on the map as a fashionable and desirable place to live, visit and do business.

http://hautecity.com/


Click on the link below to read an "Omaha World-Herald" article about the Haute City Event:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120516/NEWS01/305179997 ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9128 Linda Gentry Photography http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9127&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 19:46:19 GMT Hello! We are an Omaha Photography Company that specializes in Newborn and Family photography. We love to see the special relationships between... Hello! We are an Omaha Photography Company that specializes in Newborn and Family photography. We love to see the special relationships between parents and their children, siblings, and the love of a newborn! Please check out our website at www.lindagentryphotography.com to learn more about us. We are offering 2 Memorial Day Sessions. Contact Rebecca at rebecca@lindagentryphotography.com to learn more. ]]> Spotlight on Local Businesses Unregistered http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9127 <![CDATA[Hershey's Youth Track & Field Games at Elkhorn Middle School on May 19th]]> http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9125&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 02:21:26 GMT Hershey's Youth Track & Field Games at Elkhorn Middle School on May 19th

Registration Deadline: May 19, 2012

This meet is designed to introduce kids ages 9-14 to physical fitness through track and field. For more information, please click on the link below:

http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/parks/imag...ld%20flyer.pdf ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9125 Just for Girls Lock-In for Girls Ages 7+ at A. V. Sorensen Community Center on May 25th http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9124&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 02:11:16 GMT *Just for Girls Lock-In for Girls Ages 7+ at A. V. Sorensen Community Center* *4 Hours of Unlimited Fun!* *Friday, May 25th * *6:00 p.m. to... Just for Girls Lock-In for Girls Ages 7+ at A. V. Sorensen Community Center

4 Hours of Unlimited Fun!

Friday, May 25th
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Activities include: nail art, pedicures, feather jewelry, make up, and more!

Cost:
$5.00 if registering before May 19th
$7.00 if registering after May 19th

Click on the link below for full details and registration information.

http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/parks/imag...0lock%20in.pdf ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9124 Free Dodge Ball Tournament for Kids Ages 6-15 at A.V. Sorensen Community Center on May 23rd http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9123&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 02:06:02 GMT *Free Dodge Ball Tournament for Kids Ages 6-15 at A.V. Sorensen Community Center* *Friday, May 23rd* *1:00 p.m. * ... Free Dodge Ball Tournament for Kids Ages 6-15 at A.V. Sorensen Community Center

Friday, May 23rd
1:00 p.m.

http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/parks/imag...0Dodgeball.pdf ]]> Rhonda Dunaway http://www.momsofomaha.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9123