The Baby Scoop Austin Crew is back! We wanted to start our first newsletter of the year with a personal note to our Baby Scoop Austin families. We would like to thank you for all of your support and feedback in 2007. We are so thankful to our community for warmly welcoming Baby Scoop’s arrival last year. Your suggestions, input, and opinions contributed greatly to last year’s success! Also, thank you for spreading the word to friends and neighbors. We appreciate all of the local businesses who came on board and continue to support us into 2008. We are so excited about the New Year…“It’s lookin’ great for 2008!”
As we get into the groove of the New Year, we are gearing up to bring you more great newsletters. Please continue to send us your ideas, events and suggestions. Behind the scenes, we are diligently researching, creating, and writing, all while stimulating our “creative” skills by making dinosaurs with play-dough, changing baby dolls’ diapers, and building our Little People cities. The Baby Scoop Crew is ready to hit the parks running with our backpacks packed with snacks, a notepad and crayons! We will continue to evolve as Austin’s leading resource for the Scoop on all things
pregnancy, baby and toddler!
Here are a few things you can expect from us in 2008: A Baby Scoop Blog, Baby Scoop gear, giveaways, more info for moms (personal care, tips, and ideas), more events on the calendar, socials around town, and of course…more Scoop!
Upcoming Events:
Classes
Registration has begun for many of the Austin area pre-school activities. Here is a list of fun classes for the kids:
Heartsong Music Jan. 5th -March 8th (space still available) Nine, weekly, 50-minute classes. Each class includes songs, rhythmic chants, movement, and instrument play. These activities are presented as informal, non-performance-oriented musical experiences that are developmentally appropriate for children and easy for parents and caregivers, regardless of their own musical abilities. For class info: http://www.heartsongmusictogether.com/classes.htm
Sportball at Champions Academy (WAYA) Sportball is a non-competitive sports program for children 16 mos. - 8 years old. Children are introduced to 7 popular sports: soccer, hockey, basketball, baseball, volleyball, tennis and golf. Sportball classes are high-energy,fun
and creative. For classes and other Austin locations: www.sportball.us
Mommy and Me ART Play (3-4 yr.olds) Saturday, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; 6 sessions starting January 26th-March 1st, Class cost $144 , Materials Fee $20.00 Laguna Gloria - Studio 1 For more info: www.theartschool.amoa.org Phone 512-323-6380
Abrakadoodle takes an enlightened perspective to expanding children's creativity and their knowledge of the world of art, color, form and design. They believe in a multi-arts approach to creativity, offering classes and programs featuring painting, sculpture, collage, mosaics, sketching and more. Their art programs for children including ongoing classes such as Twoosy Doodlers, Mini Doodlers and Doodlers and specialty classes such as Kids on Canvas® introduce new techniques and artistic styles and make use of high quality materials through a partnership with Crayola®. For details on classes in your neighborhood, visit:
http://www.abrakadoodle.com/tx03.html Phone: 512-380-7555
Gymboree
offers many different classes for infants through 5 years of age. The Gymboree Learning Program offers a progression of developmentally appropriate play, music and art classes for children and their parents. Other classes include Mommy and me Baby Fitness classes, baby sign language and a Pre-kindergarten prep class. For more information on programs and their class description visit:
www.Gymboreeclasses.com
For locations: Austin Locator
We are so excited about the New Year, a fresh start, and an uncluttered calendar (actually, like us, you probably already have the new preschool schedule, a few birthday parties, and several play-dates penciled in). Baby Scoop is looking forward to sharing more things
Mom to Mom in 2008! In continuation of our “getting personal" message, we want to remind you to invest time in yourself. Make a commitment to do
one special thing for yourself a month. This can be something you truly love, want or need, something that really makes you happy, joyful, and content. After all, you deserve it!
Renew Yourself: 2008!
One way to take time for yourself is to join a Personal Renewal Group, a monthly women’s circle based on the nationally-acclaimed
The Mother's Guide to Self-Renewal ,
and create a more balanced life. For more details on what A PRG is visit:
http://www.reneetrudeau.com
For More Austin Events:
Remember to check out our calendar weekly for event updates.
BSA’s dot-com of the week: www.onlinorganizing.com
Get organized Guide for New Moms: Organizing soulutions from conception through Baby's first year.
Being a new mom is filled with exciting surprises and challenges, including the need for a new level of organization! Written by mother and veteran organizer, Stacey Crew, this 197-page softcover guide offers organizing solutions from conception through baby's first year broken into tips you can use "before baby arrives" and also "after baby arrives".
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