In Like a Lion Out like a Lamb
March certainly came in like a Lion this year and spoiled our Patriots Day Parade fun. Fortunately, we had tons of other fun activities going on this month and there was no lull in the fun. Between book club, a Mom's Night Out, a Waste Management Tour, a martial art trial class, and of course a St. Patty's day playgroup party there was so much fun to be had this month. A heartfelt thank you to all that organized and participated. You make this club special.
There's more fun to come. Our next BIG event is the Easter Egg Hunt. Save the date: Friday, April 18th from 4- 7 pm. More details will be posted on the bigtent calendar soon. And while we're on the subject of the bigtent calendar - do you know of an event around town that you'd like to inform your fellow LBPC members about or want to share a special class that you and your little have been attending? Please feel free to email me (jenniferleonti@gmail.com) with the event for posting. BETTER YET, if you enjoy not only being in "the know" but keeping others in "the know," LBPC is looking for someone to keep our calendar current. Get involved!
Scroll down to check out photos from some of our more recent events as well as a details on LBPC events and some fun offerings in the community.
Exciting things are going on at the LBPC and we're so happy you're a part of it.
Upcoming Events
There's more fun to come. Our next BIG event is the Easter Egg Hunt. Save the date: Friday, April 18th from 4- 7 pm. More details will be posted on the bigtent calendar soon. And while we're on the subject of the bigtent calendar - do you know of an event around town that you'd like to inform your fellow LBPC members about or want to share a special class that you and your little have been attending? Please feel free to email me (jenniferleonti@gmail.com) with the event for posting. BETTER YET, if you enjoy not only being in "the know" but keeping others in "the know," LBPC is looking for someone to keep our calendar current. Get involved!
Scroll down to check out photos from some of our more recent events as well as a details on LBPC events and some fun offerings in the community.
Exciting things are going on at the LBPC and we're so happy you're a part of it.
Upcoming Events
LBPC Events:
LBPC Monthly Meeting
When: Thu March 28 2014, 7:30–10 pm
Where: Jen Leonti's house (check bigtent for address)
We're going to keep the agenda lite this month and prep for our Easter Egg Hunt. Come join us for egg stuffing and good conversation. This is a great opportunity if you have not yet attended a meeting (or haven't attended in some time) to meet the usual cast of characters for what will be probably one of our most social meetings yet this year!
Hope to see you there. RSVP greatly appreciated.
April Book Club
When: Thu April 10, 2014, 7:30–9:30 pm
Where: Wine Gallery, 1833 South Coast Hwy #110
Contact: Jennifer Leonti, jenniferleonti@gmail.com (Kim is taking this month off)
Join us for the April book club meeting!! We'll meet at the Wine Gallery where we will enjoy some refreshments and discuss this month's book (Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman). Food is available for purchase at the Wine Gallery. For a menu including food and drinks, go here:http://goo.gl/GQSzlC . For additional information about Bringing Up Bebe go here:http://goo.gl/TIHHBT
Book Description: When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special.
Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two or three months old while those of her American friends take a year or more. French kids eat well-rounded meals that are more likely to include braised leeks than chicken nuggets. And while her American friends spend their visits resolving spats between their kids, her French friends sip coffee while the kids play.
Tanaka Farms Strawberry Tour
Where: Wine Gallery, 1833 South Coast Hwy #110
Contact: Jennifer Leonti, jenniferleonti@gmail.com (Kim is taking this month off)
Join us for the April book club meeting!! We'll meet at the Wine Gallery where we will enjoy some refreshments and discuss this month's book (Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman). Food is available for purchase at the Wine Gallery. For a menu including food and drinks, go here:http://goo.gl/GQSzlC . For additional information about Bringing Up Bebe go here:http://goo.gl/TIHHBT
Book Description: When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special.
Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two or three months old while those of her American friends take a year or more. French kids eat well-rounded meals that are more likely to include braised leeks than chicken nuggets. And while her American friends spend their visits resolving spats between their kids, her French friends sip coffee while the kids play.
Tanaka Farms Strawberry Tour
Spring has sprung and that means it is strawberry season!
Come join us for the strawberry tour at Tanaka Farms on Friday, April 11 at 11am. We should be done by 12:30. This is always a fun event, so sign up early!!!!
The cost is $18 dollars and includes a tour for one child and one accompanying adult. During the tour participants get to munch on selected organic produce. Once in the strawberry fields, all participants can stuff themselves with as many strawberries as they can eat, and each family gets to take a small container of strawberries home. FYI, kids under two are free.
PLEASE BRING CASH!! We are getting a group rate, and there is no way to "split the bill" and you will get stuck paying the regular amount if you don't have cash. Please be aware of the weather for that day, it can be chilly or really hot and if you are not prepared the tour can be challenging. Bring sunscreen and water!!!
Hope you guys can make it!
Megan, Thor, and Brewer.
Event Details
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What: Tanaka Farms Strawberry Tour
When: Fri Apr 11, 2014, 11 am - 12:30 pm PDT
Where: Tanaka Farms
5380 3/4 University Dr, Irvine CA 92612
Link: http://www.bigtent.com/home/calendar/event/84444105
Come join us for the strawberry tour at Tanaka Farms on Friday, April 11 at 11am. We should be done by 12:30. This is always a fun event, so sign up early!!!!
The cost is $18 dollars and includes a tour for one child and one accompanying adult. During the tour participants get to munch on selected organic produce. Once in the strawberry fields, all participants can stuff themselves with as many strawberries as they can eat, and each family gets to take a small container of strawberries home. FYI, kids under two are free.
PLEASE BRING CASH!! We are getting a group rate, and there is no way to "split the bill" and you will get stuck paying the regular amount if you don't have cash. Please be aware of the weather for that day, it can be chilly or really hot and if you are not prepared the tour can be challenging. Bring sunscreen and water!!!
Hope you guys can make it!
Megan, Thor, and Brewer.
Event Details
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What: Tanaka Farms Strawberry Tour
When: Fri Apr 11, 2014, 11 am - 12:30 pm PDT
Where: Tanaka Farms
5380 3/4 University Dr, Irvine CA 92612
Link: http://www.bigtent.com/home/calendar/event/84444105
Easter Egg Hunt
MARK YOUR CALENDARS - Our Annual Easter Egg Hunt is being held Friday, April 18th from 4-7pm at Alta Laguna Park, Top of the World Elementary School. This is one of our biggest events of the year, and it is not to be missed. All the fun details will posted soon on bigtent - stay tuned!
Around Town:
New Laguna Beach Unified School District Program for 0-5-year olds
LBUSD families are invited to participate in a new School Readiness program, called Learning Link.
Learning Link, held at Top of the World Elementary School, is a parent-child interactive center with age appropriate learning centers that include art activities, fine and gross motor activities, language development, health information and developmental screenings.
The program, in its pilot phase, is available from 12:15-3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26 and Wednesday, April 30. If there is enough interest, the program will continue permanently!
Please plan to arrive at 12:15 and stay for as long or as little of the almost 3 hours as works for your little ones.
The event will be held in the preschool classroom. Attendees are asked to sign in at the office and be sure to wear your visitor's badge during your stay. Please plan to park off campus.
For more information or to register, please contact Julie Olsen at jolsen@lbusd.org or 949-
Learning Link, held at Top of the World Elementary School, is a parent-child interactive center with age appropriate learning centers that include art activities, fine and gross motor activities, language development, health information and developmental screenings.
The program, in its pilot phase, is available from 12:15-3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26 and Wednesday, April 30. If there is enough interest, the program will continue permanently!
Please plan to arrive at 12:15 and stay for as long or as little of the almost 3 hours as works for your little ones.
The event will be held in the preschool classroom. Attendees are asked to sign in at the office and be sure to wear your visitor's badge during your stay. Please plan to park off campus.
For more information or to register, please contact Julie Olsen at jolsen@lbusd.org or 949-
497-7700 ext. 5327.
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Magic Steps Music Together and Artful Everyday!
Magic Steps Music Together and Artful Everyday!
When: Sat Mar 29, 2014, 3:30–5 pm
Where: Bluebird Park
Bluebird and Cress, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Group:
Laguna Beach Parents Club
Description:
This SATURDAY 3/29 3:30-5pm at Bluebird Park for a special event:
Magic Steps Music Together and Artful Everyday!
This event is totally FREE and is a great chance for families to bring a picnic, experience a music circle, make some art, and find out about our programs!
Come spend the afternoon with Artful Everyday and Music Together!
When: Sat Mar 29, 2014, 3:30–5 pm
Where: Bluebird Park
Bluebird and Cress, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Group:
Laguna Beach Parents ClubDescription:
This SATURDAY 3/29 3:30-5pm at Bluebird Park for a special event:
Magic Steps Music Together and Artful Everyday!
This event is totally FREE and is a great chance for families to bring a picnic, experience a music circle, make some art, and find out about our programs!
Come spend the afternoon with Artful Everyday and Music Together!
Himalayan Festival
When: Sat Apr 19 – Sun Apr 20, 2014
Where: Festival of the Arts
Description:
Laguna beach is hosting an inaugural Himalayan Festival. Sounds really cool. Here is the info:
· Location: Festival of the Arts
· Dates: April 19-20
· Time: 11am to 5pm
· Info:www.himalayanfestival.net/
· Schedule: Program (singing, dancing, traditions, cultural performances) features Tibet and Nepal on Saturday and Bhutan and India on Sunday
· Shops and food vendors both days
Peapod Academy
When: 10:30 am – noon, recurs Every Thursday
Where: Laguna Beach Library
363 Glenneyre St Laguna Beach, CA 92651
The Academy has space for new cadets. Join some of the cutest babies in town and the adults of their choice at this Library story time. Little peas will enjoy songs, finger plays, board books and other cadets. Get to know others and help your child learn pre-reading skills. Free.
Sunshine Readers' Pajama Storytime
When: 7–8 pm, recurs Every Tuesday
Where: Laguna Beach Library
363 Glenneyre St Laguna Beach, CA 92651
The first Tuesday of every month is a storytime speciality. Come listen to the best books read by a highly enthusiastic group of young ladies, the Sunshine Readers, National Charity League Volunteers. Punch, cookies (with parental discretion) and stickers follow storytime. Free. Pajama storytimes with crafts are held each Tuesday evening at 7:00 pm.
The Fun Times We've Had Over the Last Month:
Waste Management Tour
The 2010 and 2011 playgroups recently toured the Waste Management recycling center in Irvine. After a talk on recycling, the kids and moms put on hard hats and safety vests to visit the yard and watch recycling trucks dump their haul while giant loaders pushed the recycling into piles. The trip ended with a chance to climb in and explore a recycling truck.
Martial Arts Class
This month Cho's Academy invited the 2010 playgroup to join its Lil' Panthers martial arts class. The kids had a great time stretching, punching, kicking, running and jumping with the other students. The moms even joined in for some jumping jacks and push ups. Thank you to Cho's Academy for hosting us!
Mom's Night Out
HOLY COW was this past Mom's Night Out FUN! Big thanks to club member and sponsor
Rebecca Faubion for showing us that we can all be artful. Also thanks goes out to our newest sponsor - Spice Merchants - for providing us with a venue to be artful. This event was long in the making and the time and efforts devoted to it from our fellow members was well worth it - look at what we made:
HOLY COW was this past Mom's Night Out FUN! Big thanks to club member and sponsor
And a thank you to Mary Hurlbut (local photographer - http://www.maryhurlbutphoto.com/) for taking the below photos so that we could share them with you!
Laguna Beach Patriot's Day Parade
Unfortunately, we didn't get to march this March, but we still received our ribbon:)
We need your help!
Our parents club is 100% run by volunteers. It takes a lot of people to pull off our events, manage the calendar, monitor the website and keep everyone happy! Please join us at our monthly meetings to help keep with wonderful community organization thriving.
We VERY MUCH need help with the following:
- 2014 Playgroup Coordinator - If you have a 2014 kiddo and would like to coordinate please contact jenniferleonti@gmail.com. This is a great way to meet other moms and give back to this wonderful network.
- 2013 Playgroup Coordinator - If you have a 2013 kiddo and would like to coordinate please contact jwiteck@hotmail.com. This is a great way to meet other moms and give back to this wonderful network.
- Calendar Coordinator - We are looking to fill the position of calendar coordinator. This person will help keep the club members in "the know" about events going on in our community by posting their findings on our bigtent calendar. Huge thanks to the newly prego mama that has been carrying this torch!
Thank you to those folks who have recently stepped up to continue to make this club go 'round.
Don't Forget:
Meals for New Parents
We offer a free meal prepared by a local restaurant to any LBPC family bringing home a new baby. The family can choose from several menu options. The Club takes care of ordering the food, picking it up and delivering it to the families doorstep. Yum Yum!
Contact Claudia Morris at claudia.newth@gmail.com.
Birth Announcements
Have a new baby and want to share your excitement with the club. Email jenniferleonti@gmail.com to have the announcement appear in our next newsletter.
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