GMOMC Summer 2008 Party at Pump it Up

On Saturday, August 2, 2008, we went to Pump it Up for the Summer Multiples Club party. John stayed at the house and continued to work on all our outside projects and Ansley was with mom at the Lake. We arrived first since I am the treasurer and wanted to make sure everything was squared away. We were the first party of the day, so I check the girls in, did the final paper work, and then let the girls play in the area up front. Soon, heather Enoch arrived with her kids and the various snacks. Her kids and mine played while she set up the party room. We had more kids filter in in time to watch the safety video. Then they lined up, and we filled back to the first jump room. Not long after we got in to the jump room, several more members and their kids arrived, including the parents of the quints, along with their older child and the 5 babies. Emily immediately headed for the big slide and Bailey say her come down the first time. She then immediately headed for the stairs and wanted me to take her up. We climbed to the top, with Emily right behind us and then the three of us slid to the bottom. They both loved it so much we went over and over. Needless to say I can tell I am not a kid anymore because I was worn out and had several bruises from the kids and jumping =) After about 10 trips, I had to take a break. I visited for just a minute with a couple of the other board members, before Bailey was dieing to go back to the slide. I thought we would get some variety, so we headed to the big enclosed jump ring. Bailey didn't know about going through the little hole to get in, but once we were inside, she loved for me to hold her and jump and then she jumped some holding my hands. Emily soon followed us into the jump ring and also jumped with Bailey and myself, although Bailey would not hold her hands and jump. After that, we headed back to the big slide for several more trips up and down, each time the three of us would slide down together. Then the blew the whistle and the whole group moved over to the second jump room. Emily was off and playing instantly, while Bailey took a drink break. It was hard to contain her long, before she wanted to go back to the big slide in that room. We went a few times, then tried to take a break by getting her on one of the little push cars and a ride on toy. That was short lived before she wanted to head back to jump. All of us then headed in the inflatable that had the balls and basketball goals. Inside we played with Katie, Crayton, Alex, and Ben Lynes and a couple other families. The girls enjoyed it, but it could not compete with the slide, so after a while we headed back tot he slide for a few last times. Fortunately for us parents, they then called us back in to the party room where the kids enjoyed pizza, snacks, cookies, and drinks. The parents has a little, but were mostly keeping up with the kids. Emily was done with her pizza and cookie in a hurry and was ready to go, but Bailey took her sweet time eating. After eating, we went around the room for introductions, since some people are not at a lot of club events, and then headed home.

Greenville Mothers of Multiples Winter Party at Pump it Up 1-26-08

On Saturday morning, January 26, 2008, we all headed to Pump it Up for the GMOMC winter party. Suprisingly we were the first to arrive, but were soon followed by Mary Clevenger's group. We all stayed in the staging area, watched the safety video, and then we were on to the party room. All the kids seemed to have a great time. Emily mostly wanted to go up the big slide. I took the babies into the circular jump house to let them play. They really enjoyed bouncing and crawling around. While we were in there the girls played with Maggie and Erin Makoseij. I knew Shannon, their mom, from back when I worked at E&Y. She was pregnant at the same time with Maggie and Erin as I was with Emily. Also, while we were in the jump house, the girls played some with a set of tripplets. After staying in there a long time, we got word that it was time to move over to the other party room, so we packed up our stuff and headed next door. In that room there were different slides and things to play on. We gave the little ones a snack and let them explore. However towards the end, the girls were getting too tired, so we headed home.

GMOMC Christmas Party 2007

On Thursday evening, December 13th, I attended the GMOMC Christmas party at Ann Marie Sanderson's house in Simpsonville. When I arrived a few of the girls were already there, including Lisa Cox, Leah Howard, and Mary Clevenger. We all visited and ate as various girls arrived. In total there were about 25 moms that came. After we all spent a while just mingling, we all piled into Ann Marie's living room where we prepared to do an ornament exchange with "Dirty Santa". We started by drawing numbers, and then one by one picking an ornament to open. The first person to pick was Jen Osborne. Her's was immediately taken so it was time for her to choose again. As we were going through, I happen to see an ornament I liked (a white bell shaped ornament with a Santa on top) and kept my eye out until it was my turn to pick. I was in luck, because it was the third time it had been stolen, so it was frozen when Jennifer tried to steal it in the end =) After the ornament exchange was over, we all talked a while and then it was time for me to head home. Outside Lisa, Mary, and I talked until it was almost 10:00.

GMOMC Family Fall Party Oct 13th 2007

On October 13th we all went to the Greenville Mothers of Multiples Fall Family Party. It was at Amy Dishner's parents property in Fountain Inn. While we were there we all enjoyed a picnic lunch, fellowship with others, pony rides, and overall had a great time. Emily seem to enjoy the swings most, playing in the hay, and riding the pony and horse. The babies seemed to really enjoy playing on a blanket with other twins their size. It was a great family fun day!! Afterwards we headed home to let the girls take naps and to get ready to go to the IOP the next day.

GMOMC Fall 2007 Consignment Sale

In March and September of each year, the Greenville Mother's of Multiples Club puts on a consignment sale. Although, I have been a member of the club since prior to the twins birth, this was my first sale to be very involved. I had worked a shift at the March 2007 sale, but starting in July 2007, I took over as the Treasurer of the club, therefore I was much more involved in preparing for the sale and the full process. A couple of weeks before the sale, the GMOMC board met for a board meeting at Atlanta Bread Company on Woodruff Rd for a meeting to discuss the sale and other club business. It was fun to get together with the girls and see all that goes into getting ready for this event. Leading up to the sale my duties primarily involved making sure all the members had paid their dues since on Friday night of the sale, only members are allowed to shop. Although it sounds like it should be no big deal, there was a lot of chasing people down that had signed up to consign at the sale to get them to pay their dues. In addition, I had a lot of baby stuff that I was ready to sale, so it took several weeks leading up to the sale to get everything tagged and ready to sell. On Friday morning I got up, got the kids off to school, and then started loading up my car with all my stuff for the sale and tagging a few last minute items. After everything was loaded, I took a shower, and then went to the bank in order to get all of the bills and change that we needed for the sale. This was defiantly an interesting event. When I went to the Sun Trust in Mauldin, I went up to the teller and told her the break out I needed for the $1000 in cash I needed to take to the sale. She went on and on about it and eventually had to get the branch manager to go to the vault to get all the ones I needed. In all it took about 45 minutes at the bank to simply get some change. After getting the change, I ran through the drive through at Sonic to get something to eat and headed for Augusta Height's Baptist Church. When I arrived, Lisa Cox, Amy Dishner, and Leah Howard were there. We ran through some stuff, I set up the table for people checking in, and people for the set up shift started to arrive. We started setting up by moving out the tables for the various items, setting up chairs at the front, and then Leah made it back to the church with the truck with the racks. Throughout the afternoon we finished setting up the guy, until around 4 when people were arriving to drop off their stuff. During the drop off, Jennifer Osborne and I maned the table at the entrance. I was working on making sure people had paid their dues and getting them to sign their seller contracts. Jennifer was working on getting everyone's personal info updated and getting them to update their experience (we wanted to get a complete listing for the website that included stuff like who had kids in the NICU, what type of twins, etc). It was very busy getting everyone checked in and before we knew it it was 6 and it was time to close the doors. so we could do the final set up for the sale. At that time, Jennifer and I made our way outside the church to where the very long line for entering the sale had formed. We spent the next hour making sure everyone paid their dues and updated their information. In order for everyone to enter, they were given a number noting the order they were able to go in as we checked them in. We almost made it to the back of the line by 7 when the doors opened and they started letting in all the members. Jennifer and I hurried to finish checking the last couple in and then rushed in. The reason we were in a big hurry to get in is that it is first come first serve and the people that get in first are able to get the best stuff. The night was a worldwin of quickly selecting my stuff and then floating around the church to help where I was needed. It was around 10:45pm when we were closing up the church and then us girls headed to Cheers on Augusta Rd to get something to eat. By the time I was able to settle down for the night, it was almost 1:00 am. The girls were spinning the night with my mom so as soon as I was able to get up and take a shower, I headed back to the church to help out with the public portion of the sale. As things were wrapping up, I started counting all the money, made up the deposit, and headed for SunTrust in Simpsonville (it was the closest one open on a Saturday) before it was closing at 2. It was such a large amount of cash, so it was a little unsettling to go to the bank, but I made it there without a hitch and made the deposit. Afterwards I headed to Mom's to pick up the girls. It was all a lot of fun, but exhausting!!!