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SWMO Events: Local date night ideas

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Pssst! This one is kind of for the men out there…

Ladies, feel free to send this link on over to your man. I think one thing we all have learned is men don’t want us to hint around. They want us to be direct and tell them what we want!

So, we asked our facebook followers, what is it YOU want when it comes to date night that won’t break the bank. Here are the results of our facebook poll:

  • Walking the Landing in Branson
  • Fishing
  • Japanese stroll garden in Springfield is $4 per person
  • Putt putt at Fun Acres in Springfield is $2.50 per person and they have the batting cages there too
  • 1985 Arcade in Springfield
  • Greenway trails for walking, skating or biking are free
  • Tuesdays around Springfield there are lots of places that do discounts that make it less expensive for things like bowling and ice cream
  • Art Walk downtown Springfield
  • Hiking
  • Sycamore Creek in Branson does Barn dances once a month $10 per person and is a family friendly environment
  • We like a good coffee date just us or with friends and a couple board games
  • We also keep an eye on any Facebook events near by that seem interesting and free
  • We love date nights where we just stay home and enjoy the quiet house to ourselves!

Sunday Devotion: Simply Call Her Mom

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Simply Call Her Mom

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A child preparing to be born asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?

God answered, “Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.”

The child paused and again addressed God, “But tell me, here in Heaven, I don’t do anything else but sing and smile, that’s enough for me to be happy.”

“Your angel will sing for you and also smile for you every day and you will feel your angel’s love and be happy,” God replied.

“Oh,” the child said, “and how am I going to be able to understand the language that men speak?” And then, glancing at God the child asked “What am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”

God softly touched the child on the head and said, “Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.”

The child then asked, “I have heard that on earth there is evil. Who will protect me?”

“Ah,” God answered, “your angel will defend you, even if it means risking her own life.”

“But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.”

“Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you,” God said.

At that moment, there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard, and the child in a hurry asked softly, “Oh, God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel’s name.”

Sweetly, God looked at the child and whispered, “Your angel’s name is of no importance. You will simply call her Mom.”

Sponsor Spotlight: Fall Fun at the Exeter Corn Maze

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There is no doubt, an outing (or two or three!) to the Exeter Corn Maze is always on our “must-do” fall list! It is just a FUN time for our entire family-mom and dad included!

This week, we had the chance to talk to the Cole family, the masterminds behind this fun little Southwest Missouri jewel. We got all the behind the scene details about the corn maze! Hope you enjoy learning more as much as we did!

What gave you all the idea to open the Exeter Corn Maze?

We had the Haunted Barn since 1999 and I had always wanted to do a pumpkin patch. Everything seem to come together just perfect one year and I finally convinced my husband to do it.

How long have you had the corn maze and pumpkin patch?

We have had them both for 7 years

What is your favorite thing about running the maze (and by “maze” I mean, the entire production!)?

Watching the kids that work with us grow up and become young adults then coming back to see us.

Least favorite?

Least favorite would be the hours.

What are your hours?

  • Friday 12p – 10p
  • Saturday 12p -10p
  • Sunday 12p-7p
  • Wednesday 5p-9p
  • We are also open during other times during the week for pre-arranged field trips. Groups can schedule these types of trips by giving us a call at 417.846.3959.

Many of our readers are not familiar with Exeter. What is the best way to find ya’ll?

Come to Cassville, Missouri, and turn west onto 86, from there it’s only 3 miles to Exeter.  Once in Exeter take MM for another 3, you can’t miss all our signs.

What is something people may be surprised to know about what it takes to open up the maze?

We begin preparing for next year while open this year.  It takes lots of time, sweat and tears.  We miss out on summer completely while raising pumpkins.

What is one BIG dream  you have for the maze?

To give it to our kids one day.

Thank you for taking the time to visit with us, Cole family! If our readers are interested in learning more about the maze, visit them online by clicking here or follow them on facebook by clicking here!

Back to school: 20 questions to ask your child instead of “How was your day?”

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Picking my kiddos up from school is one of the highlights of my day. I can’t wait to hear about all the fun, and cool stuff they did. However, sometimes I get the same ol’ answer, “it was good.” I try to get them to tell me more about their day and am met with another familiar answer, “it was fine”, or “nothing happened.”

So in order to capture more of how their day really went I have added a few more questions to the normal, “How was your day.” Some of these questions below might strike up more of a conversation with your kiddos and get them to truly tell you how their day really was.

  1. What made you smile today?
  2. Did you have a friend at recess?
  3. Did you help anyone today?
  4. Were you a friend to someone today?
  5. Who did you sit with at lunch today?
  6. What made you laugh?
  7. Were you an includer today?
  8. Did you learn something new today?
  9. Did you show kindness to someone today? How?
  10. What was your favorite part of the day?
  11. What was your least favorite part of the day? How could you change that?
  12. Did you like your lunch today? What did you eat?
  13. What made your teacher smile today?
  14. What was the hardest rule to follow today?
  15. What are you reading?
  16. Did anyone do anything funny?
  17. Rate your day on a scale of 1-10? What could make it a ten?
  18. If you switched places with your teacher tomorrow, what would you teach?
  19. If you could change anything about your day, what would it be?
  20. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?