Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms and Moms-To-Be out there! This special day only comes once a year in remembrance of the Mothers who came before us and as a Thank You to the Mothers who are guiding the next generation!  You are all amazing in so many ways! Celebrate your day and enjoy this newsletter - dedicated to your hard work and BIG hearts! To all you moms out there - have a blessed day and may your Mother's Day wishes come true!

Thank you for all the entries for our Mom of The Year Contest! We'll share some of them with you next week. Keep them coming! Kids (and Dads) can nominate their Mom and tell us in 100 words or less why she is the #1 Mom. One winner will be selected by random drawing to receive a 55-minute full body massage from Elements Therapeutic Massage in Mira Loma.

Click here to submit your nomination today! Contest ends May 30th!

Please tell them you saw it on CVParent.com!

Have a blessed weekend!

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Ladies Night Out

May 7th from 6:00 - 9:00 pm 

Some of the BEST shopping around!

Enjoy Mother's Day shopping and support Rosa Parks Elementary PTA! All proceeds go to the programs for Rosa Parks students. Fashion show, food, GREAT raffles and fun! FREE ADMISSION!!! Open to EVERYONE! Food will be available for purchase from Jojo's Pizza.

Raffle tickets may be purchased at the door $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Come, shop and win BIG!

Over 30 Vendors Including:

BeautiControl, Miche Purses, Tupperware, It Works Body Slimming, Shimmy Shimmy Bowtique, Jewels By Park Lane, GiGi Hill Handbags, Close To My Heart, Enlyten, Digital Craft Cutters, Cookie Lee, Gold Hard Cash, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Avon, Gold Canyon Candles, Cookie Lee, Skills 4 Success Reading Center, Touchstone Cyrstal Jewelry, Send Out Cards, The Ladies Travel Club, CVParent.com, Mineral Treasure Cosmetics, Gold Hard Ca$h, Bitz of Glitz, Uppercase Living, Satin Dreams Photography, Heritage Makers, Celebrating Home, Silpada Jewelry, Absolutely Best Dental, Juice Plus, The Wine Shop at Home, CVParent.com, Stampin' Up and Elements Therapeutic Massage.

**Get Chair massages, great products and samples from many of our vendors!

Turn in your old GOLD and get CA$H on the spot!

Please call (951) 795-1426 for details or questions.

Location: Rosa Parks Elementary, 13830 Whispering Hills Dr., Corona 92880

The following answers were given by elementary school age children:

Why did God make mothers?

• "She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is".
• "Mostly to clean the house".
• "To help us out of there when we were getting born".

How did God make mothers?

• "He used dirt, just like for the rest of us".
• "Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring".
• "God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts".

What ingredients are mothers made of?

• "God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean".
• "They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think".

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?

• "We're related".
• "God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me".

What kind of little girl was your mom?

• "My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff".
• "I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy".
• "They say she used to be nice".

What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?

• "His last name".
• "She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer"?
• "Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores"?

Why did your mom marry your dad?

• "My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my mom eats a lot".
• "She got too old to do anything else with him".
• "My grandma says that mom didn't have her thinking cap on".

Who's the boss at your house?

• "Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball".
• "Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed".
• "I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad".
  

What's the difference between moms and dads?

• "Moms work at work & work at home, & dads just go to work at work".
• "Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them".
• "Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's".
• "Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine".

What does your mom do in her spare time?

• "Mothers don't do spare time".
• "To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long".

What would it take to make your mom perfect?

• "On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery".
• "Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue".

If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?

• "She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that".
• "I'd make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me".
• "I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on her back of her head".
  

 Happy Mother's Day!