MONA is partnering with Mrs. B again this year for the 14th Annual "Tea with Santa and Mrs. B"! There are limited slots register early!
In years past, Mrs. B and St. Nick held a private tea party to review the ‘naughty and nice’ list. Now, Mrs. B invites children (and parents) to join for this festive fête.
Promising to be a merry and memorable time, this event is sure to spark the Advent and Christmas magic in everyone as well as reinforce Santa and Mrs. B’s favorite good manners. It will be held in our NEW grand ballroom adjoining the tearoom.
Event Details
December 2, 2024
4:00 - 5:30 pm
136 W. Jefferson St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
Ticket Details
Tickets are only $70 for MONA members (regularly $125 per person)
Each attendee needs a ticket.
Tickets are limited so register today!
Join your fellow MONA Book Club members for a fun holiday book club gathering!
Date: Wednesday, December 4
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: A member's home in Donaldson Run
In lieu of reading a common book this month, we'll be doing a book swap:
Please bring a favorite book (new or gently used, from any category – fiction, non-fiction, recent or classic)
Wrap your book and include a little note on why you loved the book (but don't reveal the name of the book!)
Each attendee will go home with a new book to read over the holidays!
Location: Member's home in Donaldson Run (address will be shared with attendees) more info...
All aboard for THE POLAR EXPRESS™!
Create a Christmas memory that you and your family will treasure forever – a journey to the North Pole via THE POLAR EXPRESS™. Immerse yourself in the classic children’s book, THE POLAR EXPRESS™ by Chris Van Allsburg. In this beloved story, a young boy takes a magical Christmas Eve train ride to the North Pole and receives a special gift from Santa.
Characters from this award-winning book come to life through this magical holiday journey. The conductor punches your golden ticket on board THE POLAR EXPRESS™. Chefs serve you hot chocolate and cookies while you listen to THE POLAR EXPRESS ™ story on board THE POLAR EXPRESS™ train ride. Santa’s helpers provide holiday cheer and every passenger personally receives from Santa, the first gift of Christmas – a silver sleigh bell. Children of all ages will BELIEVE!
THE POLAR EXPRESS sells out every year, so plan ahead and reserve your spots now.
BRONZE Seats - normally $70-85 per ticket but only $64 for MONA members - adults and children alike! This package is for INDIVIDUAL tickets.
These heated rail cars provide comfortable, upholstered seating. Chefs serve passengers hot chocolate and cookies. All children receive a golden ticket and silver sleigh bell from Santa while on their magical journey. Children 2 years old and younger that are sitting in a parent's lap do not need a ticket.
MONA Discounted tickets only available till MONDAY, September 30, 2024
Nutcracker Petites
The perfect “first ballet” experience created specifically for children ages 5 and under.
At just 45 minutes, our Pre-school Petite Performance features excerpts that will enchant your child and capture their imagination. Performed at the BalletNova Fredgren Theatre.
Free mini ballet class after the performance for attendees ages 3-5.
Location:
BalletNova Center for Dance
3443 Carlin Springs Road, Falls Church VA 22041
Ticket Information :
$10 Children (12 and under) (regularly $15)
$20 Adults (regularly $25)
General Admission Seating
Accessibility notes: All seating beyond the first row requires stair access. Please notify the studio if you would like to request assistance and/or reserved seating due to accessibility requirements.
Tickets will be picked up at Will Call, under MONA group, at the event.
In this session, we'll explore how to help kids build healthy, respectful relationships in the digital world. Parents will learn key strategies for setting boundaries, encouraging open communication, and promoting positive social interactions on social media. We'll also discuss ways to address potential challenges like online peer pressure, digital etiquette, and privacy, empowering parents to guide their children toward safe, balanced online experiences.
Tiffaney's Bio:
Hi, my name is Tiffaney! I’m originally from Pittsburgh, PA (Go Steelers!) and currently reside in Falls Church, VA. I have 8 years of experience in the counseling field, working both as an elementary school counselor for APS and as a Resident in Counseling at Wise Family Wellness since 2020. In my role as a school counselor, I’m passionate about teaching students essential tools to manage their emotions and frequently consult with parents and teachers on supporting children’s mental health. I also coordinate parent workshops focused on emotional well-being and resilience. My private practice experience has deepened my passion for supporting tweens, teens, and adults (ages 10-34) as they navigate challenges like anxiety, ADHD, depression, life transitions, relationship issues, and emotional regulation.
Wise Family Wellness:
Wise Family Wellness is a Northern Virginia-based counseling and assessment practice with over 30 years of training and experience in the field of child and adolescent development.
Our focus is to support the emotional and intellectual strengths of children, teens and families. Through individual and group counseling, strategic psychoeducation with families, and educational assessment, Wise Family Wellness works to encourage the growth of emotional intelligence, flexibility, resilience and family connection in order to ensure success both at home and in life.
All aboard for THE POLAR EXPRESS™!
Create a Christmas memory that you and your family will treasure forever – a journey to the North Pole via THE POLAR EXPRESS™. Immerse yourself in the classic children’s book, THE POLAR EXPRESS™ by Chris Van Allsburg. In this beloved story, a young boy takes a magical Christmas Eve train ride to the North Pole and receives a special gift from Santa.
Characters from this award-winning book come to life through this magical holiday journey. The conductor punches your golden ticket on board THE POLAR EXPRESS™. Chefs serve you hot chocolate and cookies while you listen to THE POLAR EXPRESS ™ story on board THE POLAR EXPRESS™ train ride. Santa’s helpers provide holiday cheer and every passenger personally receives from Santa, the first gift of Christmas – a silver sleigh bell. Children of all ages will BELIEVE!
THE POLAR EXPRESS sells out every year, so plan ahead and reserve your spots now.
BRONZE Seats - normally $70-85 per ticket but only $64 for MONA members - adults and children alike! This package is for INDIVIDUAL tickets.
These heated rail cars provide comfortable, upholstered seating. Chefs serve passengers hot chocolate and cookies. All children receive a golden ticket and silver sleigh bell from Santa while on their magical journey. Children 2 years old and younger that are sitting in a parent's lap do not need a ticket.
Performer: Go Bananas Dancing
Come get the winter wiggles out with Go Bananas Dancing. Full of movement and fun for everyone!
December 14, 2024
11am
Faith Lutheran Church
As always, this event is open to all and free to attend! MONA member socials are a fun and easy way to meet up with other MONA members and their kids. It is also a great way to introduce friends and family to MONA. Partners, grandparents, and friends are all welcome!
Our monthly socials need volunteers! Consider volunteering for the December social here. Two volunteers are needed for every social - one to open the building and help the entertainer set up and another to clean-up and close up the building. Please consider donating your time! more info...
All aboard for THE POLAR EXPRESS™!
Create a Christmas memory that you and your family will treasure forever – a journey to the North Pole via THE POLAR EXPRESS™. Immerse yourself in the classic children’s book, THE POLAR EXPRESS™ by Chris Van Allsburg. In this beloved story, a young boy takes a magical Christmas Eve train ride to the North Pole and receives a special gift from Santa.
Characters from this award-winning book come to life through this magical holiday journey. The conductor punches your golden ticket on board THE POLAR EXPRESS™. Chefs serve you hot chocolate and cookies while you listen to THE POLAR EXPRESS ™ story on board THE POLAR EXPRESS™ train ride. Santa’s helpers provide holiday cheer and every passenger personally receives from Santa, the first gift of Christmas – a silver sleigh bell. Children of all ages will BELIEVE!
THE POLAR EXPRESS sells out every year, so plan ahead and reserve your spots now.
Tickets available for purchase:
SILVER CLASS Seats - normally $400 for four tickets but only $320 for MONA members! This package is for FOUR seats in a quad seating arrangement (two facing bench seats) AND has assigned seating.
Only 10 packages are available!
Silver seats in this rail car provides quad seating for a family of four for ages 2 and up. Children 2 years old and younger who are sitting in a parent's lap do not need a ticket. This heated rail car provides comfortable, upholstered seating. Chefs serve passengers hot chocolate and cookies. All passengers receive a golden ticket and silver sleigh bell from Santa while on their magical journey to the "North Pole". Please note that this rail car is not handicap accessible.
BRONZE Seats - normally $70-85 per ticket but only $64 for MONA members - adults and children alike! This package is for INDIVIDUAL tickets.
These heated rail cars provide comfortable, upholstered seating. Chefs serve passengers hot chocolate and cookies. All children receive a golden ticket and silver sleigh bell from Santa while on their magical journey. Children 2 years old and younger that are sitting in a parent's lap do not need a ticket.
All are welcome - including partners and children - to join the Mona Special Moms group as we gather to have lunch, talk, and share experiences! Join us at Ballston Quarter Food Court for a casual meetup. more info...
Start the new year off right with a MONA-exclusive SoulCycle ride! This ride is ONLY open to MONA members so it is a great time to try out a new workout with other parents. MONA members can sign up for this private class for only $27.50 per member! Price includes bikes, water and shoes.
SoulCycle is a 45-minute, high-intensity, indoor cycling, cardio workout. Their signature classes are designed to strengthen your mind, body, and soul with instructors who will coach you through distinct sections of climbs, sprints, choreography, weights and their iconic soulful moment.
Event Details
January 5, 2025
1:00 pm
SoulCycle Clarendon (2700 Clarendon Blvd Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22201)
$27.50/member more info...
Performer: Mr. Jon and Friends
Come join the musical fun of Mr. Jon and his guitar. Move and dance while he plays our favorite kids' tunes!
January 11, 2025
11am
Faith Lutheran Church
As always, this event is open to all and free to attend! MONA member socials are a fun and easy way to meet up with other MONA members and their kids. It is also a great way to introduce friends and family to MONA. Partners, grandparents, and friends are all welcome!
Our monthly socials need volunteers! Consider volunteering for the January social here. Two volunteers are needed for every social - one to open the building and help the entertainer set up and another to clean-up and close up the building. Please consider donating your time! more info...
Start the new year off right with a MONA-exclusive 3G 60-minute class. This class is ONLY open to MONA members so it is a great time to try out a new workout with other parents. MONA members can sign up for this private class for only $8 per member!
Members will switch between rower, floor workout, and treadmill. All fitness levels are welcome!
Event Details
January 11, 2025
12:30 pm
Orangetheory Fitness (4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22203)
$8/member
Join the MONA Book Club for our January read: "Gift from the Sea" by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
About the book:
In this inimitable, beloved classic—graceful, lucid and lyrical—Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age; love and marriage; peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down during a brief vacation by the sea. Drawing inspiration from the shells on the shore, Lindbergh’s musings on the shape of a woman’s life bring new understanding to both men and women at any stage of life. A mother of five, an acclaimed writer and a pioneering aviator, Lindbergh casts an unsentimental eye on the trappings of modernity that threaten to overwhelm us: the time-saving gadgets that complicate rather than simplify, the multiple commitments that take us from our families. And by recording her thoughts during a brief escape from everyday demands, she helps readers find a space for contemplation and creativity within their own lives.
With great wisdom and insight Lindbergh describes the shifting shapes of relationships and marriage, presenting a vision of life as it is lived in an enduring and evolving partnership. A groundbreaking, best-selling work when it was originally published in 1955, Gift from the Seacontinues to be discovered by new generations of readers. With a new introduction by Lindbergh’s daughter Reeve, this fiftieth-anniversary edition will give those who are revisiting the book and those who are coming upon it for the first time fresh insight into the life of this remarkable woman.
The sea and the beach are elements that have been woven throughout Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s life. She spent her childhood summers with her family on a Maine island. After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh in 1929, she accompanied him on his survey flights around the North Atlantic to launch the first transoceanic airlines. The Lindberghs eventually established a permanent home on the Connecticut coast, where they lived quietly, wrote books and raised their family.
After the children left home for lives of their own, the Lindberghs traveled extensively to Africa and the Pacific for environmental research. more info...
Update: No family limit on tickets!
Come cheer on the Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball Team as they play the DePaul Blue Demons. $26 per ticket. Children two years old and younger do not need a ticket. Tickets will be emailed to you. NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES, ALL REGISTRATIONS ARE FINAL. Use monamarketplace if you need to sell or give away tickets.
Seats will be in section 103. View from our seats: more info...
1/17/2025
8:00pm to 10:00pm
MONA BEN: Special Informational Salon - New Real Estate Compensation Rules Coming Soon!
MONA BEN invites you to a special informational salon at a private residence near Upton Hills. As Chair of the MONA Business Entrepreneur Network (BEN), Marybeth Fraser is always focused on helping MONA BEN members excel in their entrepreneurial journeys, and staying informed about financial decisions is a big part of that.
As you may have heard real estate compensation has changed. It’s important we understand what these changes mean for anyone going on the home buying or home selling journey now or in the future. As we all know, knowledge is power, and it’s more important than ever to stay informed about how these adjustments may impact our real estate decisions.
During this event, Marybeth will walk through topics such as:
The National Association of Realtors settlement that led to these changes;
How agreements and contracts have changed; and
What buyers and sellers need to know when negotiating brokerage compensation.
This will be an informal and intimate gathering where you can ask questions and get clear, transparent answers. Beverages and snacks will be provided, and space is limited, so be sure to RSVP early to secure your spot. This salon is designed for non-real estate licensed professionals. more info...
All aboard for THE POLAR EXPRESS™!
