Charlotte's BIG birthday party

Since it was also a Red Thread party, I thought I would post the pics on here as well...

Charlotte had a big party (as you all know) last weekend for her second birthday (our first birthday WITH her). As you can tell, she (and the other kids) had a blast!

Nico, Charlotte and Sidney:



Parachute fun:



And it was so beautiful out - and there was tons of space to run around:



Charlotte with my Mom:



Kira playing in leaves:



Mallory being cute:



Amelia the BFF:



How cute is Trevor?



The twins checking out the cake:



Maddy and the soccer ball:



My nephew Jake and Nico:



Olivia is not sure what to make of the crazy lady with the camera:



Charlotte and Adam's Mom in a stare-off (which turned into many giggles after I took the photo):



Charlotte and Cooper checking out one of the collages I made (there were 6 collages):



Charlotte getting a birthday hug from Elise:



Charlotte checking out Nicholas' new baby brother Andrew:



Samantha holding one of the party favors that went to all the girls (in assorted colors). The boys got monster stuff.



Charlotte with Leslie:



Cake time (one of our friends - Julie - from the MINI Cooper club made the cake and 24 yellow and blue cupcakes)...











Gift time!:



I love the way Nicholas is looking at Charlotte here:



Can you tell that she loves presents?







Who knew how much fun laundry baskets could be? (the basket is what I used to transport the flower favors to the party in):



Happy Birthday, sweet girl!



Just one more - this was from later that night (since we forgot to get one of all three of us at her party):

Get together at Country Sun Farms - Oct 4

Last year (maybe a couple years ago) Tracy and I made a stop at some farm just off of Hwy 36 on the way to Stillwater. They had greenhouses, a petting zoo, corn maze and pumpkins for sale. Right away Trace wanted to go back with Charlotte and get some pumpkin patch photos. We thought we'd invite you to join us as we head over there this year. You can stay as long as you like with no obligations - except maybe a group photo. And maybe a sign for Heather. ;p
We'll grab some cute photos of the kids at the petting zoo or in one of those "stick your face in the hole" thingies. Plus, the chance to meet people from The Group! And test your mettle in the corn maze.

Hope you can make it!
Where: Country Sun Farms
Time: 9:30am
When: Saturday, October 4th

You can use the map below to grab directions.


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Party at Mark and Nicole's!

Directly from Nicole's email:

Hey everyone...

We would love to have everyone over on October 18th.

Will send more info later...thinking around 4ish...potluck...password
to enter home is "I promise not to look at your toddler carpet"
hahahahaheehehehhohohohoho!

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of summer!
Nicole

An update has been posted in the group and you should have gotten either a Google Invite or maybe even a genuine Evite already. If you haven't let me know and I'll be sure to get you the info.

If you're new to the group, this is a great chance to meet some of us in person.

Hope you can make it!

Children's Culture Carnival

I just wanted to let the group know about a really cool event that is
coming up in a couple of weeks in Woodbury, MN. It's a cultural
carnival for kids (and adults too).

Here are the basics:

Event: Children's Culture Carnival - an educational, fundraising event
Place: King of Kings Church in Woodbury, MN
Date: Friday, September 12
Time: 5-8 pm
Countries Represented: Vietnam, Bulgaria, Nigeria, Afghanistan,
Guatemala and China

There will be food, music, crafts, cultural artifacts and native
representatives for each country. Admission is free and it only costs
$1.00 per activity. The children will be able to practice balancing a
basket on their head, find their chinese zodiac sign and write the
symbol for the sign on a bookmark, and many more fun activities.

Here is the website for Children's Culture Connection:
www.childrenscultureconnection.org.