Christmas Card Exchange

We're doing a Christmas Card exchange! Check your email for a link to fill out a form and be added to the list. The form will be open until November 7th. After that I'll send out the final list and you can start sending cards.
If you're new and you've joined our awesome little group after Halloween and want to participate, get in touch with me and I'll make sure you're included.

Party at Mark and Nicoles

Thank you so much Mark and Nicole for letting us hang out at your place! It was a blast. The kids put stickers on pumpkins, played outside, and had a blast. Thanks everyone for the yummy food too!

A local screening of Found In China

 

http://web.mac.com/carolynstanek/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html

 “Found in China,” a documentary by Tai-Kai Productions, follows a group of six Midwestern families and their 9- to 13-year adopted Chinese daughters who climb the Wall, taste the tea, visit their orphanages and the people who once held them--all the while surviving the emotional and psychological demands of such a heritage trip.  For more information on screenings or to have a screening in your area, please contact:

Carolyn Stanek

carolyn.stanek@comcast.net

Writer, Producer and Director

Tai-Kai Productions

 You can find showtime information here.

• Start
  November 08, 2008
•  
  03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
• Location
  Bloomington Civic Center - Black Box Theater

Registration

• Individual - $5.00 (USD)
  one person attending
• Family Registration - $8.00 (USD)
  Bring the whole family for one low fee, we reccommend that participants be ages 8 and above
• Non FCC Member Registration - $8.00 (USD)
  per person
• Event Donation - $20.00 (USD)
  FCC strives to keep the cost for events minimal. WIth this in mind, event specific donations are welcome and are tax deductible

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):