August Schedule

August 8th – Playgroup at the park!
►10:00am Meet at the Stephenville city park.
►Come play and bring bread to feed the ducks if you would like.

August 14th – Mom’s Night Out Ice Cream Social!
► 6:30pm Meet at Elizabeth’s house (1491 Highland View Dr.)
►Bring your favorite homemade ice cream or your favorite appetizer and a favorite book or magazine.
►Come enjoy a night of friends, yummy snacks and share your favorite book or magazine.

August 16th – Kid’s Day Out at the Chocolate Factory!
►10:45am Meet at Bliss Living in Hico.
►Come enjoy a demonstration of the great Wiesman House Chocolates and taste it too! Yummy! Yummy!

August 27th – First Day of School!
►Public schools start back up.

August 30th – Book Club!
►6:30pm Meet at Jennifer’s house (1310 N. Charlotte)
► Come discuss the book “Poverty: A framework for understanding and working with students and adults from poverty.” By: Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.

Relay for Life

May Schedule

May 3rd – Relay for Life Meeting
►6:00pm at Texas Bank.
►The more team members who come the more Relay bucks we get!

May 10th – Mom’s Night Out
►6:30pm Meet at Agave Resteraunt on the patio.
►Come enjoy a night out for dinner with friends!

May 11th – Picnic at the Park
►11:00am Meet at the City Park.
►Bring a sack lunch for a picnic and have playtime!

May 13th – Happy Mother’s Day!
►Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day!

May 14th – Kid’s Day Out at Fossil Rim
►8:30am Meet behind Frames Etc. to caravan to Fossil Rim or you can meet us at the Fossil Rim parking lot at 9:00am.
►Cost will be $10 for adults, $6 for kids 3 and up and kids 2 and under are free. A bag of food for the animals is $7.50 (allowed 1 bag of food per car).
►Bring a sack lunch or buy lunch at the café for a picnic at the half way point.

May 18th – Relay For Life!
►Details will follow in a later e-mail. .

May 21st – Playday in the Sand and Car Seat Safety Checks
►2:00pm Meet at the sand box behind Tumbleweed Barbecue
►Come let the kids have playtime in the sand!
►Car seat safety checks will be done by a representative of Harris Methodist - with a short presentation at 3:15 on booster seat laws.

May 23rd – ID Kit’s
►10:00am (location to be announced at a later time)
►Come make an ID kit for your child or children (a play area and or babysitter will be on hand for the kids while the kits are being made)
►Detective King will give a small presentation and demonstration about the ID kits and the safety of our kids.

May 31st – Book Club
►6:30pm Meet at Elizabeth’s house (1491 Highland View Dr.)
Come discuss the book of the month OR bring one of your favorite books that you have read to share and discuss.

March Schedule

March 1st – Relay for Life Meeting
►Meet at 6:00pm at Texas Bank

March 3rd – Family Day Out! Come watch the Tarleton Play Alladin & Eat Pizza!
► Meet at 9:45am in the Fine Arts auditorium at Tarleton (play starts at 10:00)
► Afterwards go to CiCi’s Pizza for lunch

March 6th – Continuing Education Class
► 6:30pm at Frames Etc.
►Attorney Scott Osman will be giving information on wills, power of attorneys, etc.
►Please bring your spouse if possible

March 7th – Playgroup
►10:00am at the Rec Hall
►Bring a ball or toy and come play


March 11th – Daylight Savings Time Begins
► Don’t forget to set your clocks one hour forward

March 13th – Spring Break Kid’s Day Out!
►10:30am meet at the Stephenville City Park
►Bring your sidewalk chalk, kites, bread to feed ducks, etc.

March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin
► Meet at 10:00am for the parade in Dublin.
► The city park has lots of kid activities you can do after the parade
March 21st – Car Seat Safety Check
Wednesday ►This is a free service, please call 1-888-4-Harris to schedule.

March 23rd - Playgroup
►10:30am at Optimist Park
►Kite Flying! Bring a kite and watch them fly!

March 29th – Book Club
►Meet at Traca’s house at 6:30pm to discuss “The secret Life of Bee’s”

January Schedule

January 2007

January 1st - Happy New Year!

January 11th - Mom's Night Out Baby Shower
► 6:00 pm at the Agave Garden Patio
► Enjoy dinner, games and friends as we honor Laurey and Traca and the new
bundles of joy that will soon be here!
►Please RSVP to Kimberly @ milkmommy@starband.com or 918-5353
It's a boy for both!

January 16th - Kid's Day Out Bowling
►12:00 noon - Come have fun bowling
►Stephenville Bowling Alley
►Bring your socks

January 18th - PlaygMcDonald'scDonalds
►11:30am - Come play and eat if you would like

January 24th - Playgroup at In-Zone Fitness
► 10:30am - Come play in a fun and safe environment
► Please bring $3 per child

January 25th - Book Club
► 6:30 pm to discuss January book "Left for Dead"
► Jennifer's house: 1310 N. Charlotte

January 31st - Playgroup at Presley's House
► 10:30am to 12:00pm - Come play and have fun
► Krista's house: 1027 Prairie Wind Blvd.
► Wear your warm clothes for trampoline jumping if cool

Schoolpop

We would like to tell you about an online shopping site called Schoolpop, with hundreds of different merchants which will donate a percentage of your purchases to the school of your choice, if that school is registered. It is very easy to use and has some great websites to shop. An example of just a few are: American Eagle, Babies "R" Us, Cabela's, GAP, Gymboree, JCPenney, KBToys, Old Navy, Office Depot, Oriental Trader, Pottery Barn, Target, Toys "R" Us, and Wal-Mart. There are also many of the hotel chains participating, as well as a website just to purchase gift certificates (GiftCertificates.com). You have to first register at Schoolpop.com and then go to that website every time you want to shop. If you go directly to the merchants website without going through Schoolpop, your purchases will not count. Below is a list of local schools that are registered with Schoolpop and a list of easy steps to show you how to get started with Schoolpop and help the school of your choice. What an easy way to help earn extra money for your school by shopping and purchasing things we would already be doing anyway!
Happy Shopping!

List of Local Participating Schools:

1. Central Elementary
2. Chaimberlain Elementary
3. Hook Elementary
4. Rocky Point Baptist Church Wee School
5. Stephenville High School
6. Stephenville Intermediate School
7. Stephenville Jr. High
8. Three Way Elementary

Here's what you do:
1. Go to http://www.schoolpop.com/
2. Click Join
3. Find and choose your organization
4. Fill out your profile info
5. Choose your preferences (you can register your debit or credit cards here and even purchases from catalogs or in-store will benefit)
6. Opt in or out to receive email updates from SchoolPop
7. Download the Shopping Buddy (in case you forget to go through SchoolPop when making your purchases, the Shopping Buddy will do it for you)
8. Don't forget to register your debit and credit cards so your in-store purchases, as well as on-line purchases, will count toward your school!

December Schedule

• December 3rd - CTFAC Tour of Homes
  Meet at 11:45 at Pasta Fina if you want to eat lunch and then traveled together to the homes. Or, if you don’t want to eat lunch, just meet at Pasta Fina at 12:45 (park at Brooks Real Estate). The tour is from 1:00 – 5:00 and tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.

• December 7th - Holiday in the Park
  6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Birdsong Ampitheater. Horse Drawn Carriage Rides, Pictures with Santa and a live Reindeer, Giant Christmas Card Display, ChildrenÂ’s Coloring Contest, Entertainment, and North Pole Mail Center to Mail Santa Letter * For more information contact 918-1295 or 918-1292*

• December 7th - SMILE MomÂ’s Annual Christmas Party 6:30 at The Lunch Box Enjoy dinner and friends as we reflect on another successful year of SMILE. Bring gift of your favorite things OR things you would like this Christmas to be exchanged - $30 limit. For more details contact Julie.

• December 12th - Playgroup in the sand 10:30 AM meet at the sand pits behind Brain Freeze and Tumbleweed BBQ. Bring your own sand toys and eat BBQ for lunch if you choose.

• December 13th - Free Car Seat Safety Inspection sponsored by Harris Methodist
  9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the Stephenville Fire Department. By appointment only. Call 1-888-4-Harris to make appointment. Appointments fill up quickly so call ahead. Even if you’ve done this in the past you should check again.

• December 20th - SMILE KidsÂ’s Christmas Party
  10:45 AM at In-Zone Fitness 150 S. Belknap Ave. (on the square in Stephenville). Let the kids play, enjoy pizza, and have a visit from Santa. Bring 1 wrapped unisex book and $3 per child participating.

• December 25th Merry Christmas! Enjoy your friends and family today!

• December 28th - PlaygrMcDonald'sDonalds 10:00 am - come play and eat if you choose.

• December 28th - Book Club
  6:00 pm to discuss December Book, “Baby Proof.” Kim’s house – 17298 S. Hwy 281 Wilhelmus Dairy call Kim 918-5353 for directions.

Book Club

Several SMILE members met at Elizabeth's house to discuss our October book selection "Smart Couples Finish Rich". Everyone received a workbook to help get started on the path to financial success.

"White Oleander" was the book selection for the month of November. Our meeting was canceled due to the "Arctic Blast" that came through Stephenville! More information later as our hostess, Julie, makes a decision about rescheduling.

Kim has chosen the book "Baby Proof" for our December meeting. We will be discussing the book at 6:00 on Dec. 28th at Kim' house. (Despite the sound of the title, this book is not a self-help/non-fiction book!)

Just a Reminder

Don't forget that SMILE is collecting canned goods for Project HOPE and other local food banks. The month of August is "corn month" and in September we will be collecting cans of Chicken Noodle Soup. You still have time to get your donations to any SMILE officer. Any questions? Contact Cydni. Thanks for all you do to make our projects successful!

Served with a SMILE

The cookbooks are in and they look great! If you pre-ordered your cookbooks, you can pick them up from Frames Etc. during their regular business hours. Julie has a list of how many each person ordered. Otherwise... it's time to start selling! Please pick up books to sell at Frames Etc. You can return books you don't sell. The books are $15 each and would make great Christmas gifts. Each book comes with it's own stand, which can be stored by snapping it into the 3 ring binder. We ended up with 399 recipes and have a wide variety in all the different categories. If every SMILE member could sell 5-10 cookbooks, we would be well on our way to reaching our goal and raising a significant amount to donate to Wipe Out Kids Cancer! Send them to work with your husband to sell to co-workers, sell at your children's school, sell to friends, neighbors, family, etc. If you have more questions contact Elizabeth, Julie, Kim, or Traca.

Gymnastics Day

Fun was had by all at SMILE Camp's Gymnastic's Day held at In-Zone Fitness. Amanda worked with the kids on several tumbling skills.

Jacob works with Amanda on a back-flip.

Grace and Adyson walk through hoops on the balance beam.

Grant and Ryan stand in the middle as the other SMILE children shake the parachute.

Craft Day

The SMILE campers attended craft day at Andrea's house. The moms made picture puzzles while the kids played and ran around the yard. But the little ones did get in on the fun when it was time to make handprint/footprint placemats.

 
 
 
  

July Mom's Night Out

We met at The Lunch Box for a private dinner while the Dads stayed home with the kids. Deslys, Kim, Traca, Andrea, Rachelle, Elizabeth, Julie and Kristen enjoyed getting to know each other better when we played a personality guessing game. Who knew Desyls could shear sheep? Special thanks to De-Lynn, owner and chef of The Lunch Box for making the Greek salad, chicken vino, sauted squash, garlic herb bread, and strawberry tortes. Yum!

Worthington Orchard

Wednesday's activity found a few SMILE campers picking blackberries and blackeyed peas at Worthington Orchard near Proctor. Elizabeth, Grant, Rachel, Luke, Traca, and Aubrey had lots of fun in the sun.

It's blackberry season!

 

A bee doing his job on the sunflower.

  

Rachel with baby Luke in the sling.

Grant & Elizabeth on the hay ride.

Picking blackeyed peas.

Got Milk?

The SMILE kids made a trip to Wilhelmus Dairy on Tuesday to feed the baby calves during SMILE camp. Then it was time to enjoy a "moolicious" snack!

SMILE Camp

The second annual SMILE camp will be held July 10th - 14th.
The schedule is as follows:

Monday - City Park Playtime - 10:00 am

• Meet at the shaded area in the Stephenville City Park.
• Sidewalk chalk will be provided for a little extra fun.
  

Tuesday - Got Milk - 10:00 am @ Kim's house

• Come and feed the baby calves at Wilhelmus Dairy
• A "Moolicious" snack will be provided
• Wear your play clothes because it might get a little messy.

Wednesday - Let's Pick @ Worthington Orchards - 9:00 am

• Meet at Tractor Supply parking lot @ 8:30 and carpool.
• Location is one mile SW of Proctor on Hwy. 377.
• Mr. Worthington will take us on a tour of the orchard.
• Ripened, ready, farm-fresh produce can be picked and purchased.
• For more information visit Worthington Orchards.

Thursday - Creative Craft Day - 10:00 am @ Andrea's house.

• Location: 2191 N. Woodland.
• Make handprint and footprint placemats.
• Make "Picture Me" puzzles. (Bring 2 - 4X6 photos for each child participating.)

Friday - Gymnastics Day - 10:00 am @ In-Zone Fitness

• Location: 150 S. Belknap on the square.
• Come enjoy a 30 minute structured gymnastics lesson with open playtime following.
• Each child participating will need to bring $3.00.