June Book Club

For the month of June, the SMILE Book Club will be discussing My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Julie Lowrance will be hosting this month's meeting on Tuesday, June 24th at 6:30 p.m. at Frames Etc.

June Schedule

June 3rd – MNO – Dinner and a Movie - Enjoy a night away from the kids with dinner and a movie. The movie Sex and the City starts at 7:10, so meet at 7 for the movie. For all of those who want to eat dinner first, meet at Pastafina at 6.

June 6th – Kids Day Out – Waco Zoo - Meet behind Frame’s Etc. at 8:15 to leave by 8:30 to travel to Waco. We plan on being at the zoo at 10:00. We have a rain check from one year ago. If you went and plan on going, you and your child get in free. If not, the cost is $7 for adults and $5 for children 4 and up, 3 and under are free. No outside food or drinks are allowed in the zoo. There are picnic tables available for a lunch if people want to pack their own lunch. Otherwise there is a snack bar and café.

June 7th– Continuing Education - Meet at 10 AM at the sandbox behind Tumbleweed BBQ for a presentation by Mona Keen, master herbalist. An Evite has been sent out with more information.

June 15th– Father’s Day

June 24th – Bookclub - Come and discuss the June book, “My Sister’s Keeper”. Remember, you can come even if you haven’t had time to read the book. Meet at 6:30 at the Coffee Bar by Frame’s Etc.

May Book Club

The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan is the SMILE Book Club selection for May.
Kimberly Geijsel will be hosting the meeting and will be contacting everyone with meeting details!

April Book Club

Rachel Stacy is hosting the April book club meeting. She has chosen the Elizabeth Gilbert memoir, Eat, Pray, Love. Meeting details will be coming soon!

March Book Club

Paige Thompson will be hosting book club for the month of March. She has chosen The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

Come join us on Tuesday the 25th @ 6:30 p.m. for a fun night out!

Watch your email for an evite and further details.

March Schedule

March 9th – Daylight Savings Begins

► Don’t forget to Spring forward!

March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day

► Remember to wear green!

March 18th – Jumping Party in Granbury

► Come have fun at the Jumping Party in Granbury from 1:00-3:00. The cost is $5 per child for 2 hours. More details will follow with an evite.

March 19th – SMILE Easter Egg Hunt
► Meet at the City Park by the playground under the trees at 3:30. Everyone who is participating needs to bring a dozen eggs per child to Jennifer by Tuesday, March 18th.

March 23rd – Easter Sunday

► Happy Easter to all our SMILE moms and kids!

March 26th – Mom’s Night Out

► Meet for dinner at 6:30 at Pastafina. If there is a good movie we would all like to see then we could also see a movie afterwards. Come enjoy a night away from the kids!

February Book Club

Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts is the February selection for SMILE book club.

Come join us on Monday the 25th @ 6:30 for a great night out. Special thanks to Michele Butler for hosting this month's meeting! Watch your email for details and directions.

January Book Club

The January Book Club will be reading Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven.

The meeting will be hosted by Traca Miller on Tuesday, January 29th, at 6:30 p.m.

This will also serve as our MNO for this month, so be sure and come even if you didn't get a chance to read the book.!

Hope to see everyone there!

Happy New Year!

We at SMILE want to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!

2008 is already under way and there are lots of changes in the works for SMILE.
This year we are trying to focus on new membership. Our community is growing and there are lots of potential new members that we are trying to reach. So to kick off the new year, we are planning a new member Welcome and Social the first week in February.

A new year also means new officers. It's nice to have fresh faces with fresh ideas and some familiar faces as well among our leadership.
The new SMILE officers for 2008 are:

• President: Julie Lowrance
• Vice President: Rachel Stacy
• Secretary: Paige Thompson
• Treasurer: Kim Geijsel
• Membership Coordinator: Clair Cole
• Sunshine Coordinator: Renee Kirbo
• Newsletter: Cindy Griggs
• Continuing Ed: Jeri Tulley
• Special Events: Jennifer McGregor & Rachelle Donham
• Blog and Bookclub: Traca Miller
  

Christmas Book Drive

The 2007 Christmas Book Drive was a huge success!
All the kiddos seemed to enjoy picking out a new book after bringing in their "previously loved" ones for an exchange. After everyone got to take home a new book, we had around 40 books left over for charity. The Rainbow Room (a part of the Erath County Child Protective Services) was very grateful for our donation! They are always in need of such items to help make the wonderful work they do with the children of our community a little easier. It was great that our kids got to be part of helping others who are in need of extra care!
Merry Christmas!

October Schedule

October 10th – SMILE Business Meeting
►9:00am Meet at McDonalds
► Discuss SMILE’s budget and other details.

October 11th – Playgroup
► 10:00am Meet at the Stephenville City Park
► Come play and bring bread to feed the ducks.

October 13th – Kid’s Day Out at the Pumpkin Patch
► 8:30am Meet behind Frames Etc. to caravan to the Flower Mound pumpkin patch. ►Bring your spouse, friends, grandparents if you like and enjoy a day of fun.
►The drive is 1 hour and 45 minutes and you can go to the website below for any further information.
http://www.flowermoundpumpkinpatch.com/

October 25th – Book Club
►6:30pm Meet at Jodi’s house at 1803 N. Cypress Ave.
►Come discuss the book “Same Kind of Different as Me”

October 30th – TSU Halloween Carnival
►6:00 to 8:00pm at the Admin. Mall area
►A fun night for kids.

October 31st – Happy Halloween!
► Wishing everyone a safe and happy trick or treat!

* Information for the Mom’s Night Out will be emailed at a later time.

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!