This week’s movie pic is The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock

Fun Food

Fun Food

Holly’s Hard Boiled Egg Men

Ingredients:

A few raisins, one celery, one carrot, one red pepper, two toothpicks, and two hard boiled eggs.

Boil a couple of eggs peel and set aside.

You will need four raisins, 8 celery sticks cut very small and thin, two small carrot pieces and two very small red pepper pieces.

Now you and your child assemble your hard boiled egg man. Use raisins for eyes securing them with an end of a toothpick, cut little celery pieces for arms and legs and stick into the egg, next take a little carrot stick for a nose and place in egg and lastly use a small piece of toothpick to put small sliver of red pepper for lips.

Use different veggies and fruit for a different egg man each time! Be sure and eat the egg man with your child so they don’t eat the toothpicks.

Mealtime can be healthy and fun!

Fun Idea for Kids (for younger kids you can make it for them)

Homemade Playdough

1 cup of salt
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 cup of water
• Cookie cutters
• Rolling pin or narrow bottle
• Food coloring (optional)

Be creative do different colours!

Directions

Put salt and flour in a deep unbreakable bowl. Drape your child in an old shirt or smock and allow him or her to mix the dry ingredients thoroughly with hands or a wooden spoon. Slowly add water to which some drops of food coloring have been added. Continue to mix, then knead dough until it is smooth and elastic without being sticky. Dump the dough onto a flat floured surface and roll it out with the rolling pin or bottle. Use cookie cutters to make shapes or provide child with other cutting and poking utensils such as plastic knives, bottle tops and lids, chopsticks, and assorted plastic shapes.

Read More http://www.ivillage.com/how-make-homemade-playdough/6-a-145101#ixzz10TQKpfhQ

Movie pic of the week

Movie pic of the week is Anne of Green Gables.

Many of you may have seen this movie but I encourage you to rent the one with Megan Follows.

There are wonderful pieces to the movie that look at transitioning and attachment and what a child goes through when adjusting to their new family.

GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon 10/10/10

Our CHOICES Champion, eight year old Oscar is running the 8k for CHOICES this year in the Victoria Marathon.

Oscar is busy collecting pledges to help reach CHOICES goal of raising $16 000 dollars to help find families for children in foster care.

We still need runners and pledge collectors. Call or email if you would like to participate! 1 888 479 9811

View our 2009 champion Oscar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZ3HnFrKY4
To sponsor Oscar on his 2010 race you can go to CHOICES website www.choicesadoption.ca or call CHOICES at 1 888 479 9811

Call in anytime if you need resources, would like to connect with other adoptive parents or waiting parents.
Have a great week.

Holly

Happy Fall!

September is well under way and there are lots of exciting things happening at CHOICES.

This week’s movie pic is Hotel for Dogs. It is kid friendly and here is the trailer if you would like a sneak peak.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzjxR4rViFo

CHOICES Charity Art Auction

The Charity Art Auction will be featuring a live Folk Trio on November 13, 2010 6:30pm at the Union Club 805 Gordon Street, Victoria BC

Tickets will be available this Friday the 17^th of September at CHOICES office.

Call 1 888 479 9811 for details.

Affording your Adoption

The article posted is an American resource but I believe is still useful as many of the ideas can be transferred here. 

For Canadian information view Robin Hilborn’s website: http://www.familyhelper.net/fh/fhmoney.html

Adoption and Money The Financial Guide to Bringing Home Your Child By Robin Hilborn First edition, 2005 $12 / ISBN 0-9733470-5-8

CONTENTS

OUTGO Cost of domestic adoption Cost of raising a child to age 18 Cost of intercountry adoption China: detailed costs Costs by country Ease money stress with an adoption budget Seven money questions In the news SAVING Save money on travel expenses       Airline adoption fares       Discount air fares       Consolidators       How to buy cheap air tickets

INCOME Ways to finance your adoption       Savings       Loans       Grants       U.S. grant and loan web sites Fundraising to pay for your adoption       Money-making ideas galore       Get donations       When fundraising becomes a business Fundraising 101: start with hot chocolate    By Paulene Hinds Find a subsidy for adopting special needs children       NACAC's subsidy profiles BENEFITS Federal government benefits       Child Tax Benefit       Parental Leave       Adoption Tax Credit Employer benefits       Family-friendly companies       U.S. employer benefits       Lobby your employer for benefits       What adoption benefits do U.S. companies offer?