Sweet Birthdays Booth

Today Becca and I did something we've never done before. :)  We sat at a table at our local Community Day Luau to tell people all about Sweet Birthdays.

(We were way too hot to pose in the pictures.  It was in the 90's--

BUT there was a great breeze and we did have the shade of tent.)

We got to talk a lot--a lot about Sweet Birthdays--what we are and what we are not. ;)

--We host birthday parties once a month at a local emergency homeless shelter for the children there.

--It's an awesome way to volunteer with our families--especially with young children.

--We, in fact, do NOT cater birthday parties. :)

And while we weren't there to necessarily promote adoption, it came up a lot in the course of natural conversation.  Most everyone wanted to know why we started doing the parties.  Our answer:  Because we're both in the process of adoption and along the way we've read quite a bit about world poverty.  In response to what we've learned we want to do something (more than just giving money) hands-on AND something that we can do with our children.  Sweet Birthdays is a very good fit. :)

We even met a family court judge there--one who resides over adoptions.  He was SO encouraging--definitely a high point of the day. :)

What we do.

How you can help and the flowers for the flower pens that we made with the people who stopped by.

We had a WHOLE page of people who signed up to learn more!

My two monkeys enjoying a day at the "beach" there with Daddy.

As a big-time introvert talking to lots of people is not my "thing."  But it was a REALLY good day.  Thanks, Becca, for being a part of it with me! :)