Issue 19 — 90+ members & GROWING! September/October 2009

SEPTEMBER 2nd 6:30pm, MMM Dinner Meeting Spaghetti Warehouse

7th Labor Day

13th National Grandparents’ Day

OCTOBER

7th 6:30pm, MMM Dinner Meeting Spaghetti Warehouse

12th Columbus Day

23rd 6pm, Rosamond Gifford’s Zoo Boo & 24th

30th 6pm, Rosamond Gifford’s & 31st Zoo Boo

31st Happy Halloween

NOVEMBER

1st Set your clocks and babies back 1 hour

4th 6:30pm, MMM Dinner Meeting Spaghetti Warehouse

6th Fall Clothing Sale Setup and Member’s Preview Sale (No Guests Please)

7th 8:30am, MMM Fall Clothing & Equipment Sale, Empire Room NYS Fair

11th Veteran’s Day

26th Happy Thanksgiving

Stats from paid members only,

as of September 2009.

We asked our members ...

What age are your multiples?

… of those responding:

7% are still in the womb

25% are babies (0—12 mos)

27% are toddlers (1yr—3yrs)

32% are preschoolers (3ys—5yrs)

7% are school age (5yrs & up)

FALL SALE SCHEDULE:

Friday, November 6th

6-7pm: Sellers setup, Empire Room NYS Fair Grounds

7-8pm: Sale open to sellers only

8-9pm: sale open to paid MMM members only (no guests please)

Saturday, November 7th

8:00am: All sellers arrive, Empire Room NYS Fair Grounds

8:30am-12pm: Sale open to the public

12-1pm: Clean up & removal of all items brought to the sale

November 7th

8:30am

Halloween will be here soon...what will your multiples be??? Halloween will be here soon...what will your multiples be??? Halloween will be here soon...what will your multiples be??? Halloween will be here soon...what will your multiples be??? Here are just a few ideas...Here are just a few ideas...Here are just a few ideas...Here are just a few ideas...

Angel and devil 3 Little Pigs

Batman and Robin 3 Blind Mice

Pair of dice Fred and Barney

Thing 1 and Thing 2 Pebbles and Bam Bam

Mickey and Minnie (and/or Donald)

Buzz and Woody (and/or Jessie)

Pooh and friends (Piglet, Tigger, etc.)

Tin Man, Lion, and Scarecrow

Dora and Diego (and/or Boots, Swiper)

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Executive Board PRESIDENT Kelly Carter kcssunshines@aol.com (315) 308-0277

VICE PRESIDENT Mary Wood

TREASURER Tracy Blumer

RECORDING SECRETARY Leslie Petty

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Cyndi Rizzo

Committees LIBRARIAN Amanda Fosberg

CHILDREN’S LIBRARIAN Susan Hayes

MEMBERSHIP Mary Wood

BIG SISTERS Meghan Leonardis

NEWSLETTER Tracy Blumer Jen Harte Penny Meskos Leslie Petty

PUBLICITY Cyndi Rizzo Sharon Bush

MEETING PROGRAMS Maureen Bennett Lisa Vona

PLAYGROUPS Krista Selig

PREEMIE CLOSET Krista Selig

HISTORIAN Leslie Petty

STATE REPRESENTATIVE Kelly Carter

NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE Mercedes Genei

The Juggling Act Kelly Carter

Mom to 4 year old twin girls &

MMM founder and president

Fall is approaching. I can feel it in the air. It’s time for back to school, back to

work, and back to scheduled activities. Let the juggling act begin.

My limit was one sport or activity for the twins. Last school year, Ashley and Brooke did gymnastics and loved it, so we will continue. Then, they realized their friends were doing ballet. Of course, they wanted to do ballet too. With peer pressure from my mommy friends and encouragement from the girls, I caved and

registered them for ballet. It’s only a half hour, once a week. No biggie, right?

Then, my husband, Jim, asks… what about swimming lessons? Hmmmm?!?! My

limit was one…

So, in addition to work, school, ballet, gymnastics and possibly swimming, I will be looking forward to apple picking, pony rides, monthly MMM mom’s night out dinner meetings, the MMM girls overnight, the MMM fall sale, warm baths once the kids

are in bed, and a good book as I drift off to sleep.

Fall is on the way! Let the juggling act begin. It’s all good.

Hello from your MMM Children's Librarian! My name is Susan

Hayes. I'm a mom to 16 month old twins, Jack and Selina, and

my background is in education. I have been an elementary

school teacher for nine years. I am pleased to announce that

we have recently

received some great titles in

our MMM Children's

Library about multiples. We

have stories about triplets, siblings with twins, identical and

fraternal twins, fiction and non-fiction, potty training,

ABC's, nursery rhymes and books on CD! There are also a

variety of reading levels for babies through

elementary age.

At the last meeting, I gave a presentation on the importance of reading at home with

our kids, and some fun things we can do with books and writing. In a nutshell, I highlighted

some benefits of reading to our young ones, including heightening language awareness,

increasing vocabulary, expanding children's horizons by reading about different places,

animals and people, and sharing some bonding time with our family. We should also practice

asking our children questions about their favorite parts of the story and favorite

characters. This aids in comprehension skills down the road! When our kids are small, we

can engage them in reading by using touch-and-feel books, board books, rhyme books and

flip books. Songs and rhyming help our children recognize word patterns, and allow them to

join in the reading fun even when they can't yet read the words.

I will bring all our new books to each meeting. If you would like to borrow a book or two,

we lend them out on a monthly basis. Come and check out a book! There are some stories,

tips and games for reading at home on these websites: www.ed.gov., www.scholastic.com.

and www.pbskids.org. Happy reading!

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BIG SISTERS

Contact: Megan Leonardis We offer a "Big Sister" to paid MMM members that are pregnant and/or are new moms of multiples during the first 3 months after giving birth. We pair you up with a member that has multiples like you have (or will have). The idea is for the big sister to check in with her little sister often— to offer support, advice, help, etc. as needed. Then she reports to the group at each meeting on how her "little sister" is doing. The little sister can also contact her big sister as needed. Please contact Megan to get hooked up with a "big sister" today! If your multiples are over a year old and are interested in becoming a “big sister” contact Megan today!

CHILDREN’S LIBRARIAN

Contact: Susan Hayes

We are now collecting books for our children’s lending library. We are looking for books that are gently used or new, and pertain to useful or enriching topics like potty training, multiples, multiculturalism, special needs or growing families, to name a few!

CLOTHING & EQUIPMENT SALE, FALL ‘09

Contact: Kelly Carter, Mary Wood, Jen Harte & Cyndi Rizzo This year’s fall sale will be Friday, November 6th (setup and members’ only sale) and open to the public on Saturday, November 7th from 8:30am-12pm at the Empire Room (NYS Fair Grounds).

COOKBOOK FUNDRAISER

Contact: Mary Wood, Heather Hayes, Leslie Petty,

Christine Coomes, Lori McIntyre & Donna Refici As a club fundraiser we have published a cookbook with our own 150 recipes. We ask that each member sell or buy 2; they make great gifts. For more ordering information please go to www.multiplemomsmingle.com/cookbook.html

HISTORIAN

Contact: Leslie Petty Leslie is gathering photos for the clubs scrapbook. If you have a photo to share, please give it to Leslie. Any "old" club photos or group photos would be great.

LIBRARIAN

Contact: Amanda Fosberg Please contact Amanda if you are interested in donating or checking out any books, videos or magazines from our library. We have many things to choose from that may be helpful to you.

MEMBERSHIP/DIRECTORY

Contact: Mary Wood If you are a new member, please download and complete a registration form under the files section of the member’s only Yahoo groups site or under membership on our website multiplemomsmingle.com. You can send Mary a photo of your kids or family if you'd like one included in the MMM directory that gets updated every other month.

PLAYGROUPS

Contact: Krista Selig Playgroups are being formed throughout the year. Please contact Krista if you'd like to schedule a play date at your home or even a park.

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Check this out!!! Check this out!!! Check this out!!! Check this out!!!

Have you gone apple picking and you just don’t know

what to do with all those apples because each of your

children HAD to have their own bag of course???!!!

Why not try out this out this recipe to use up at least

some of those apples. You can find this and many

other great apple recipes in our groups own cookbook

Mixing It Up with Multiple Moms Mingle of Central New York.

Get your copy (or copies) today...only $10. They make great gifts too!!

Apple Cake with Caramel Glaze

Cake:

1/4 c. 20/80 cinnamon and sugar mixture 1c. Vegetable oil

4 apples, chopped small 2 c. all purpose flour

3 eggs 2 c. sugar

/2 rsp. Baking soda 1 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a Bundt or tube pan and coat with cinnamon/sugar

mixture. Mix apples, eggs, and oil with an electric mixer. Add flour, sugar, baking

soda and cinnamon; mix well. Pour into pan and bake about 1 hour or until a tooth-

pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow cake to rest in pan for at least 10

minutes: invert onto a cake plate and now onto the glazeP.

Glaze:

2 tbsp. butter 2 tbsp. milk

1/2 c. light brown sugar

To prepare glaze, combine butter, brown sugar, and milk in a medium sauce pan.

Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute. Spoon over cake. Allow to cool before serv-

ing. Other suggestions: Serve with a dollop of whipped cream or scoop of vanilla

ice cream. Nut lovers can add 1 c. or chopped walnuts or pecans to the cake batter.

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PUBLICITY

Contact: Cyndi Rizzo & Sharon Bush We have ads for our meetings in the Pennysaver and Family Times. Special events are advertised too.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

Contact: Kelly Carter

April 2010 convention will be held in Owego , NY. April 2011 may be in Syracuse, hosted by Parents of Multiples.

Help Wanted: ● Big Sisters ● Adult Holiday Party 2010 ● Summer Family Picnic 2010 Consider your own talents and interests, as well as how much time you will be able to invest. If your children are over 1 year of age, we ask you to join a committee and help support our organization. Please email Christine Coomes to volunteer.

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Multiple Moms To Be…... Ola El-Zammar, Expecting Triplets, Sept '09

Andrea McCarthy, Expecting Twins, Nov '09

Noelle Burdick, Expecting Twins, Dec '09

Emily Smith, Expecting Twins, Dec '09

Rebecca Chase, Expecting Twins, Jan '10

Kimberly Reed, Expecting Twins, Feb '10

• Andrea McCarthy

• Emily Smith

• Laura Belfield

• Noelle Burdick

• Rebecca Chase

• Kimberly Reed

• YOUR NAME HERE!

Welcome NEW moms to

Multiple Moms Mingle!

92 Members & Growing!

KIDS— SEPTEMBER

2nd Claire Sheen's 13th Birthday

8th Andrew & Amanda Bush's 6th Birthday

10th Nicholas, Nathaniel & Noah Houghton's 1st Birthday Alyssa Harrington-Nicita's 8th Birthday

13th Matthew & Maura Leonardis' 3rd Birthday Tyler Zeman's 3rd Birthday

14th Andrew, Katelyn & Kirsten LaVancha's 2nd Birthday Victor & Maddox Rizzo's 3rd Birthday

17th Mathew St John's 6th Birthday

18th Kathryn & Leo McKellar's 1st Birthday

19th Sara, Cate & Jack Johnson's 2nd Birthday

22nd Hailey & Anna Gurley's 1st Birthday Liam White's 3rd Birthday

26th Clare Chase's 2nd Birthday

27th Jayden Greco's 7th Birthday

OCTOBER

1st Eithan Arnold's 4th Birthday

2nd Alexander & Zachary Harrington-Nicita's 2nd Bday

5th Brandon & Valerie Vona's 6th Birthday

8th Ethan & Emma Seastead's 1st Birthday

10th Louie Petrocci's 4th Birthday

11th Marcus Callaghan-Kirkland's 15th Birthday

22nd Eddie & Grace Cahill's 1st Birthday Joshua Bennett's 17th Birthday

23rd Kendra Stock's 2nd Birthday

26th Nathan Abernethy's 3rd Birthday

27th Emily & Kate Wood's 4th Birthday

29th Lucas Cerimeli's 2nd Birthday

MOMS— SEPTMEBER

3rd Monica Visconte's Birthday Laura Lautz's Birthday 5th Perrin Kaftan's Birthday 7th Kelly Rich's Birthday 15th Danielle Cerimeli's Birthday Gina Pauline's Birthday Jill Greco's Birthday 19th Kimberly Reed's Birthday 20th Lori McIntyre's Birthday 29th Penny Meskos' Birthday 30th Shanna McCarty's Birthday

OCTOBER

3rd Heather Hayes's Birthday

13th Colleen Callaghan-Kirkland's Birthday

15th Susan Hayes' Birthday

20th Vickie McCullough's Birthday

27th Caitlin Graff's Birthday

30th Mary Wood's Birthday

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Veteran’s Memorial Park at Gillie Lake | Camillus, NY

Beak and Skiff Apple FarmsBeak and Skiff Apple FarmsBeak and Skiff Apple FarmsBeak and Skiff Apple Farms

www.beakandskiff.com/

4472 Cherry Valley Tpk

Lafayette NY 13084

315-677-5105

Abbott FarmsAbbott FarmsAbbott FarmsAbbott Farms

www.abbottfarms.com

3275 Cold Springs Road

Baldwinsville, NY 13027

315-638-7783

Cayuga Pumpkin BarnCayuga Pumpkin BarnCayuga Pumpkin BarnCayuga Pumpkin Barn

State Rt. 326

Cayuga NY 13034

607-316-3249

Tim’s Pumpkin PatchTim’s Pumpkin PatchTim’s Pumpkin PatchTim’s Pumpkin Patch

www.timspumpkinpatch.com

2701 Rose Hill Road

Marietta NY 13110

315-673-9209

Critz FarmsCritz FarmsCritz FarmsCritz Farms

www.critzfarms.com

3232 Rippleton Road

Cazenovia NY 13035

800-442-3225

Behling OrchardsBehling OrchardsBehling OrchardsBehling Orchards

www.behlingorchards.com

114 Potter Road

Mexico NY 13114

315-963-7068

The Pumkin PatchThe Pumkin PatchThe Pumkin PatchThe Pumkin Patch

www.ciceropumkinpatch.com

7169 Island Road

Cicero NY 13039

315-699-2200

Pumpkin HollowPumpkin HollowPumpkin HollowPumpkin Hollow

www.thehollow.com

3735 W. Seneca Turnpike

Syracuse NY 13215

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Multitudes, Multiple Moms Mingle newsletter, happily accepts suggestions, tips, articles and information for publication from members... although we do hold editorial rights. ;) We did our best to get all of the information correct and up-to-date. If you notice something that is incorrect or was left out, please let us know.

A special thank you to Dr. Robert Kiltz, CNYFC, for his kindness and generosity with the printing of the Multitudes newsletter.

Please submit information and materials to Leslie Petty or Penny Meskos by the 10th of the month prior to publication.

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