[crick]

My fellow Blizzardans..... LOL!

Hope y'all are geared up for more snow coming our way. Doesn't look to be as bad though so perhaps it'll be under 12 inches and we'll just get a "dusting"

I'm Crick...dh and I adopted a sibling group of 4 from foster care about 4 years ago. Live in the Parker area and am often in Denver, HR, Littleton, CR etc. My kids are 9,8,7,&6 so we keep busy!

Anyway, just wanted to start this awesome new forum going...looking forward to meeting more people from the local areas.

[Kimberj71]

Ok...so I'm not in Denver either, but my dh works there! I'm further north.

Nope, not as much of the white stuff this time, but waaayyyy colder.

My dh and I have 3 biological children ages 9, 7, 5 and adopted two Guatemalan born children...just turned 3 and nearly 3. We are in Denver visiting family...mostly Westminster/Broomfield pretty often.

I look forward to getting to know more folks out our way!

Kim

[BestLight]

Hello, Crick, Kimberj, and other ice-cubes yet-to-be- named.

I'm in a Denver suburb. We adopted domestically. Our DD is almost 6 and DS is nearly 4.

It would be great to meet on a playground when the weather improves!

Bundle up -- another weekend is coming!

Lori

[hopefully4]

hi, everyone
We are also in a Denver suburb. We have 5 children, three bio and two that we adopted. Our 3 1/2 year old just came home last month. If you have any children between the ages of 0-4, we have a kid within 12 months of that. The park sounds good. Are your kids going nuts with having to be inside?

Katie

[Boulderbabe]

Hi All,

I'm not in Denver, either. I work in Boulder, live in Broomfield. I adopted my son from foster care---he came as a foster baby when he was 21 days old, and I adopted him when he was 26 months old.

I've fostered other kids (about 11 now, if you count respite care). I'm hoping to foster again soon.

[Boulderbabe]

Originally Posted by hopefully4

hi, everyone
WAre your kids going nuts with having to be inside?

More importantly, are WE going nuts with the kids inside?! Seriously, if Aaron doesn't get outside soon, I'm just going to open the door and toss him into a snowbank! :-)

[Kimberj71]

During winter break from school I visited McDonald's playland and the mall play places waaayyy more than I would have liked...but we needed to get out!!! Mostly for my sanity.

It's getting cooooldddd....brrrrr.

Kim

[kretzklan]

Hi all - just found you here! We are in Highlands Ranch and it's VERY cold and just plain yucky. We have three kiddos - DS (10-bio), DS (8 - Russia), DD (7- Russia)...
I've had the incredible pleasure of meeting Crick and her clan and I'd love to meet more of you.
Totally sick of the house even though we try to get out a lot...maybe it will eventually warm up and we can hit a playground somewhere in the middle of all of us...

[crick]

Hi kretz!!!!! Glad you found this!

The snow coming again this weekend really has people freaking out again. lol. I've lived here for 30 some years and cannot remember a time with this much snow week after week! I love snow but this is a bit too much! LOL!

That said, my kids are LOVING the sledding experience!
Does anyone know of a place to go sledding? When I was a kid we'd go up to a place near Evergreen but of course I don't remember where.

We've done our neighborhood etc., but I'm hoping to find one of those true sledding places this weekend. It's just a dusting so not enough snow to stop us from having fun. Any ideas?

[kretzklan]

We've found a couple of great hills here in the Ranch...not sure if that is exciting enough for you...

[crick]

Okay....was it just me who heard several forecasts and listened to the weather people saying that this snow we are having now would be 1-4 inches and would hit the southern part of the state?????

We have a solid 8-10 inches and I'm hearing it hit north too, not just south.

Hmmmm.....snow fight anyone??

[Kimberj71]

I was surprised to wake up to snow yesterday morning! But today has been so warm!! Like in the 30s!

Kim

[enerad]

Hello... I am Darene and I am looking for other adoptive families. We adopted are amazing identical twin girls at birth two years ago. We are transracial family and look like we adopted internationally, but as my husband like to say... they from TEXAS as if it's a foreign country.

Anyway... we left a wonderful adoptive families group in California where we would get together about once a month on Saturdays to play, chat, have coffee. We loved it because all parents were involved. We all adopted differently from domestic to international. We had all types of families, from single parents, to same sex parents. My daughters were exposed to the idea that families come in various forms. We fortunately/unfortunately move to Colorado to provide the girls with extended family(grandparents) and economic( i get to be a stay at home mom), but left this richness of diversity. Does anyone know of any adoptive parent support groups or playgroups. In addition to the play group concept, the moms/dads would get together periodically and talk adoption issues. I.e. birthmom called (several had very open adoptions), children discovering that they don't match parents skin colors, and for me personally the invasion of the public in our personal life. (Having twins, adopted, being a older parent, and my girls just plain attrack people interestdue to their ethnic background being unique.

I would just love to talk to other moms. Now there is no more snow, we are back in public, it seems not a week doesn't go by and I am being questions.

Darene

[crick]

I can just imagine how less diverse it is here for you than Cali!

I personally don't know of any specific play/adopt groups but looking forward to other's replies.

We don't get a lot of invasion off the bat since we are not a transracial family, but we have 4 very close in age and get questions all the time about their hair color, why we had them so close together (LOL!) etc.

Maybe we'll have to start our own group with those of us here!! A once a month coffee chat or something. Any interest from anyone here?

[enerad]

There is always a start. The one in California was developed in a park. Two moms who met, and then broaden out. We currently live in Highlands Ranch and will be moving to Parker in June. ARe you close?