Teacher Appreciation Week 2013

This year we tried to do fun and inexpensive teacher appreciation gifts. I am really happy with the results. I hope my children's teachers felt appreciated.

On Friday the 8th I hung the teacher posters. I am really excited about how these came out. The kids enjoyed having me take their pictures and making the posters personal. The kids are making "fishy faces" on the steam poster. Also each fish lists what the kids feel their teacher gives to them. The tree is filled with apple kids. Their hands make the leaves and list the ways that their teacher gives to them!

 

Monday they started with Simply OJ stating that they are "simply" the best.

Tuesday brought much needed flower markers, thanking the teacher for helping the class to "bloom."

Wednesday let them know that "O FISH Ally" they are great teachers.

 

Thursday the teachers were told how
"Extra" special they are.

 

 Friday was the bigger gift. I printed out these cute tree templates and had the kids put fingerprints on them for the leaves. Then I wrote all of their names on the branches and framed the entire thing.

Birthday "Season"

For most people "surviving" the holidays means pulling everything together and making it through Christmas or maybe even New Years. For me, well, I don't get to take a deep breath until after Valentines day!!  You see, for our family "Birthday Season" starts Christmas Day and lasts until February 8th. Then (here at our elementary school) the next week is teacher appreciation, Valentines day, and Parent Teacher conferences, I swear they are trying to kill me!! So right now I am able to breath, and blog!!! I am going to start with Roy's birthday first (Christmas Day!) and work my way forward. Hope you enjoy!

The kids were soooo excited to have cake on Christmas. We had a small little family party for our adorable, fun, easygoing one year old! Here are a few pics. to recap...

Say cheese birthday boy!

 His Lion Birthday Cake

 Hmmm... this is yummy!

 He ate ALL of the little lion cake!!

 Opening gifts... He loved his new "taggie" Lion (yes, Lion's are his animal!)

This picture is to show that I finally finished his baby blanket. You know, the one that all of my kids get when they are born... his may have been a year late! That's what happens when you come three weeks early!!(and you have a mom who tends to procrastinate!)  Happy Birthday buddy, we love you!

Happy Valentines Day 2013

We LOVE this day to celebrate LOVE. There are so many people in our lives that we LOVE it is nice to share the LOVE with them.  This year we are doing a count down to Valentines day and each day we pull an activity to do as a family out of a jar. We then complete the task like "heart attack" someone's door, give a treat to someone, watch a romantic movie (we watched "Hotel Transylvania"!), etc... it has been lots of fun.

 These are the pictures we made into a card that we sent out to Grandparents...

The kids also had fun decorating boxes to collect their valentines in , and addressing valentine cards. We weren't creative this year and just bought valentines (honestly it was cheaper to do it this way).  Here are their boxes...

Every one wore Reds or pinks today too.  We ate yummy cherry chocolate crepes for breakfast and I did Valentine hair dos! It was a busy morning!! Even the boys got their hair done, something that I NEVER do! The kids got chocolates and a small gift from Deric and Me. (I made the girls their necklaces and the boys got little trucks.)

 

 Sorry for the long post! Hope you have a great day filled with LOVE!

Spelling Bee

The spelling bee was a hot topic in our house this year. It amazes me that my kids are pretty good spellers (well some of them) because Deric and I are NOT good spellers!

Sarah made it to the school spelling bee. She was very excited and nervous. She did a great job and we are very proud of her.

"Play Pen"

 I have never really used my pack and play as a play pen but the other day we were doing things that we didn't want Roy to get into so into the "play pen" he went. I expected him to be upset with this decision. Instead he played very nicely for a long time. Who would have thought?!  I suppose it helps that big brother wally jumped in and played with him, brought him toys, and over all kept him entertained!

Penguin Day

Nelson started going to preschool in November with a friend. It started as a temporary arrangement and has become a permanent one. He loves to go. The other day was Penguin day. Wally let Nelson borrow his hat. I love the sparkle in his eyes in this picture!

Sam's Play

Sammy's reading group at school did a play for their class. She was "Hannah" the adventures girl who a a thing for style. She did a great job, it was really fun to watch. They happened to preform on PJ day at school so their outfits are a bit um... relaxed!