Saturday
Sunday
Mother's Day "Breakfast in Bed"
Last year,
the kiddos in my K-1 Sunday School class
gave their mothers some
on Mother's Day.
I wanted the kiddos to have more
involvement in the making of
this year's present.
So, while scanning Pinterest for new ideas,
I came across
"Mother's Day Gift Ideas:
If You Give a Mom a Muffin"
pack.
In it was the idea for...
...Breakfast in Bed in a Bag!
I LOVED this idea,
so I ordered the pack.
We filled the bags with napkins,
breakfast bars, and tea bags,
attached the poem,
and decorated the bag
to look like their mothers in bed.
I love how individualized
the mothers are...
I even think Little Wild Man's portrait of me
was pretty accurate,
don't ya think? :0)
Happy Mother's Day!!!
Friday
May 2nd-8th
Highlights from this week include:
*Preschoolers finishing up our Bird unit,
which included a special
Bird Food Snack
(I will be posting about that later this week...)
*Enjoyed yard saleing,
in the rain,
at three different locations,
including our neighborhood
*Made gifties for some special people
(You can read about them by clicking
*Sent off our children's ministry intern and his wife
with a Cinco de Mayo party
during church
*Both Baby Girl and I starting feeling cruddy
Sunday,
so I called off watching my extra kiddos
and we went to the doc.
Verdict?
Wonder Mom=Sinus Infection
Baby Girl= Tonsillitis
Can you say antibiotics?
*Did NO school the rest of the week,
due to our illnesses and the girls'
extra dance practices
*Danced, danced, and danced some more
in preparation for the girls'
"Evening of Dance" performances
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To read of photo play by play
of the above collage,
just click HERE...
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Linking up
with
April 24th-May 1st
Highlights from this week include:
*Playing with nail sticker strips to create a
"Pretty in Pink" look
*Waited for Super Dad to come home from
his business trip to Seattle, Washington
He even brought us back goodies,
including:
-Mini Space Needles for the girls
-A bearded Seattle Mariners stocking cap for the boy
-A mug from the original Starbucks for me
(and I SWEAR coffee tastes BETTER in that mug!)
* Celebrated Jungle Girl's birthday
(Read all about that busy fun day HERE)
*Did a lot of schoolin' outside-
including a Science lesson
involving
"How Plants Eat"
(I will post more about that
pretty soon on Science Sunday...)
*Began a bird unit
with the pre-K crowd
I am so glad we are studying birds with the littles
this year because
we have discovered
TWO different bird nest-
one of which in IN our garage!
(We have a broken pain of glass
in our garage door,
in case you were wondering how the
Mama came to roost in there...)
It is has been so much fun
to check on the nests every other day,
and watch the babies grow,
and listen to the Mama birds chirp madly
at us while we do so... :0)
(I will post all about our birdie activities
next week on the blog...)
*Celebrated May Day
by crafting up some little baskets
for the neighbors
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To read a photo play by play of the above collage,
just click HERE...
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Linking up
with
Wednesday
Thumbprint Tree
Our Children's Ministry recently had to say
goodbye to an
AWESOME
intern and his lovely wife.
It is not surprise to us...
...that this crazy guy got a job
as a youth minister in Florida.
We are SO HAPPY for them-
but we are gonna miss them.
To send them off in style,
we threw them a little
Cinco de Mayo Farewell Party
in Children's Church this past Sunday.
We also wanted them to have
something to remember us by,
but that would also continue to inspire them
in their ministry.
Enter...
...the Thumbprint Tree.
I got a canvas at JoAnn's
and using a brown paint pen,
I created a funky tree outline.
After adding a few paper leaves,
all of...
...these precious kiddos
used different shades of green ink
to place...
...their thumbprints all over the tree
for leaves!
I also wrote the kiddos' names
next to their leaves...
...so Mr. Isaak and Miss Sarah
will always remember the kiddos
who helped start their ministry.
We also pray that God will continue to
"grow" their ministry
as they continue to serve him.
We love you guys!!!
Graduate, You Nailed It!
I recently put together
a simple graduation present
for an awesome girl
who just finished her college degree.
I thought I would share it
in case anyone else out there needs a gift idea
for a special graduate girl in their life...
The theme for the bucket was
"Graduate, You Nailed It!"
For the "filling" I used...
...cotton balls,
which can be used during a mani/pedi,
with a bit of ribbon for color.
I filled the basket with...
...nail polish remover, nail polish...
...a Target gift card...
...and a little nail care kit with
foot shaped clippers
(all from the Target Dollar Spot).
I tied a cute little nail file to the kit
(also Target Dollar Spot)
along with a note...
...and this graduate was ready to get her giftie!
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Linking up
with
Tuesday
Intagram Birthday Recap
Friday, April 26th, 2013
(Man, I am LATE posting about this special day,
but if you follow me on Instagram,
you will have already seen most of the following images...)
This year,
we have decided to forego any big friend birthday parties
for the kiddos and just focus on their special day with the family.
Jungle Girl turned 11 on April 26th,
and we began the celebration
with little buckets filled with party supplies
for all our little...
..."party animals."
After opening up the party kits,
we packed up the van and headed to...
...Krispie Kreme for a doughnut breakfast.
After getting hyped up on sugar,
we headed to over to our local park...
...to feed the ducks...
...and play on the playground.
In fact,
Pretty Princess Pants had so much fun...
...she was plum tuckered out!
After the Puppy Prince and Pretty Princess Pants
went home,
my kiddos and I headed over to my parents' house for...
...birthday cake!
My mom made the cake
(Texas Chocolate- Jungle Girl's fav)
AND
a clay Toothless dragon
for the cake topper.
Marmee LOVES to spoil her grandkiddos... :0)
After dance practice,
we went back home and spent the evening...
...eating MORE sugar
(a cookie cake)
with neighborhood friends,
and even had an impromptu sleepover
(a total of 7 kiddos, to be exact).
Overall,
I think this day turned out pretty nicely...
...for my dragon-lovin',
craft-a-holic
Jungle Girl!
I hope and pray your 11th year of life
ROCKS, sweet girl!!!
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