Happy Memorial Day!




If you’d like to see what I came up with to say “thank you” to some service men and women (navy) last year at Girls’ Camp, look at this post:




If you’d like to see what I came up with to say “thank you” to some service men and women (navy) last year at Girls’ Camp, look at this post:
We aren’t quite done with school yet. (Are we the only ones still finishing up?) So I am still deciding on what my kids will give to their teachers this week as a final “Thank You for putting up with me all year!” gift. Here is a simple thank-you gift that could work for teachers…
Happy Birthday Mr. President… If you are looking for something to do with your kiddos off of school this President’s Day, maybe you could help them make some presidential puppets! My first grader (with ideas from me and lots of help from BSB) made this puppet as part of a book report for school. This…
I know. I’ve been sewing again! What is the world coming to? We have a family reunion over the 4th of July weekend. Each branch of the family is assigned a specific color and our family is blue. We deliberated about whether to go family or patriotic, and decided to do both. The H is…
Happy Veteran’s Day! Today I’m sharing some ideas about how to say thank you to those who sacrifice the most for us. A couple of summers ago, I was asked to come up with a service project for the young women in our church to participate in at their summer girls camp. Our…
I have one more 4th of July project that I really wanted to get finished and blog for you, but I’m afraid, it is time for me to walk away from the computer and get packing for my family reunion! (That project will have to wait until next year, sadly.) But before I do, my…
Another quick teacher appreciation idea. Although, I didn’t use these for teachers at all. I teach Let’s Play Music and we just had our recital for the graduates of the program last week. The Let’s Play Music program requires a lot of parent participation and I wanted to recognize the parents and help the kids tell them…