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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Back to School ... Weekly Clothes Organized

Since I work from home I have the luxury of clocking out and helping the kids in the morning to get ready for school.  Which is great but I have one who doesn't like to get up and one who wants me to do everything for him.  So getting dressed can be a pain.  I came across a weekly clothing organized on The Gunny Sack.  This was super easy and the boys loved picking out their own clothes and shoes to match of course!  I must say day one went pretty smooth using this!


What you need:

Organizer (I found one at Target for 6 openings)
Card Stock or Printed Fabric & Felt
Printer
Glue Gun
Self Lamination Pockets (business card size) - Optional
Foam - Optional

I hung up on the back of the boys door until we get their closet fixed.  I didn't use the printed fabric and felt like she did since I know how rough my boys are.  I found these really cool self adhesive lamination pockets that I cut the daily labels into.  I made a little ledge from foam to be glued to the organizer.  I'm a glue gun girl and glued it all together :).


Easy Peasy!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Monday, August 26, 2013

Back to School ... Back to School Survival Kit

The boys start school tomorrow and I wanted do something special for our new school and teachers.  Last year I did the supply cakes and even though these teachers haven't seen those that I did, I still wanted to do something new.  I was searching Pinterest and came across a Back to School Survival Kit on Funky Polkadot Giraffe.

This was yet another simple thing to do that I really hopes brings a smile to their day.  I was able to pick all the items up at the dollar store, making each basket under $20.  I hope you give this a try and make sure to say thank you to Kyla for this great idea.



What you need:

Animal Cookies
Band Aids
Chewing Gum
Crayons
Candle
Erasers
Lifesavers
Marbles
Mound Bar
Paperclips
Pencils
Hand Sanitizer
Rubber Band
Penny
Starburst
Tissues
Toothpicks
Coffee

Click the picture to see the fun sayings for each item

I added a little tissue paper to the bottom of each of my baskets to give it a little height plus it helps keeps things stable in the baskets.  I added the items by height and just played around.  When I liked the way it looked I then went to the printer.  She is kind enough to make two pdf's for you to use.  You all know how I feel about great people who make free templates, love them!!  I printed on card stock, I was able to copy and paste the front label into a word sheet so I could print two per page to save paper :).  I used my handy dandy glue gun to glue the label on the front and I slide the fun ingredients list in the back.  


I can't wait to see the teacher's faces tomorrow!  Hope you all have a fab week, thanks so much for stopping by and saying hi.

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Back To School .... Here We Come

We are back in the swing of things and it's flying by already!  Both boys are in school now, I actually handled it better then I thought I would ... lol.  Cole entered the 3rd Grade and is already acting like he is too cool for mom.  Caden entered into Kindergarten and is still my little man!  Both came home from the first day with smiles and talks of how they loved their teachers and class.  I think Cole really is enjoying having a male teacher and bounding great! Here is to a great year!

My friend Amy posted on her facebook page a picture of her daughter doing this and I had to do it with the boys.  Their Signs say First day of ... Name ... Age ... And What they want to be when they grow up.

Cole's wants to be a Scientist

Caden wants to be a Policeman

Hope you have a great week and if you have kids in school they have a great first week!

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Finally a ray of sunshine

I'm sure it won't last long so put on your bathing suit and run out and in join the sun, ok now you know that doesn't include me. Since I've sworn off bathing suits until they come up with one that slims and tucks every part of the body! So on that note here is the ray of sunshine. Since we were on day 5 of no poop in the pants (I'm hanging up my Crown of the Queen of Poop) I sent another email to the school. Since I've left messages and 3 emails and no replies. With in 10 minutes of my email I receive a call from the principal. There goes that sinking feeling like I'm back in grade school, but nope it was good news today! They were able to move another kid into the afternoon PreK and move Cole into the AM! Yipee it may just be that ray I've been praying for. So Rick will drop Cole off for AM PreK and I'll pick him up in the afternoon to go to Grandma Pat's, we'll try this for 1 month to make sure we can do the wiping thing by our self. Who knew one's world could be all about ones child wiping them self, really when I signed up to be a mom no one told me how hard potty training and sending them off on their own would be! So now comes the gut ache of hoping that he will continue the running to the bathroom to go potty and then wiping! A note to all parents don't try to be the "Healthy" mom and pack your child's lunch box with applesauce, 100% fruit rolls (because it's natural), raisins and oh yeah a fruit juice. If you do this you will have a child that has uncontrollable BM's that can cause you and the child to be completely embarrassed and almost asked to leave school. So on a positive note today is our first day back to school, fingers crossed we do well on our own!

As for the other resident in my house, not sure where we are there since it still is a toss up. I got a very nice letter from the coordinator letting us know how much they appreciate us and really are happy we are host parents. They also let us know that we do go above and beyond than any other host parents and have made their job extremely easy by sending weekly updates with pictures. So from their point of view we're GREAT host, but it just doesn't make sense that the report from the child are so different, since the pictures and talks we have are so different. After talking with many other parents with older children I've come to see this is just a way for him to cover up for maybe being scared and also just being a child and pushing the boundaries. Hopefully now that he knows the coordinator and I talk and I know what is being said that we can have a little peace and effort to try to fit in.

So here's the deal with my life one child is going back to school on a trial basis, as long as we stay away from the poop life is good. Again where did my life go, all I talk about is poop? I really need a spa day! I have a child staying with us who is testing the waters and likes to lock himself in his bedroom. Youngest is just hanging in there trying not to get stepped on. The fish are just happy they have fresh water and get feed 2 times a day. A hubby that feels like his mornings are being over run, since now for 1 MONTH he has to take a kid to school. A mom that is looking at all of them, thinking really you all think your world is hard!! You have a live in maid that cooks, cleans, plays taxi, solves problems and fights along with making sure your all clean and have fresh clothes. Yup it's a tough life and I feel for you all, what I can't feel anything since I've worked myself to the bone with 2 jobs and a full time house wife/mom job also! Life is grand and your all lucky I haven't totally lost it and throw you underwear on the front law. Hmmm ... now that is an idea, I bet that would get everyone to realize that they have it good!

Cross your fingers that I have good news about our first day back at school!

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