We’ve been doing our “days to summer” candy countdown the past couple of weeks and are down to just a few measly pieces! Every year towards the end of the school year I start packing a snack bag with one piece of candy for every day left in the school year. Since John is buying… Read More
I was so excited to be Mystery Reader in Whit’s class today. And, while he was excited to see me, he was thrilled that his Daddy came too!! The smile on his face was priceless. I picked three of his favorite reads, plus an old favorite (The Night Before Summer Vacation) to read to the… Read More
Summer will be here before we know it and the end of school year frenzy is already on us here in Georgia! Mother and I have reopened the Dixie Delights Shop with summer gift tags, camp note cards and our usual stationery, pens, notebooks, and jewelry. Welcome to Summer Friend Treats Throughout elementary school my boys… Read More
For today’s installment of the Best of the Blog, I am sharing my top posts around parties and celebrations! Rootin’ Tootin’ Cowboy Party We rounded up ten little cowpoke friends and put them though an afternoon of cowboy training. They had a rootin tootin grand ole time earning badges as they completed each phase of… Read More
We just celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week at the elementary school. We adore Whit’s teach this year and could not be more thankful that his third grade experience is light years beyond the way John started the grade three years back. But, I digress… one of the activities during Teacher Appreciation Week is to have the… Read More
We started full steam ahead Halloween celebrations last Wednesday and made pretty much a complete week of it. Here are the highlights of our Halloween week… Treat: We decorated and then ATE our Halloween gingerbread. Trick: I surprised Whit as Mystery Reader for his class!! His teacher is a huge Disney fan and got a… Read More
John’s social studies teacher started their year with this eye opening and, quite honestly, humbling video. This is the version that she shared, and I think it is so incredibly powerful with the Mad World lyrics. The original version can be found here. The Miniature Earth Project reduces the world’s population to community of 100 people… Read More