As hard as it is to believe, we are headed back to school soon here in Georgia. Mother and I have been talking about doing “team tassels” since this time last year and finally pulled it off!! I had her make the first two with Whit’s school colors to give his teacher and with Tech… Read More
We traded our usual last day of school snack for a celebratory breakfast this year!! Since we have a fifth grader in the house, I let him invite a few friends to join us. Whit also invited a friend as well. So, on the last day of school at 6:30AM, I had six hungry boys… Read More
After John finished his Walk of Honor at school, I rushed home to get ready for our own Walk of Fame and bus stop celebration! We’ve got a whole gaggle of kids, and moms and dads alike came armed with water guns, water balloons, silly string, bubbles, popsicles and candy. A full on battle ensued and… Read More
Well, it’s a wrap on second grade for the little one! He celebrated in a few fun ways the last couple of weeks of school… Writer’s Cafe We transformed the classroom into a beatnik style cafe and each of the students took the stage to read a piece of their own writing. Everyone wore black… Read More
I feel like we celebrated the end of 5th grade and elementary school for weeks, but every single bit of it was fun and sentimental and memorable! Field Day I was scheduled to work on John’s last field day but, given my news yesterday, I ended up taking the day to work at home so… Read More
Ever since John was in Kindergarten we’ve had a lunch box m&m countdown on the number of days left till summer. I use a snack sized zip top bag and a sharpie to write on it. I do ask them to keep the bag in the lunch box so that I can just refill it… Read More
It’s May and around here that means we are staring down the start of summer!!! With a fifth grader in the house, it seems like we have something fun every day from here on out. This is such a fun and special time of the year – I mean these kids have been together for… Read More