Atlanta - Here We Come!

Well, I just got back on Sunday from a wonderful trip to Atlanta. And, I made it back in one piece! Woo-hoo!

A very dear friend from my bible study group just moved there and was celebrating a very important birthday number (I won't say which one). So, her husband decided to surprise her and flew our bible study group, a couple of friends and her aunt and uncle out to see her. It was quite a trip. She had no idea we were all coming! It was an awesome weekend. He had us all picked up from the airport in a Hummer limo and it then took us to her house which was about 30 - 40 minutes away from the airport. Meanwhile, she was away at a football game for her son. We spent some time at her house until the football game was done and then, when the "coded call" came, we hid in the hearth room and waited for her to walk in. Needless to say, she was absolutely shocked to see 12 people from Kansas sitting and standing in her hearth room. It was a GREAT weekend! The 2 days we were there went very fast, but it was fun getting to see her again. Almost surreal.

Then, I come back to reality and send my kiddos to school on Monday. Just back into our normal routine, right? Well, sort of. I was out running all day - doctor appt, lunch with hubby, picking up some things for church, etc. and so I never made it back home after my doctor's appt. Then, I went to pick up my kids from school. As they are crossing the street to meet me, my daughter tells me that she had a red day. They use a color-card system for behavior. What!?! Usually the teacher calls you when the card goes to red. This is obviously the worst card you can get. When I asked her what happened, she said she couldn't remember. So, we marched right back across the street to chat with her teacher about what happened. She had tried to call me at home, but not my cell. No biggie about the call, but I couldn't believe that Bekkah got a red card and that she got it so soon after the first day of school. I found out that she had kicked and thrown sand at a little boy at recess time. I was NOT A HAPPY MOMMA!

I don't think that she will be treating her classmates that way again. We had a very long discussion about how we should treat our friends and I even pulled out some bible verses to share with her about how Jesus says we should treat others. At that point, I had flashbacks to discussions with my parents. Whoa! When did I become them? Oh, well. I guess I was trained that way for a reason, right? She is grounded from tv (at 4!) and had to write apology letters to the boy and the teacher (she wouldn't talk to the teacher when she got in trouble). I think that her most devastating point was this - I told here that if anything happened like this again this week, she was not going to have a birthday party with anyone! Wow! You would have thought that I had shot her and left her for dead. Needless to say, we had a green day yesterday. Welcome to my crazy life!

I hope that you all have a great week! I will hopefully post again soon!

Teacher Goodies!

I am always crafting, but I always forget to take pictures of the things I make. Probably because I am usually doing them up until the last minute! Then I don't have time to take a picture!

These are what I made for the kid's teachers on the first day of school. My son gave his teacher the candy sundae (super easy to make) and my daughter gave her teacher the bag of goodies (my son had her for Kindergarten, so she already got the candy sundae). The pattern for the bag was taken from Angie Kennedy Juda's website Chic n' Scratch. http://www.chicnscratch.typepad.com/

Thanks for the awesome tutorial, Angie! If you love papercrafts, you should check out this website. It is one of my favorites!

In the bag: A small notebook to write down those crazy things that her kindergarteners will say this year, covered mini candy bars, and the circles are peppermint patties that are covered with scallop punches on both sides.

Thanks for looking!

Back to School

Well, school has officially started! The kids started class last week, but Bekkah only got to go on Thursday. The kindergarten classes at her school have half the kids come on one day, and the other half the next day. She was VERY dissappointed that she couldn't go on Friday. She popped right out of bed and got dressed quickly. I wondered why. When I said it was time to go, she grabbed her backpack. I told her again that she couldn't go today and she cried. Poor thing.

It has been a blast this year getting to see their excitement. Last Wednesday (the day before school started), we were talking at bed-time about what would happen the next day. I asked them if they were excited. Noah was excited and nervous at the same time. He was part of the forced-busing program last year and would be returning to this school. Bekkah was very excited! In fact, she stated the she had "been waiting her whole life to go to kindergarten!" What a hoot!

It's been a little strange here at home, but kinda nice. I am entering my "turbo busy" season. There are so many things to plan for church! An Awana kick-off in the county park, Awana, our Festival (which is a HUGE carnival-like day at our church for the community, complete with pony rides and petting zoo), and just very busy things with my job as the Preschool director at our church-even though it's just Sundays, I have a lot to do.

I hope your days will not be as hectic as mine. I am just so thankful for the good Lord, a great co-worker and the awesome small group that I am in. I couldn't keep my tiny bit of sanity without them!

Ahhhh...Relaxed!

Ok. I told you that I am not really great at this whole journaling thing. So...sad to say, it has been almost a whole month since my last entry. We just got back from vacation and had such a blast! It was a very needed break from reality and it was really nice to be able to just be with our little family - no interruptions. As soon as I figure out how to put pictures up here, I will post a couple from vacation.

However, all good things must come to an end, right? Now that vacation is over, it's back to the craziness I call my life. Waaahhhh!!! Vacation was so nice.

School is starting this Thursday. I am going to be all by myself starting next week from 9 am - 4 pm. The first time in 7 years! Geez! I don't know how I will handle it, but one thing is for sure. I will keep busy. Between my job at the church and other obligations, I really am not much of a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom). I never have been really good at the "stay-at-home" part anyway.

Well, that's all for now. Hope to learn about posting those pictures soon so I can share!