Wednesday, March 22, 2023

A matter of taste

One thing I noticed about our family texts this week...it is all about food!
A favorite supper for Ted and I....salmon.
A treat for Ted and his co-worker from Belgium...cookies.
My love language lately...DD Charlie cold foam.
Ted's work dinner...Black Rock.
Alisa's cooking while down in TN with Ashlynn and Teddy...multiple shared recipes and treats.
A spring break breakfast brunch...yum!
A shared pot of soup...tortellini...Delicious!
Alisa's homemade bagels.
Ted's work dinner.


 

Sunday, March 19, 2023

A new activity for my little friends

Winter slapped back at us in Michigan on Friday and Saturday....so Ted suggested we take this little project to his place of employment because there was space to work and it would be warmer than our garage!  He worked on a project in the office and I worked on this new activity for my class using some scrap panels.  A hinged triangle of plastic panels...one side is a peg board that we will use golf tees to make pictures.  If you give a girl a drill...she will have to take ibuprofen that night.  I lost count of all the holes.
I drilled and drilled...and my hand cramped and I finally had to stop...the holes started getting wonky.  We dropped it off at my classroom but didn't have a screwdriver...so we threw one in my purse to finish after church this morning.  We added the last two hinges once we got it into my room for ease of transporting...and I didn't want him to cut it skinnier.
I am working on ideas for the other two panels.
How fun is this?!  I love finding things to help my little friends learn and create.
Looks like I have some smudges to clean off.  Dry erase markers are one of the ideas!
This man...he has made so many of my ideas come to reality these last 20 plus years by funding them or making them!  Love you, my tool guy!
He cheers me on in my endeavors.  I cheered him on as he attempted to get off the little chair!
 

Friday, March 17, 2023

Made it through...it is now spring break 2023!

Look close...the first robin of the spring on Saturday.  Then on Sunday...a whole huge flock of robins in the front yard.  Poor little birdies are cold because winter keeps sending cold breezes and snowflakes.
How do you deal with time change?  Extra cuddles on the bed and naps!
All the fun with the plastic beads from Mr. Ted!
Lots of fun learning...
Afternoon of subbing upstairs...
fueled by a Charlie Cold Foam from DD.
Baking for the re-scheduled Muffins with Mom day.  Taste testing for quality check!

A sweet morning with Moms...
a song, a verse, and a poem.
A special secret reader...a former K5 friend who is now in second grade and who can read the tongue twisting stories by Dr. Seuss with ease!
A new investment for us...a generator.
A treat from mommy...
Contemplating the day over our favorite Mexican food.  We got keys handed over to a new tenant.
Celebrating a job well done...MMMM.
We have had fun with our secret readers this month!  We still have a few after spring break!
A fun treat for St. Patrick's Day...except the green food coloring wasn't dark enough and these Rice Krispie treats were more of a yellowy-green.
Wearing my new spring-colored rainbow sweater from Ashlynn with my duckie earrings.
Fun with my little friends and the elusive leprechaun!
We started this wonderful book today.  I love sharing books with my class and I love how much they love our story times!
And this is tired me...hair up, glasses on, covered in dogs, and feet up...spring break is here!

 

Friday, March 10, 2023

What is so special about this week?

The girls...two fuzzy friends keeping the crocheter company.
My new shirt from Ted!  
My teacher/parent friend came in for Secret Reader this week and I just love listening to her and watching what she does.  So did my class!
I may regret this day.  I may not.  We will see!
How much can you laugh through a supper meal?  Well...sometimes...we do an awful lot of laughing when Ted is giving his version of the story.  Long story short...I had supper ready for when he got home.  I had told him I was making meatballs.  He got home a little later, and then sat out in the truck for a long while on a phone call.  Alisa and I finally went ahead with supper.  He walked in the door and I told him there was pasta and meatballs on the stove.  He eventually brought his bowl to the table.  He had been confused by the kitchen but did not say a word.  I was confused.
Meatballs in the crockpot still hot.  Pasta in the yellow pan (spoon next to it).  Empty cookie sheet that held cheesy bread (seen on tray in picture).  Confusing piece...the cast iron pan with the leftover biscuits from the night before sitting on the stove (with no serving utensil).  "Since when in forever have I served meatballs and biscuits?  I told you what was waiting for you as you walked in...wait, why didn't you say anything?"  Alisa laughed and laughed.  I was gagging at the thought.  And then Ted started with the martyr talk.  "How was I supposed to know?  I work hard all day and then I have to fix my own plate..."
Perfect lead in to the following day...Wacky Wednesday!  Sometimes...life is full of crazy moments and all you can do is laugh!  And add in spring weather...oh, and a full moon and lots of sickness again.  My sanity fighter...time with Alisa after school for lunch and a Buff City run for our favorite laundry soap.  "Hey, it is wacky day...so I need to come home and fix my outfit somehow!"  Ha
More laughs with my girl at Panda Express.
Thursday day...new sensory bin filler from Ted with some space theme objects.  My little friends love this!  They are doing a great job reading and thinking about numbers.  It is so fun to do different activities with them and challenge their abilities.  Today...how to show a number...they had to use counters and figure out how to write the addition fact.  It was interactive and fun!
I got home from school and a store run...right after Ashlynn pulled in the driveway!  What fun to see her this weekend!  She brought me hair products and her scissors to give me a trim.
We had lunch and then she relaxed!  She left TN at 4:45am.  God gave her a smooth trip and I am grateful for answered prayer for that.

More laughter when Alisa got home.
Now...a return to winter in the middle of finding spring!  Poor little birds that have been singing this week may lose their voices.
We got another snow day!  And they called it last night...so...it was nice to sleep in a little.
And there is my boy...sharing another work story.  
And I am savoring all the special things of this week...even the snow again...
with a side of fresh flowers.  It is the simple things of life that make each day special...covered by prayer and accentuated with laughter.