What is it worth to you?

This is a card I did earlier this week to give to one of the preschool teachers that does the Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure.  To be honest, I wish I could have donated more, but I did what I could at the time.

And that got me to thinking (…I know, you’re all in trouble when that happens!), what if I made a few sets of these cards and put the profits into making a bigger donation…?

I will be selling them in sets of 5 for $12.50. (That covers my cost of materials plus shipping, and then we get to donate $10.00 for every set sold.)

So if you, or anybody you know would like to support breast cancer research by purchasing a set (or a few sets!) please email me to order.

curtis.chrissy@yahoo.com

Enjoy!

…homework…?

My kid loves to bake a cake for homework! Here is her science homework, it is an island that corresponds to a topographical map she had to create as well.  Not only did she get a good grade, but there wasn’t any left…they loved it!

Love

C

Halloween 2011

Being on an extreme budget this year actually was a good thing this year!  We got the chance to ‘recycle’ 2 costumes from 2 years ago, Cooper wanted to be Princess Jasmine (thank you Jilly!) and by default that made Wyatt the monkey Abu.  Jilly wanted to be a pink butterfly, but for the love of all that is good and holy I could not find pink wings anywhere! Purple-heck yeah, blue-sure enough boss, even a ton of yellow/orange…but no pink!

Thankfully, Granma saved Halloween (for Jilly anyway!) when she spotted a pink snow princess costume! *SCORE!* The teenager wanted to go, mostly to get free candy *smh* and decided to ditch the rest of us and go with friends.  So the 5 of us set out to conquer the Circle…in the 46 degree weather! (Did I forget to mention that it snowed the day before! Not enough to play in, but just enough to make a mess!)

Wyatt was not amused in the least, so he and Jeff bailed early, while the girls and I finished up the rest of the Circle with our next door neighbor Katie.

Not sure if it was the weather, or what, but we did not have nearly as many kids trick-or-treating this year.  Oh well, more for us!

Jilly was a bit disappointed that she did not get to dress up for school this year, but Cooper was over the moon!  She loved the parade around the school…girl loves her school, and her teachers!

Love

C

Whoooo is having a birthday?

Courtney almost did not celebrate her birthday this year.  I had been hounding her since the beginning of school to let me know what she wanted to do (party, movies, big, small….) and it came down to the wire.  I had been talking to my mom earlier on the day Courtney finally said anything, and I told my mom “She has until the end of today, otherwise she gets nothing…no cake, no presents, not even going to say Happy Birthday to her!”  (Yes I know, I was being a bit extreme, but there is little in this world that bothers me more than someone else's lack of planning and forethought coming back to bite ME in the ass!)  So she finally said, just a cake-no big deal.

Well, I wanted to make a little deal out of it…so I made her some cupcakes that look like her second favorite animal, owls.

  

Cooper said they were turkeys…I failed.

But at least I tried to do something special…not like I went to Wegman’s and bought an entire sheet cake and had a picture of a unicorn put on it like her bgf Al did. (Double fail for me, I got upstaged by a store bought cake?!?)

Oh well, good thing I got her an i-pod touch.  At least I got to be cool for a little bit that night.

 

Love

C

so.not.ready!

During the very first week of high school, Courtney was asked to go to the Homecoming dance.  It was hard enough to send her off to high school, but then for THIS?!?

Since she is not much of a girly-girl, she wanted Granma to make her dress so that it would be long yet short enough, and ‘show’ too much.  This is what she looked like.

 

…and this is what she looked like when she realized ‘yep, my mom is that mom’…

Still not sure why it was shocking to her that instead of just dropping her off at dinner with her friends, that I dropped her at the door, parked the car, strolled right up in there and got a few pictures…does she know me at all?!?

Love

C

Look who’s 2!

Wyatt had a typical 2 year olds birthday-that is to say, very low key.  Boyfriend loves to watch Blue’s Clues (sings and dances and everything!) so I hedged my bets when it came to cake.  I went with the ‘traditional’ Blue’s paw print out of cup cakes.

 

 

I think this makes me 4 for 4 when it comes to Blue’s Clues birthdays!

Love

C

Such a bad blogger!

Between the kids, businesses, PTA, the house, and trying to save relationships, I have had very little time to put thoughts/pictures together. 

Since it’s New Year’s Eve and I’m alone till Jeff is done work, I am going to try to get caught up since I last posted in September.

So long as I don’t get sucked into picture sorting/scrapbook planning, I should be able to bang out a few updates tonight.

Wish me luck…I’m going to need it!

 

Love

C

Welcome Class of 2015

It really is difficult to swallow that Courtney is a Freshman this year!  I fear that if I blink I’m going to miss her graduate!

This year when we took her for her ‘Back to school hair cut’ we opted for a straightening treatment.  (Think a relaxer, usually used on ethnic hair types.)  I have NEVER seen her so eager to take a picture before!  She loves how easy it is now deal with, and how much confidence it has given her.

For awhile now, Courtney has been stopping by Chrissy’s house to pick her up for the bus stop.  Chrissy decided to change things up a bit, at least for the first day!

I am not sure whose idea it was, but Courtney seems to be showing some interest in the Drama Club at school (insert mommy’s happy dance here!) with the stipulation that she never has to be seen on stage.  I just may have a future techie on my hands!

Thankfully most anybody reading this will already be sitting, but so I can say I warned you…make sure you are sitting down.  Courtney.likes.geometry!  I know what you’re thinking, “There is no way she likes a math class!” but thanks to being very adept at visual learning, she has discovered how easy geometry is! (I told her for the last 3 years her day would come, and now it has.)

Courtney is growing into such a caring and empathetic young adult…sure we have our ‘teenager’ moments, but I thank the universe for not making her exactly like me at that age!  I like that we are so similar, it helps us communicate (most times) and I would not change a thing!

 

Love

First day of Kindergarten 2011

Jilly is growing into such a lovely young lady.  All the parents at the bus stop love how bubbly and happy she is, even though she has to be at the bus stop at 7:20.

But what they know or have the ‘joy’ of experiencing is the holy terror that she can be very first thing in the morning.  Jilly is not a morning person by any stretch of the imagination, and for the first 5-10 as long as you don’t speak to her, she seems willing to let you live.  Keep in mind this only applies to mornings she has to be woken up, if she gets up on her own she is content. 

 

So far, Jilly loves school, her teacher, the other kids…all of it.  She reminds me of another little girl I know…..

Cooper's 3rd Birthday (slideshow edition)

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