Project 365 ~ Week 7

A picture a day for 365 days...a year's worth of fun!

Sunday ~ 43/365
Sunday February 12, 2012

Sunday after church we headed over to my parents' house. My sister and niece were there too which made for a fun few hours. My dad is doing very well post-op and getting around as best as can be expected. He is going to PT 3 times a week and does daily exercises with my mom 3-4 times daily. He will be having his other knee fully replaced this summer.

Monday~44/365
Monday February 13, 2012

I spent most of Monday evening in the kitchen finishing up on the final touches on Valentine's Day gifts for teachers and office staff. Since we are not ones to celebrate this holiday, not because our lack of love, but because our lack of mulah, I baked cake pops, cake balls and cookies & creme cupcakes to pass out.

One box of cake mix can make over 4 dozen cake balls/pops. And since I had all of the ingredients, it was a super cheap and fun way to show the love!

I found these fun cupcake wraps at the dollar store...which made for such a pretty display.

Tuesday~45/365

Tuesday February 14, 2012 I was feeling bad that I had not gotten anything for the boys for Valentine's Day so I picked up their fav snacks, Pringles & Snickers, and looked on my gift shelf to see what kinds of DVDs were up there...lucky me...I found 2 that were perfect for the occasion!

After a very lllooonnnggg day at school (yep, teaching kindergarten is hard enough, but then throw in 22 kids hyped up on sugar and oy vey) I came home and make pink heart shaped pancakes with sausage for dinner.

Happy ♥ Heart ♥ Day!

Wednesday~46/365
Wednesday February 15, 2012

Yea...no picture today...I was at school super early, stayed until after 7pm for a meeting and then headed to zumba from 8-9pm...oh well...maybe tomorrow!

Thursday~47/365
Thursday February 16, 2012

Ryan, the boys and I played hooky from school this afternoon, ssshhh, don't tell!! I dropped the boys off at home and Ryan & I headed out to a MUCH needed and long overdue lunch date. And thanks to a Christmas gift card from one of my students, it only cost us $5! After lunch we picked the boys up and actually headed back to school, well Ryan's school, for play practice. Yep...Ryan & Colin are in the school's production of Curtains and I am helping to choreograph some of the dances. It was a fun afternoon!

Friday~48/365
Friday February 17, 2012

Left overs from yesterday's lunch date with my hubby...YUM...I heart Chili's chips & salsa!

Saturday~49/365

Saturday February 18, 2012

We are more than half way through the boys basketball season (thankyouverymuch)...with baseball season knocking on our door.

They are playing very well together and it is so very nice to have them on the same team. Brendan is smack dab in the middle of the crowd up above as they all look to see if the basket counts!

A blurry shot, but nonetheless, a shot of Colin boy on the court. I believe he is calling out to his teammate that he is open for a pass. He had an awesome second half.

And they come away with yet another VICTORY!!

30-20

Great job Scorpions!

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Project 365 ~ Weeks 5 & 6

A picture a day for 365 days...a year's worth of fun!

Sunday ~ 29/365
Sunday January 29, 2012

Yet ANOTHER Pinterest recipe...Cookies & Creme Cupcakes...oh so good!

Monday~30/365

Monday January 30, 2012

At school we will soon start learning about needs vs. wants. During this unit all 5 Kindergarten classes will be working, managing and stocking in our grocery store! We have been collecting empty clean boxes for a few weeks; the next step is sorting and organizing. The kids are so excited!

Tuesday~31/365

Tuesday January 31, 2012

In my last 365 post I shared that my class collected over 100 cans for our local food bank to celebrate our 100th day of school; well this morning I took the donated food to the food bank for the actual donation!

Wednesday~32/365
Wednesday February 1, 2012

Learning 2D shapes vs. 3D shapes in school during math.

Thursday~33/365
Thursday February 2, 2012

Happy Groundhog Day!

After reading stories and predicting whether the groundhog saw his shadow or not, we went outside to see if we could find our shadows...and we did!

After school I met Crystal for our once-a-month happy hour at our fav restaurant!

Friday~34/365
Friday February 3, 2012

Today was National wear RED day in support of American Heart Association so I sported my red heart pin.

Saturday~35/365

Saturday February 4, 2012Basketball Week #4

The boys' team is awesome...they really play well together. Today they once again went up by more than 20, so we are not exactly sure of the 'actual' score, just just know that they won...and they won BIG!

Sunday ~ 36/365
Sunday February 5, 2012

Didn't do anything special for Super Bowl Sunday...just watched the game and enjoyed some very yummy homemade brownie ice cream sundaes...and yes this is yet another recipe from Pinterest...chocolate chip Oreo brownies...OH MY YUMMIESS!!

Monday~37/365
Monday February 6, 2012

While the boys were at basketball practice I went to my parents' house to see my dad! He is doing awesome since his surgery!

Tuesday~38/365

Tuesday February 7, 2012

Since I didn't have a picture for today I took one of our family room and all of the odd furniture! We had a big blue chair once upon a time, but since my boys do not know how to sit down nicely it has broken...sad but true...so we were lucky enough to be given another couch for free...hence the reason of 2 couches. Plenty of sitting space at the McCraken House!

Wednesday~39/365
Wednesday February 8, 2012

Today I went Valentine's Day decoration shopping with another teacher for our school sweetheart dance. She & I are in charge of the school Sweetheart Dance this year, so while we were out shopping I found these super fun aprons and thought they would be fun gifts, along with cupcakes, for some of the teachers at school!


Thursday~40/365
Thursday February 9, 2012

Thursday we had a safety assembly at school and McGruff was there!

Friday~41/365
Friday February 10, 2012

Friday after school was our PTA Sweetheart Family Dance. It was so much fun! I even cut a rug with some of my kinder students!

Saturday~42/365

Saturday February 11, 2012

SUPER busy Saturday!!

Bright and early Saturday morning I met friend, Stacey, at Paradise with these 2 cuties! Muffins, hot tea and good friends make for a great start to my day!

After my morning girl time, the boys and I headed to team pictures for basketball.

An hour later we then headed to their game, where they DOMINATED once again! Their team is playing so well together...fun to watch for sure! They won again...and BIG by more than 20 points.

After the game we headed home where I spent the afternoon making 8 dozen cake pops for a certain special birthday boy who turned 5....his only request...cake pops! After dinner and presents they kids watched Tom & Jerry on the side of the house in the backyard...so much fun!

And while the kids were watching Tom & Jerry, I was sitting by the fire with my feet up, enjoying good friends and a nice glass of wine!

Join in with Sara...It's not to late to join the fun!

Project 365 ~ Week 4

A picture a day for 365 days...a year's worth of fun!

Sunday ~ 22/365
Sunday January 22, 2012

Brendan's hiding place during a game of indoor hide-n-seek!

Can you find him?!

Monday~23/365
Monday January 23, 2012

Brendan made his pillow pet into his newest friend "Dallas"

Tuesday~24/365

Tuesday January 24, 2012

Tuesday was the 100th day of school (only 80 more school wake ups left, but who's counting?! Oh that's right...ME!) and one of the activities we did as a class was a food drive. Our goal was to donate 100 cans of food to our local foodbank. We met our goal by collecting 103 cans, but before donating them we used them to make groups of 10 and 5 and learn and practice place value!

Lots of fun activities learning about the number 100...100 dots, 100 fruit loops, drawings of what we will look like at 100 years old, 100 I Spy collage, 100 counting bags, 100 count snack bags to sort, count and enjoy...I heart the 100th day of school!

Tuesday night was our school's PTA spirit night at a local restaurant, which also happens to be our family's fav pizza joint! We saw lots of teachers and friends from school and of course our principal was there as well. Here she is posing with the boys and some of their friends.

Wednesday~25/365
Wednesday January 25, 2012 When I need a few minutes to transition into another lesson or activity, white boards are a God send. I can have them practice writing their sight words, sentences, cvc words...of course this all comes with the promise of a free draw (if they work quietly) for the last few minutes!

Wednesday night is ZUMBA night...I heart zumba! I go with another teacher and another coach's wife. SO.MUCH.FUN.

Thursday~26/365
Thursday January 26, 2012

Yesterday (Wed.) my dad had major surgery...full knee replacement surgery to be exact. He now has a bionic left knee with the right one to be fully replaced this summer. We went to visit him in the hospital today and he was doing great. He had already had a few rounds of PT by the time was got there and was scheduled for his 3rd round that night and had walked twice. This gadget is amazing. It doesn't hold his weight totally but gives him the confidence that if he does fall it will catch him. When we were there he walked 243 ft. (yep...they count the feet every time to keep track)

Here he is walking towards Brendan...he did so great! He is supposed to come home this weekend.

The boys posing with their gimpy grandpa!

Friday~27/365
Friday January 27, 2012This is how we all feel on Friday nights...LITERALLY!

Saturday~28/365

Saturday January 28, 2012

Basketball Week #3

Above...Colin at the free throw line (which he missed by the way...aaiiirrrBALLLL)

Below...Brendan sending the ball back into play

This game started off very sllluuuggggish, and was quite boring the first half. The 2nd half things picked up a bit. The boys' team was up the entire game and pulled out a win 33-18 making their season 2-0-1 thus far.

Great Game Scorpions!!

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