Sunday, May 30, 2010
TWO DAYS
...Until the official start of our adoption fundraiser!!! :) Hope you'll consider supporting us and getting a great blog makeover! :)
Swimming
If any of you happened to read Olivia's post yesterday... I found myself trying not to crack up. She didn't have this picture to share, but here is our "pool" if you can even call it that...
Yep, that's it! We've tried a couple bigger ones the last couple summers, but I hated how to set them up, or they just didn't work well, whatever the reasons we've only kept this year after year. They still have a ball with it, but no, my kids did not "swim" yesterday. :) They played with dollar store measuring cups, jumped in and splashed, and basically cooled off on what was quite a warm day... around 90 degrees!
Fun can be had without spending lots of money on a pool, water to fill said pool, electricity to run the filter, money for the needed chemicals, etc. I'd rather spend the money on our adoption! :) So, Little Tykes pool it is! WE love it! :)
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Organization
I'm organized. Almost to a fault at times, but that is the biggest reason I am able to be a single mom to three... hopefully soon to be four! :) One area I've worked on recently was the kids' school papers.
I hate throwing these things away! :) What is it about a silly Spelling test with a 100% written at the top that I will want to look at years down the road? BUT it's my daughter's, my mind rages! How can you THROW it away!? :)
What I've been doing is putting ones I think are save-worthy on a shelf in the kitchen above our refrigerator. Then at the close of the school year I go through them, ditch some more, and have still a pretty good stack of "savers."
BUT, I still didn't have a good system for WHERE or HOW to keep them. Not long ago a friend and I had a girls day out. It was a day off school and I had Braeden and Olivia go to our local park district school program... don't be too sad for them, they practically beg me to go there on some days, it's loads of fun! :) My friend and I went to The Container Store as she had some looking to do there. And I found IT - the perfect organizer for school papers!!!
I purchased this clear plastic container and see through plastic envelopes with a string closure that expand up to one inch. They are SO PERFECT! The envelopes are larger than a piece of paper, so those odd sized art projects fit beautifully! And they really do hold a lot! As you can see I bought a bunch, and I'm going to pick up some more next time I'm by one. I figure I found it, may as well be prepared to use it through the years and not run out of envelopes without finding them again! :) (It was also very inexpensive!!!) And gotta say, the Dymo label maker I bought a few years ago, still use that thing, and love it too!!! :)
Writing Portfolios
I've been organizing the kids' school papers... such an accomplishment! (More on that later though.) :) I just finished going through this year's papers and pulling out what to keep.
Olivia created a writing portfolio this year, and two entries I thought were particularly worth mentioning, especially in light of our recent decision to adopt...
8-27-09 Knowledge is power - Francis Bacon Write about a goal and the education you will need to reach that goal.
I going to be a foster mom in Africa. But first I need to go to college. I'm going to ask a special person what I need. I going to wash a few cars too get money to by lots and lots of food and go on an airplane headed for Africa. And get the kids new clothes and put a movie on and get un packed.
(The mistakes were hers and I typed as-is.) Love it, how cute is that!? Can you tell when we go somewhere, I must often put a movie in while I unpack??? Too funny! But I LOVE her heart for helping!
10/2009 Gratitude is the memory of the heart - American proverb Write about three things you are grateful for and why.
I am thankful for lots of things. I am thankful for my family, I love my Grandma and Grandpa. I also am thankful for my mom. I love my brothers too. My family makes me smile and have fun. I love spending time with my family. I'm thankful for food too. The person who made all of this is God. I am very very thankful for God. I'm thankful for myself.
Love it! I am so appreciative to have things like this to hold onto for Olivia (and the boys) to read when they are older! :)
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