Back to School Teacher Gift

 

 I like to start the school year off with a cute gift for my colleagues and our children's teachers.  This year I was inspired by Stacy at She's Kinda Crafty.  She made similar tags to the one I made above  and put them onto a portable scent holder from Bath and Body Works. 

 

 

Today while shopping for a birthday gift, I saw these really great smelling apple shaped tarts.  I bought 2 for each of the teachers and put them in a cello bag, tied it with red ribbon and added one of the tags I made using the Cricut.

 



 

The finished product!

 

Thanks for stopping by! 

 

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

First Day of School 2012-2013

 

The first day of school was August 28th for our kids.  It's hard to believe we now have an 8th grader and a 2nd grader in our family!  It was a really busy first week with open houses at both schools, hockey, and dance open house.  Above is our 8th grader, who recently got contacts and braces and grew about 3 inches over the summer!  He's enjoying his 8th grade year and seems to be in the swing of things very quickly.  We're blessed that he is a responsible, polite young man.

 

 

This is our second grader in the same spot. She grew over the summer as well.  She was quite excited on the first day of school.  She was even awake at 4:30 am, ready to go!  She had a great week in school and is so happy to have the same teacher that she had in first grade.  Her excitement is so refreshing and energizing. 

 

 

Miss M waiting for the bus

 

 

Coming home...

 

 

...running to Mommy. 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

~love and blessings~

Lisa



First Day of School 2011

Our Seventh Grader ready to head out the door.

Our First Grader

Running home after the first day! I'm so happy that I was able to meet the bus on the first day of school. Miss M was just as thrilled I was that her mama get meet her bus.

I'm a bit behind on my blogging for a million reasons, but one of them is that I've taken on a position as a Middle School (grade 6)Math teacher. Much of my time is taken up with preparing for each day's lessons.

~peace and blessings~
Lisa

Crayon Wreath for My Classroom Door

Crayon Wreath

Materials:

3 boxes of 24 crayons or one box of 64

(since crayons are on sale for 40 cents a box at Walmart, the smaller boxes were more economical)

1-8 inch embroidery hoop

1-10 inch embroidery hoop

ribbon of your choice

hot glue gun and glue

1. Line up the smaller hoop inside the larger hoop on a flat work surface.
2. Lay all crayons on the hoop in the desired color order. This helps with placement when you begin to glue them all down.
3. Glue down each crayon. I made sure they were all facing the same way, but that isn't that important unless you are a crazy crafter like me.

4. Thread a piece of ribbon through the top hoop, between the crayons, to use as a hanger.

5. Create a bow and tie it or hot glue it to the wreath.

~blessings~

Lisa

First Day of School 2010

School started on Monday for our kindergartener and our middle schooler. The first week of school has been fantastic for both of them. H loves middle school, his classes, his teachers, his new friends and even the bus driver! M likes her teacher and friends. It's been so hot that she is pretty wiped out by the end of the day. I'm hoping for cooler temps soon!

Miss M waiting for her bus on the first day.

H ready to head out to the bus. He didn't want any pics at the bus stop. Middle Schoolers are too cool for their moms to take bus stop photos. ;0)

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Lisa

Kindergarten Boot Camp

Our Princess attended Kindergarten "Boot Camp" at her school today. She was so excited and dressed to go an hour before we had to leave to go to the school. I was nervous, but she did very well and is really looking forward to the first day of school in a few weeks.

Blessings,

Lisa

Back to School 2009

Today was the first day of school for the kids. Miss M. loves preschool. H. is glad to be back at school with his friends. My class seems pretty good, but it is only the first day. ;0)

Blessings,

Lisa

Classroom Tour 2009

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I went into my classroom today to prepare for the new year. Above are some photos of the work I did today. I accomplished quite a bit, but still have so much more to do! I'm excited about the start of the new year, but sad to have the summer end. Our baby girl will start preschool this year and our son will be in his last year of elementary school. Such an exciting year it will be!

Blessings,

Lisa

Teaching Heart Mom Giveaways

I'm a bit late, but Colleen at http://teachingheartmom.blogspot.com/ is having a week of giveaways for teachers and homeschool moms. She has some great stuff, so stop on over!

Blessings,

Lisa