If You Need Me Between Now and August...

A couple weeks ago the crew and I island hopped over to Anclote.  Our favorite new spot.  Natalie LOVES it and we enjoy it as well.
*For you parents who like to swim and your little one is more independent that you feel comfortable with- purchase a PUDDLE JUMPER ASAP!  Awesome.  We bought ours at a local pool store.  They have different colors and faces for the kids to choose from.
When we were on the island- my husband snapped this picture.  Simply amazing that we live moments from this place and get to enjoy it anytime we want.  This picture makes me feel happy.

  

Better Late Than Never...

So I've been on Summer Vacation for 4 days and I thought I would post some end of the year crafts.  I did another brick for my Adopt a Class family but I also made another for a wonderful woman who we met on our May Day Walk.  There has been this tradition at our school that the Kindergarten students hand out tissue paper flowers to the people in our town.  Super fun and the kids LOVE it!  We gave a flower to this woman who was so touched and impressed by my kids that she wanted to get us something for our End of the Year party.  So we had pizza on her!  To say thank you I made her a brick as well.
Here is the Adopt a Class Brick:

N is the son I taught and E is the daughter I had this year.  M is me.  

Here is our May Day Brick:

I also usually write a poem about the year and the special moments and then add the kid's hand prints.  BUT this year I procrastinated and realized this on day 178 out of 180 so I changed the hand print part of it.  I am a huge fan of Ed Emberely's work so I had each child made a thumb print art and created a summer scene.  So this is how it turned out:

So off to finish my break and enjoy my Natalie time. 

We're Environmental!

So as a teacher I try to expose my kids to as much environmental print as possible and this is just taking it to another level.

This is my find at The 2011 Safety Harbor Arts and Crafts Show today.  It's by a local husband and wife team "By The Letter" who specializes in custom letter photography.  They were great!  Very helpful and obviously incredibly talented.  It cost $6 a letter and that includes the frame WITH mountings.

Now the challenge is to find the perfect spot for it in the house...

Teacher Appreciation Round-Up

Okay so this may seem a little vain to show you how much I am loved but these are GREAT ideas.  Ones I will steal when the time comes to make them for Natalie's teacher...AHHH!  Over Teacher Appreciation WEEK I received one of these gifts each day.

Monday- Starbucks card

Inspiration

You have to scroll down on the page a bit.
You can never go wrong with a gift like this.  And the set up is SO cute!

Tuesday- Hand soap

Inspiration

This out of ALL of them made me cry...

Wednesday- Magnets

Inspiration

Sorry for the blurriness...  These are pretty just as decor- even better that they can be used!

Thursday- Cloths pins

Inspiration

You can add magnets on the back and VIOLA magnetic clips!

Friday- Scissors

Inspiration

So cute AND functional!

Thanks Z family for showing me some love!  

Our Favorite Mommy Times

So I've been a Mommy for almost 2 1/2 years and have loved every minute of it!  I have been one of those Mommies who want every minute recorded and documented.  I save EVERYTHING- I mean down to the baseball ticket from this past weekend with HER SEAT NUMBER ON IT!  (Slight OCD or Hoarding?) 
But it got me thinking- I kept the ticket because I want to remember her seat and how much fun we had and all the new things she learned about there. 
So, what are some of your favorite moments with your kids?  Not with your family...I'm talking simply Mommy and Me time! 
Then I went a step further and put those ideas into neat little candy tags that I am making for my circle of Moms...It's like getting 2 gifts in 1.  First the candy and then the stroll down memory lane!

*I am new to Scribd so bear with me if this doesn't work*
I have 2 sets of the tags- here and here...
Enjoy celebrating all the Moms in your life!
Maggie

First Mention!!!

Catherine from Design Editor has used some of my Royal Wedding Party pics to show her amazing printables in action!  Go here and we're fifth from the top!!! SO COOL!!!

Side note- I love the Princess Party Alyson threw with the super cute place settings...

Thanks again Blogging community for being simply amazing!

-Maggie

Everyone's Wedding Is Royal...

Just like everyone in the world- I was up bright and early (5 am my time) to watch Will and Kate marry.  My grade level had a party at school for the whole staff that morning as well and you guessed it- it was a royal wedding theme!  Thanks to Design Editor and The TomKat Studio for providing free printables for the event!

I made a Fascinator for myself- couldn't go too crazy because I had a field trip that day.  It  was pretty simple.  

{Fancy Feathery Fascinator}

{Royal entrance}

{Festive bunting}

{Table decor}

{Food table}

{Royal Silverware}

{Food labels}

{Our Royal Court} 

{3 of my favorite people}
Silly duty...

{Queen Nat}

Could not get enough of the Royal Wedding!