Snips, Snails, & Puppy Dog Tails

Monday, June 21, 2010

Good Morning

Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty heavens.

Praise him for his acts of power;

praise him for his surpassing greatness.

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

praise him with the harp and lyre,

praise him with tambourine and dancing,

praise him with the strings and flute,

praise him with the clash of cymbals,

praise him with resounding cymbals.

Let everything that has breath

praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 150

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Project 365

6-7

the boys had a great idea to do their homework on the trampoline.

worked for me! they got it done!

6-8

Camp is Good

We had a fun time "camping" all week long.

6-9

Jacob lost another tooth.

Have I mentioned how much I adore his freckles?!

6-11

Kindergarten Celebration

Can't believe Ben is now a 1st grader!

6-15

Saw this adorable idea & decided to try it for ourselves.

We colored rice in about 8 different colors.

I poured it into the box in rows

and then let the boys mix it all together.

I'm so glad they enjoyed it.

Ben & James even went and got other toys

to play with inside with the rice.

6-12

School Wide Moving Up Celebration

Even though they are in different classes

they some how managed to sit beside one another.

3rd grade . . . here they come!

6-18

How sweet is this?!

Last Day of School!

6-19

Slim Pickins in the Garden

Freshly Picked

So it's not even enough for one person but I'm still excited!

Something got into our beans but I'm still happy

b/c this is the first time we've done "snaps"!

Next year there will be more!

I also picked 1 squash today.

oh yipee!

Friday, June 18, 2010

Welcome Home Boys

School's Out

Let's Scream & Shout!

I'm so excited about it being the last day of school.

I had some fun buckets waiting for all the boys when they arrived home.

Jacob & Ben's were filled

with pool goodies, books, M&Ms, silly bands, etc.

Happy Un-Birthday

Jacob's teacher's birthday is in August

so a few of us decided a mini celebration was necessary

for this week.

The theme in their class is "BEES".

So we had an Un-"BEE"-day party for her.

Inside this little bag is a t-shirt with all her 2nd grade Bees on it.

I intended to get each child's thumb print on the shirt

but since that didn't happen, I pulled out the mini potatoes from the fridge

and stamped away!

As you can see, I assured her that she never had to wear it.

We just wanted her to have another way to remember this year.

Next year she is returning to teach Kindergarten.

Ben wants to repeat Kindergarten simply b/c of this!

We're still explaining it doesn't work that way.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

~ the way i felt after my pedicure at the red door spa yesterday . . . thanks to a gift from my sweet preschoolers & their families

~ the anticipation of the last day of school for the boys

~ lunch w/ a girlfriend . . . seriously think i may be able to eat mexican every other day

~ the 5 O'Clock Club ~ maybe it could be the 6am club for me!

~ un-birthdays

~ the impromptu visit from my mama

~ the anticipation of a sweet friends' baby boy arrival

~ McDonald's vanilla iced coffee

~ dreaming of summer ideas for the boys . . . planning some consistency & some spontaneous

~ decluttering . . . it feels so good!

~ creating . . . it also feels good!

~ Psalms

~ alone time

~ blog hopping

~ Lisa Leonard Designs and her blog

~ naps