Father's Day Gifts

We have been busy around here making a few father's day gifts so I thought I would share with you what we have made!!

First we made these!!  They were really easy and lots of fun!!  Here is our inspiration from Pinterest of Course!!

Source: s1184.photobucket.com via Michelle on Pinterest

And here is what we came up with:

 Chris will love using this when he grills, which is our new favorite summer time activity:)

Secondly, we created these for Papaws and daddy!!  I know these ideas are swimming all over the web, but this is what we came up with:

 I am going to print the papaws out as 5X7 and put them in a frame.  For Kendall's I am going to print hers as 3 4X6 pictures and get a frame for them! I think they will all love them!!

Happy Father's day!!

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Coming Back...Or maybe just survivor mode:)

I have wanted to start blogging again for weeks now, but I almost feel overwhelmed! Does that sound crazy?  I just have so much I want to share with you guys but I don't even know where to begin:)

We are officially on summer vacation so we are super excited about that! No alarm clocks for two months! And lots of this!!

We found out that our sweet baby is......

We are slowly getting situated in our new house and I can't wait to take a house tour on my blog someday!  I seriously think it might take us a year to get things where we want them! (who am I kidding we will never have it that way!)

And we are loving bubble baths in our new big tub!!

Me-Well I have zero energy at all. This pregnancy has been so different than my first.  I am just sore and tired and well feel like a total wimp.  I will get there though and just lucky to be off for the next few months!!

Well maybe I will be back to start posting some updates!! But, right now you could definitely say I am in just in survivor mode:)

Happy Summer!!

House Update and others!

We are getting in the home stretch of this house and we should be closing in the next few weeks and I can't wait!!!  I Am So Ready. I can't wait to have my own house back:)

Today through Saturday they are staining our hardwood floors and I am very excited to get in there and see them.  But, I will have to wait til Sunday!

Once they finish that all that is left is carpet, finish up plumbing, heating and air, electrician to finish up, and paint touch ups!  I am really really hoping we will close the week of the 17th...cross your fingers for me:)

This week we are on Spring break so Kendall and I have been enjoying the week together with my mom and dad who are also on Spring break....we have done much which has been nice!

We did venture out to story time at the library today and Kendall enjoyed that!

And we have done a lot of bike practicing!!

My silly girl is getting so big!

I have beyond behind on PL and I am hoping that when we move I can get caught up with that!

We have five weeks and two days left of school after spring break (but who is counting???)  This school year has flown by and I have enjoyed every minute of it!

Hopefully...Hopefully...once we get moved in I will be back to crafting, organizing, and posting all of that:)

See ya soon and enjoy the rest of the week!

Reading Fun: No David Baby Books

Reposting this to share on Kelly's blog today!  Kendall looks so tiny in these pictures:)  

I am a fourth grade teacher now and reading is just as important to me now if not more.  I think as students get older it can be difficult to keep their love for reading alive.  I am always making sure I share my absolute excitement about any new book we get in our classroom.  Maybe I am naive but it seems to work.  Any book I show excitement for becomes a hit in our classroom!!

 

Being a first grade teacher I am sure you can imagine that I am very much into Kendall reading at a very early age. It amazes me the amount of kids that have little or no books at home.  I don't say that to be ugly or rude, but I have LOVED reading since I was itty bitty so I guess I just can't imagine not having books to read.  Of course my husband isn't a reader, but he still enjoys getting Kendall new books to read. 

 As you can imagine Kendall has quite the collection of books already!  This is one shelf in her room filled with books (and stuffed animals!)

 This is another shelf in her room full of books as well!  As you can see Kendall is in no shortage of reading materials.  We also have a basket in the basement filled with books, we have a few in the office, and for Christmas Kendall also got the leapfrog tag junior, which is a pen that reads the books to Kendall.

I have found that a key to getting Kendall to read is having books in every area that she plays.  She anywhere we have toys there is also a little basket of reading books.  I also have to say that I don't push reading on Kendall.  I want her to love reading, but I want her to do it on her own terms. Because Kendall is a lot like me and she isn't going to do something because I want her to do it, but on her own terms. So, I probably don't read to her as much as I should, but she does bring books to me often to read to her!  We might not make it through the entire book, but we read enough for her to enjoy!

 I caught Kendall reading a few books off of her shelf the other day and couldn't help but snap a few pictures of her! I thought they were too cute to not share!  This book is one of her absolute favorites.  It's just a Scholastic Colors book and she loves it because she can identify the pictures, there is textures, and the bright colors! It's always one of the first books off the shelf.

 This book was mine when I was little.  The great thing about this book is it can't be ripped and you can use dry erase markers on it if you want!  I have about 10 of these books and I have no idea where my mom or grandma got them, but Kendall loves reading them:)

 I have been teaching Kendall how to put her books back after we read them.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't!

You will notice that we have a lot of books that we don't read just yet.  Chris bought Kendall the big Storytime books, and of course we look at the pictures but we don't yet read the books!  I did read to her the other day The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and she sat and let me read the whole book.  I think this book is pretty interactive which is why it kept her attention so well!

 So, being a first grade teacher I know what books the younger kids seem to go to!  No David books by David Shannon are some of my kids favorite books. I have actually had to reorder a few of them because they have been so well loved.  When I saw this set in the scholastic book fair I had to get them for Kendall.  We actually put them in her stocking.

 She didn't really show interest in them until the other day.  She pulled them off the shelf and we read each one about three times. By the third time Kendall was reading the book with me.  If you know anything about No David books you know they only have a few words on each page.  These baby books only have about 1 or 2 words on them, and the pictures tell you what the words are!  That make sense haha!

I wish I would have ordered a few more copies of these books for gifts.  If I see them again I will definitely purchase them to put away and for some of my friends babies!

And one more sweet picture of my little girl reading to herself.  Ya'll this just melts my heart because I LOVE to read and I hope that my kids will love it as much as I do and not take after their daddy....love you honey:)

Blogging Rut

I feel like I have just been in a blog rut.

I don't think it will go away until we get moved into our house.  I am READY to be in my OWN house again. 

I never realized how much I appreciated and needed my own space, privacy, and home.  But, I do.

And it hasn't been easy.

Don't get me wrong I am trying really hard not to complain, because I know that I am beyond blessed to be building the home of dreams but I can't deny that living in someone elses home after having your own for 6 plus years is hard.

Its not easy for me because I do like my own space.

But, anyways I have been in a blogging rut, because I don't have my craft space, I have nothing to organize, and not much to share on the blog:)

Please stick with me because we should be in our house in the next 4-6 weeks and then I will have SOOO much to share.

I. Can't. Wait!

In other news around here...

 Kendall begged the other day to get out the paints and let her paint and I couldn't resist.  Even her little heart is missing our crafting room:)

 Kendall is now doing gymnastics on her OWN!!  I think it is so sweet and she is LOVING it!

 This is Kendall's latest drawings and my teacher heart smiles when I think about it!  If you are familiar with the stages of handwriting your heart might be smiling as well:)

 We didn't work today so I took Kendall to chick fil a to play and get an ice cream.  I should have taken her to the zoo instead because it was so nice.

 But, instead we came home and rode the big wheel and the scooter!  LOVE that girl too pieces.  Makes me smile just thinking about her sweetness..

And even she keeps saying mommy I really really really miss my old house and can we move into our new house?  Makes me a little sad for her in a way because even she wants her "own" room back!  Very soon baby girl very soon!

And I will leave you will a house update!  We now have brick.  Oh the simple things that give us joy!  This week we are getting dry wall and I never knew I could be so excited about my house being dry walled haha!!

Thanks for sticking around and I hope to be back soon for good:)

52 Pinterest in 52 weeks: # 2: Only Child Expiring Shirt

I have so much to share and have had little or no time to share or I have just felt plain awful:)

I am OK with feeling plain awful because I know it will go away!

So, I am sure you can guess my Pinterest Project number 2!

I pinned this a few weeks before finding out we were expecting number 2 and just had to make it!  I thought it turned out pretty cute!

So here is the original pin:

Source: pbjstories.com via Christy on Pinterest

And here is our little cutie in the shirt we had made at Cafe Press:

I would like to get some much better pictures of Kendall with this shirt on outside, but it is extremely cold here so this will have to do for now:)

I am working on a Project Life post for Tuesday's PL but we will see how that goes!

And lots of updates with the house to share as well...we are starting to move along and we are getting more and more excited!!!

Have a great weekend and stay warm!!

Only Child......

I have lots to share and catch up on!!

Maybe this week will be the week to do that:)