Grace is reading & writing...

Grace started reading a few months ago and we were completely shocked! Months later she is doing remarkably well for a 4 year old and we are still a little stunned. She's also wring stories, although these are a little harder to understand. Here's her latest one:
Line 1= Once there was a girl.
Line 2= She was trying to get
Line 3= a treasure chest.
Line 4= She finally found it.
Line 5= Then she went home.
Line 6= The End. Bye, Bye.


Not too shabby for a 4 year old without help!

Randomness...

Here's a few random pictures from the past week!

Daisy's Concert...

Daisy & Tristin had their school concerts last night and Wed night. (I didn't make it to Tristin's though- Trav said he did a great job!).)
Daisy did an awesome job singing and even was apart of the solo group. She was pretty nervous, but she warmed up and was great!

1,000 posts!!! Rake Up Nampa...

I just realized this is my 1000th post! Super fun!

Yesterday was "Rake Up Nampa" day. We met at the kids school at 9:00 AM, ate breakfast and then broke up into teams and went and raked up leaves for the elderly around our neighborhood. It was a lot of fun, really cold & a great thing to have the kids be a part of. We came back to the school a few hours later and had lunch. I won the best tasting chili award- Thank you Nally's for helping me pull it off! It was simple: use can opener to remove 4 lids, dump into crock pot and stir! The kids were given books, coupons and bracelets, it was really sweet of them. We will definatly be helping out each year!

Sweet Friends...

It's funny that all my "freaked-out-by-germ" friends have brought me presents lately, they are secretely glad it's me and not them! Just kidding! I just had to say thanks to my sweet friend Lara who brought over tea tree oil body wash today! I was complaining that I was almost out of my entire bottle of oil, so she tried to pick me up some, but instead got the soap! Thanks dear. And my sweet friend Michelle came over close to 10:00 PM last night to bring me a bottle of Sol-U-Mel. I had never used it before, so I was excited to get my squirt bottle on!( Michelle uses it for everything under the sun, and because it is all natural- it's safe for everything, so I've used half a bottle on just about everything I own. )Thanks guys for thinking of me- you know the way to my heart: cleaning supplies and soap!

Wooden blocks...

I have different sizes of wooden blocks.
They vary from $ 1.50 to $ 3.00 each.

Felt Necklaces...

I love these too!
More color combos to come!
$ 2.50 each

Mini Chalkboards...

These turned out so cute! I love them!
They are perfect for church, traveling or back seat entertainment! They are small enough to fit in the diaper bag & come with chalk & eraser!
$2.50 each

Towels with washcloth...

I use these in the kitchen & the bathroom! I will have a lot more too!

$ 3.50 for the set.

Craft Show here we come!!!

I have my annual craft show coming up in 15 days, so between the craziness, I've been working on tons of projects! Here's a little preview incase you want to purchase any gifts for the holidays/birthday's/baby showers before the show! I'll be adding pictures this week, so stay tuned!


Wreaths:
Lg.= $ 7.00
Sm. = $4.00