This week was a crazy week. This is my 12th year but every year it takes me by surprise. I was driving to work earlier this week and I looked up at the moon and actually thought, "Man... that's a beautiful moon! OHHHHH NOOOOO... that's a full moon." .... and the kids didn't disappoint. Game on little humans... they have kept me on my toes all week.
Yesterday was a hard day. It marked the one year anniversary of the day I found out that Frances didn't have a heartbeat. I didn't tell anyone that it was the anniversary until later in the day... just needed to get through work. A co-worker brought this down to me this morning. Said she had ordered it a long time ago, but for a myriad of reasons... didn't get around to giving it to me until yesterday. Y'all... that was a God thing! No other possible theory fits!
My M1 and M2 at karate. They really love it. The hubs signed them up and he loves to go watch them practice. I love having a few quiet minutes after school. Then I run home, straighten the house, and try to make a plan for dinner.... ahem, a loose plan for dinner! Let's keep it real... y'all want Little Caesars for dinner? Why don't we go get chips and salsa wasted? Kids... y'all just want a bagel?
I'm stalking my summer vacation at the beach. Straight up STALKING! Love a good countdown app! We may have booked our 2014 week back in August. We are READY!
Remember above... when I mentioned loose plans for dinner? Yeah... I actually love reading cookbooks. Ironic... since I don't actually cook often... {or even that well}. This lovely book was a gift from our school nurse who also love the Pioneer Woman cookbooks. Made my week!!! <3 her!!!
A sweet co-worker came down this week after school. I had brewed coffee {if you brew it... they WILL come}. While she was visiting... she asked if I had any thoughts on homemade ornaments. I asked her if she had ever made the borax ornaments (for lack of a better name). I quickly described it... told her it definitely works & gave it my seal of approval. Side note: I used to make these every year when I taught 4th graders. She took some pictures of her 2nd graders in action & sent them to me. {she's sweet like that}..
So you need some Mason jars... or she used glass beakers. You also need some pencils, fishing line, pipe cleaners, Borax, and access to boiling water {she used my coffee pot to do this}. The best part... you can totally do this one day... let them form overnight... and VOILA! Great for people on a time crunch! I've never made these with my personal little humans... but thinking we might give this a go over Christmas break. I think they would LOVE it!
Here's an image of one with fully formed crystals. So pretty... and really fascinating I think. The recipe and instructions can be found HERE... but there are several others... mostly all saying the same thing though!
I hope that you are reading this... relaxing at home... enjoying the first few hours of your break. Hoping to blog more this week since I can actually have a few coherent thoughts! Talk to y'all soon!
Wow! Those snowflakes are awesome!
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