Teacher Appreciation Notes

I found this idea online several years ago & still love it.  I’ve done these each year for my kids to give for Teacher Appreciation Week. 

Here’s how I created them:

My camera (a Canon) has a setting called color accent that allows you to focus in on one color and make all the rest of the picture black and white.  I wrote “Thank You” with green sidewalk chalk on my driveway.  Picked that color as my accent on the camer and took the picture… you can see that it also picked up the green in the grass as I did not write the words far enough over.  Download your pictures & then in open them in photoshop  (or I’ve also used a scrapbooking software and Paint…which most people have on their computers).  I typed in my message to add to the picture and saved it.  Print out a 4x6 & wallah!  A great, personalized & very cute note. 

5th Grade Field Trip

Chandler’s last field trip as an elementary school kid has passed. *Sigh*

Each year Boiling Springs does something pretty big for them… because it’s a pretty big deal. This year they went to the National Whitewater Center in Belmont. Corby tagged along as parent chaperone this time. They didn’t raft but got to do flat water kayaking and geo tracking plus some other stuff. Here’s a few pictures from their big trip.

Spring Break: Part 2

The second part of the week we spent in Statesville with the rest of the family.  Most everyone came in for the weekend and the kids all had a blast playing together.  We had a full weekend but full of fun. 

We got to see our precious twin nieces who are growing up so fast. 

Birthday party for cousin Nathan who turned 7

Fun with the cousins…

Field Trip: Discovery Place

Carter's 3rd grade class went on a field trip a couple weeks ago to Discovery Place. I tagged along with him as a parent chaperon. It's been a long time since I've been there and a good bit has changed but still it's a pretty cool place to visit. We wished we'd had a bit more time to explore the exhibits and play but we were able to do most of it.

Spring Break, Part 1

We didn’t think that spring break would ever get here. I mean, we’ve not had a day off of school since January and everyone was more than ready for a break. We spent the first part of the break at Mimi & PawPaw’s. The kids had a blast there as usual and I got to spend some quality time shopping with my Mom, just like we used to do. Here’s a run down of our week…

Carter killed his first bird with a BB gun… he was so proud.

The kids slept in the tree house with PawPaw 2 nights. He even rigged it to where they had a tv in there & got to watch movies before bed!

PawPaw built a tire swing for the kids too and they loved it!

Tire Swing

What can be even more fun than a swing.... a tire swing.... right in our own backyard. Yes, folks, this simple leftover tire from a van that I had over 5 years ago, has brought much pleasure to my kids. Who knew?

Crazy Spring Weather

Seems like the past few years we've skipped spring & fall. We go straight from summer to winter and from winter to summer. I miss the 60's & 70 temps around here. I go from sweaters to shorts. I guess I'll chalk it up to global warming or something like that.

You don't typically think of spring being tornado season. And, well, I don't really think of our area being tornado prone either. But for the past 3 weekends, we've had some crazy weather with severe thunderstorms, hail & even tornadoes. Last weekend, April 9th, we had about 4 pretty strong weather systems to move through Cleveland County. The first one kind of blew over our house but the last 3 produced some nasty wind, downpours and hail.

See...

If this is gonna keep up, I'll forgo my 60 & 70's and take just plain ole thunderstorms.