Wednesday, June 15, 2011

June


Now that it's halfway through the month, I figured I'd better get on the ball with my lists.

Likes
Smells of summer come wafting in.  Barbeque, fresh cut grass, wet pavement after summer rain.  Heaven!

Pool time!  William is finally old enough to take swimming lessons and doesn't need me to hold his hand in the water anymore.  He loves the water.  He's like a fish!  Even Charlotte loves splashing around at the pool.

Red White and Blue!  Another flag waving holiday (Flag Day).  Gearing up for Independence Day.  Stars and stripes are definitely in fashion this month.

Farms start selling their goods.  We have many local farms and they sell their produce right from their property.  You can't fresher than that unless you grow it yourself!  Mmmmm, fresh strawberries!

All of the kids in our neighborhood come out to play and William herds quite well with them.  There's always an impromptu kickball or softball game, or Nerf war, or something going on in the back yard.

Dislikes

As much as I love sunny days, it's difficult to keep an 8 o'clock bed time when the sun is still out.

Still no school.  It's nice to have the free time, but I really miss the schedule of school every day.  

Thunderstorms.  I HATE thunderstorms.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

I Am a Child of God


So sweet!

Monday, June 6, 2011

Summer is Finally Here!

We took a short trip down to the Candland's house and spent some time at the pool.  The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold, and plenty of sunshine.  William will be taking swimming lessons this month so I predict many more trips to the pool.








Friday, May 13, 2011

Open for Business

I'm trying a new thing.  I'm offering my crafty/baking services for a reasonable price.  The teachers at William's school have been keeping me busy making treats for their own kids' classes.  I would love to extend the offer to anyone else who would like a little special something for you, a friend, or an entire class.  Here's a list of some stuff I'm offering.
 Treats
 Cake Pops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.00 a piece

 Mini Cupcake Bites . . . . . . . . . . . $0.50 a piece
 Rice Crispy Treat Pop . . . . . . . . . $0.75 a piece (chocolate dipped $1.00 a piece)
*photo from craftjr.com
Cookie Pops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.75 a piece
Carmel Corn Balls . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.75 a piece
 Bird Nest Cookies .  . . . . . . . . . . .$5.00 a dozen
Jelly Sandwich Cookies . . . . . . . . $8.00 a dozen
*photo from recipenut.com
 Fudge (with or without walnuts) . . .$5.00 a dozen (1 1/2 in. squares)
*photo from freechocolate.info
 Chocolate Dipped Pretzels . . . . . . $3.00 a dozen 


*photo from makeandtakes.com

 Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Rods . . .$0.50 a piece
*photo from bigmamashomekitchen.blogspot.com


 Paper Crafts

Personalized Cupcake picks . . . . . . . . .$1.00 a dozen
photo from creativepartybuzz.com
Personalized Birthday Banner . . . . . . . $12.00
Personalized Name Banner . . . . . . $10.00
Personalized Party Hats . . . . . . . $3.00 a piece


I don't know about shipping prices.  I'm not even sure how I'm going to do it yet.  So basically if you're in the Central Pennsylvania area, I'll deliver right to you, otherwise, I'll do my best.  I'm not expecting a booming business, just throwing it out there.

*I had to find photos online until I can replace them with my own.  I picked photos that are pretty close to what I can do.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Touch a Truck and Special Olympics

Last week we finally had a sunny Saturday to play.  I packed up the kids and headed out to the community even,"Touch a Truck" day.  For one day our local fire department hosts a barbeque and a lot full of every sort of truck from fire trucks to monster trucks.  Even the Hershey Kiss-Mobile made an appearance.  William got a fireman hat and wore it the rest of the day.









After William had his fill of climbing on all of the trucks, we headed to the Navy base where Sean was volunteering at the Central Pennsylvania Adult Special Olympics.  We had a great time dancing with the athletes and watching Sean pinning on ribbons.  Charlotte was quite the attraction.  Several "Special Olympians" wanted to take her picture.  She was her usual sweet self and charmed everyone.  It was a great day.