Happy Memorial Day AND a Free Printable

Today we are celebrating that we have our soldier Daddy home and remembering that many are not.  

The girl scouts visited the cemetery today to put flags on the graves of the veterans.  They (mostly Vienne) had lots of questions about how the people died and why the graves looked like they do.  I think they learned a lot about respect in just the few hours that we were there. 

I don't know about how fast your head is spinning right now but the end of the school year always does it to me.  (Team Up Thursday is taking a hiatus until the end of Summer, btw.  I was really slacking on poor Megan.)  I am looking forward to the break but all of the camps that the girls are interested in are within the first few weeks right after school ends.  They will not have even gotten bored yet.  Oh well. 

I know most of you are also thinking of teacher gifts.  I'm constantly struggling with what to get our teachers that is original (how many bottles of smelly bath wash can they possibly smile through?)  So if you have a unique idea, post them here.  They will even be appreciated for next year.  Part of our little gift bag to the teachers will include a bag of cookies with this cute little tag attached:

You could definitely make it look cuter with some ribbon and pretty paper.  But here's the download for ya.  Let me know if you take, would love to know how you use it.  And please credit back to my blog, I'd appreciate it.  

Enjoy!

Happy Mother's Day

Team Up Thursday

This week at Team Up Thursday, Megan and I chose "unexpected" as our theme.  Megan is on the left and I am on the right.  Look how cute her little baseball players were when the Bunny unexpectedly showed up on the field!  My pic is of Vienne dressing up Yoshi.  Yoshi does pretty well as a guinea pig but what a cute bunny she makes.

Team Up Thursday

Why, hello there, stranger.  I won't throw out any excuses.  I'll just pretend that I've been here all along and maybe no one will notice that the poor blog has been neglected.  

This week for Team Up Thursday, Megan and I chose the theme "yellow".  Poor Megan is probably still cold up there and was looking for some sunny color to warm her up.  We, on the other hand, live in a completely different universe and are hot.  Plain and simple.  But, I'm not complaining.  It will get hotter.

Earth Day!  Tomorrow, Friday, April 22!  Lot's of great deals going on so I wanted to post the ones that I've found.  Please comment if you know of anymore.  

• Free coffee at Starbucks!  Of course I had to start with this one.  Bring in your own travel mug and they will fill it for free.
• A free tree at Lowes.  This is for Saturday though.  Don't go Friday.
• Free admission to our national parks on Friday.  We just visited Yosemite and it's all God's glory packed into one visit.  

We planned the trip to Yosemite because the girls have always wanted to see real snow.  Well, we got our snow and then some.  It was so awesome.  The week after we got home, they closed Yosemite because of too much snow.

• Origins makeup- "Bring your current skincare (full or empty) to any Origins counter and we’ll trade it for a full-size of one of our gentle, high-performance cleansers."  Paraben free.
• Rebinder is offering 25% off.  If you've never visited them, you'll wanna.  They offer recycled office supplies.  

Or plant a tree, build a garden, pick up trash, explore eco friendly alternatives, carry a reusable water bottle, don't wash your clothes (that's for the moms), turn off the tv, recycle your paper, donate used clothes and toys, support companies that are earth friendly, fly a kite...

Team Up Thursday

This week at Team Up Thursday, Megan and I chose the theme "design".  Megan is on the right and I am on the left.  OK, mine is not a picture.  But I designed this awhile ago and have been wanting to share it as a free download to anyone who wants it.  It's sized at 8x10 and is flattened, you can't alter it.  Download away, just reference me if you post it.  And if you see a spelling error, let me know.  :)  And let me know if you have trouble downloading it.  :) ;)

Download here.  I would love a comment if you download, just for my curiosity.

OH, and check back soon because I'm going to have a free Mother's Day card download that can include a picture.  Whew, that's a little ambitious of me, ain't it?