a little shindig

so.. i'm thinking about having a holiday card exchange and hairbow making party at my house in a few weeks...let me know if you are interested. i know that i could use a few hours of girl time..without kiddos...let me know what you think. anyone is invited.

card making exchange would consist of each person coming making enough cards for each person at the party to have one,then we would each have 10 or so holiday cards already made.

some projects i'm thinking about doing at the party.

muffin tin advent calendar for Christmas. so cute and easy.



a couple of hairbows...i might convince my friend Kristine to come and teach us... maybe...




if you wanna come.. leave a comment.. i'm thinking around the end of november.. possibly the 28th or the first of december.

petri dishes

so it's true... i work with petri dishes. ugh. Don't get me wrong, i love teaching, LOVE it, but the illnesses jeez...i'd like to go to school in a giant bubble or maybe stay at home and skype my lessons to my class every day..ugh..
so here i am a human experiment of how long it takes a teacher to get the slime flu (what my kids call it)...i'm going on 52 days slime free.. wish me luck.
here are a few of my secrets..
*insist every 45 seconds that my kids at school use hand sanitizer.
*make them sing the ABC's twice while washing their hands.
*if someone sneezes or coughs i douse them in Lysol... okay not really.. but they do have to go wash their hands..
* douse my classroom in Lysol twice a day.. myself 15 times.. :0)
*eat lots of oranges ( I doubt this is doing anything ... really???)
*use 3-4 bottles of hand sanitizer a week.. it's a rule you know... unless you like slime.

and how do I avoid giving it to my adorable little girl... you might ask..

*sing the ABC's 14 times while washing my hands when I get home..
*manditory hand sanitizer after we leave any store.
*she only gets to leave the house at odd hours when most people aren't out and about..like walmart at 4 a..m... JUST KIDDING. But seriously we are staying home alot these days..
*watch the husband and myself like hawkes..a little obssessive yes... worth it.. hopefully.

all in all
here's to hoping for a slime free holiday season..
oh and are you going to vaccinate your little ones? tell me what your plans are...

this little chicken

this little chicken...





Has to have her tonsils taken out. ugh...
tell me it isn't as bad as i think it will be..
but hopefully she won't have to deal with being sick as much, and neither will mama.