cutest card ever

i made this card for a boy in our church who has been in the hospital.  we are going to have all the primary kids sign it and then send it to him.  it's a giant card made from folded poster board. 

anyway...

i wanted to say something besides the usual "get well soon".

this didn't sound quite right, but i decided to go with it anyway.

well, ryan walked in the door, saw the card and just cracked up, laughing.

he said, "that sounds kinda dirty".

needless to say, i'm going to redo it with "get well soon".

plant a tree

yesterday the kids had bridget mcgovern lewellyn come to their school to share her book, one child one planet.  in honor of her visit and earth day and library week (which focused on taking care of the earth) the pta & our wonderful librarian gave each child (721 kids) in our school a white pine seedling to plant at their home. 

we wrapped 800 seedling roots in foil, opened 800 brown bags, stuffed 721 pencils, seedling care instructions, and 721 notes from the pta.  i don't think any of our pta board had any idea we would be working on this project for 3-4 hours thursday afternoon.  as usual, we were all delusional and thought we'd be there for maybe an hour!

it was a big project, but so worthwhile.  the kids were sooo excited to take home these little trees!

the kids loved the author and loved asking her questions.  mostly personal questions about her dog and her children!  she was so great and answered them all without hesitation.  it was a great author visit!
do you see aftie and ella in the picture above?
and their fantastic librarian, mrs. ginal!

author visit

last night at our pta meeting, we had our visiting author, bridget llewellyn speak to us about her book entitled One Child, One Planet.  she is a super nice lady.  she read the book to us and showed us the process of getting her book published and printed.  it's a great book about treating mother earth right, for the young folks of the world.  it's not a scary/al gore/ type of book, and is specifically written in a non-threatening way for children. 

tomorrow she will speak to the children and i'm excited to hear their questions and comments to her.  i bought her book and she signed it for the girls.  they have been working all week with their librarian (who is wonderful) on reducing, reusing, and recycling.  they are so excited to wrap the week up with the visiting author assembly. 

as a side note...ryan has not approved this post, as he does not believe in recycling.  it goes against everything he believes in...which is anything covered in velveeta cheese.

hee, hee.

soaring

today is one of those days.

somedays i just feel like i'm soaring.

maybe it's because...

the dishes are done

or

because the weather is turning warmer

or

because i had lunch with ryan at chipotle

or

because i'm wearing these shoes

or

because i have a date with ryan tonite

or

because it's almost the weekend

or

because life just feels extra wonderful somedays.

cake pops

tomorrow is the annual heim elementary bake sale.

"wouldn't it be fun to make cake pops for the bake sale?" i thought.

well, it wasn't fun.

these are a pain in the you know what, to make.

never again.

and i think they taste awful.  way too much sweetness.

but they are cute.

extra! extra!

last week was afton's turn to share all about herself in class at school.

she brought in props to display all week

 thursday was the day to stand in front of the class and tell about herself. 

she also answered questions from her classmates.

our aftie is a creative girl with lots of interests and a big heart!