This Hello Monday is going to be a little bit of everything!
Last week Jane and I crafted our hearts out!
Jane worked on painting this taped Christmas tree…
She also made this hat! I was so surprised. I’ve been letting her “wrap” anything she wants to let her work on her cutting and taping skills and she’s really enjoying it. I just bought her another roll of wrapping paper over the weekend just for her to use for “wrapping” … I love it so much!
Jon and I attended his office party and I have zero pictures from the event. Oops. My mom was here to watch the kids and after the office party, this table, chairs and bench arrived! I’ve been looking for a new table and chairs, but I wasn’t ready to spend a couple thousand dollars doing so. This set cost me $200 and it’s in impeccable condition!!!
These pieces were for sale through a local business that supports our schools through donations from the community. I found out the woman who owned this set passed away on Wednesday of last week and was a vital member in our community; she gave so much AND she loved children. I loved knowing all of this and it gives us further reason to really take care of and maintain the condition of this set!
Eliza dressed up for “bells” day at school, but she also opted to wear an entire Christmas ensemble and, to be honest, I’m here for it!
I made these brown paper bag snowflakes. They’re not posted to the blog yet, but I plan to get them up later today!
The girls have been playing a little bit! Hallelujah! Henry and Eliza have always been such good friends and have always gotten along so well, but Eliza and Jane…well, that’s always been a different story and I truly think it’s the age difference. It truly makes my heart so happy when they play together…
I threw together another little craft – this faux wreath turned fancy! I’ll be posting about this soon, too!
I got in a much needed workout amongst the Christmas decor!
Henry had another basketball game! They lost to an amazing team. Henry is in the blue and the guy sitting at the scoreboard table is a Michigan Dearborn basketball player! He was super tall!!! It was cool he came to watch!
My niece, Aurora, turned 21 on Sunday which officially makes me old. Ha! This is her when she was five or six while we visited at my parents’ house…oh to go back to this time…
Our Christmas cards arrived and they turned out beautiful!
The back is bittersweet, but Jane described our year perfectly…
I ran to the store over the weekend and when I came back, I found Jon all dressed up in the basement! LOL! Jon and Jane were having a blast!
Henry made signs for the Michigan game on Saturday night and we let him stay up to watch! Gosh, that was a long game – it ended just before midnight, but we came out with a huge win!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eliza and Jane and I made pipe cleaner crowns…
Henry and Eliza practiced their piano duet…
We settled in on Sunday night for dinner and a movie, Mary Poppins Returns! I love all the warmth in this picture…
Janie loved it, too!
That was our week/weekend and it was a good one! This week is going to be super busy! Time to get after it!
Happy Monday! It’s windy and rainy and really cold today here in Michigan, but I’m secretly, and oddly, loving the coziness of the day. The kids are back in school today after last week’s craziness of President’s Day, two snow days for an ice storm and a random 2 hour delay. We still managed to…
Our weekend began on Thursday with a trip to Chicago. The kids didn’t have school on Monday (MLK Day and professional development day), nor did they have school on Wednesday (snow day). I was a little concerned about all the days they’d be missing, but school was again canceled on Thursday due to icy back…
Happy Monday, friends! I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I have another gift guide for all of you today! Woo to the Hoo! Today, I’m sharing with you a gift guide centered around what Santa has planned for Eliza, our 8 year old daughter. Hopefully this guide can help with the 8-ish year old…
It’s Moooooonday and I’m linking up with Holly and Sarah for Hello Monday! We started off our weekend by dropping Henry and Eliza off at school and then we were off to get some landscaping done! First up, rocks. We rented a trailer and headed over to a landscaping business to pick out rocks. Now,…
Hello, Monday! You arrived far too fast! I’m joining in on the Monday fun and linking up with My Glittery Heart, The Other Side of the Road and The Sirois Family for Hello Monday. This past week we’ve been getting into the swing of things with all-things-school and extra-curricular activities and, boy, it’s all contributed…
Well, well, well… Here I am posting my Hello Monday on a Tuesday…again! Man, those weekends sure do fly by! I’ll try to make this a quick one! Monday and Tuesday somehow happened but apparently I didn’t take any pictures, which is weird for me – Ha! The older kids had piano on Monday and…
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Love the way your Christmas cards came out- beautiful and the picture and caption on the back made me chuckle- ha!
So much festive fun! Your crafts all turned out great. I love your new dining set; that was such a great find. Your Christmas cards turned out lovely too.
I love your new dining room set! It looks beautiful in your home. I definitely would have bought it if given the chance. Do you know if the brand is Tell City?
Love the way your Christmas cards came out- beautiful and the picture and caption on the back made me chuckle- ha!
So much festive fun! Your crafts all turned out great. I love your new dining set; that was such a great find. Your Christmas cards turned out lovely too.
I love doing crafts with my daughter!!!
The craft snowflakes are so cute!!
I definitely need to try the poop with our elf. Our kiddos would CRACK UP! That is such a funny idea!
I love your new dining room set! It looks beautiful in your home. I definitely would have bought it if given the chance. Do you know if the brand is Tell City?
Thanks so much! Gosh, I'll have to take a look and find out!
Bahaha! The kids thought it was hilarious!
Thanks so much! They were really easy to make, too!
I love that! Me too!
Thanks so much! 🙂 It's feeling all crafty and warm over here!
Hahaha! Thanks! It seemed soooo appropriate!