I declare

This morning I gave LDC her coffee (Ovaltine) and she declared,

"Mommy, this is hotter than a french fry".

Gotta love weekend mornings with your kid

From this past week:

Yep, Kris Kringle is actually next to her. 
The meeting was all business.
No eye contact or talking from LDC.
Her goal was to say "cheese" for mac-n-cheese at home.

Goal accomplished
December 2014

Civilization

Granise and Grandpa came down to visit (aka civilization)

Decorating cookies with Grandpa.
 Lots  Ginormous amounts of icing and sprinkles

"A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend"Author Unknown

Hopeland Garden Festival of Lights
The shuttle there and back was the high-LIGHT.
LDC had been anticipating the school bus ride/shuttle for months.
Can you rent a school bus for a birthday party?

My Family Cookbook (with family pictures) release date:
September 2015
Or maybe as a Christmas gift so December 2015

Trashy Christmas

The door decorating theme that I gave my students this year revolved around recycling codes for plastics and for us not to be the Grinch who trashed Christmas.

Oh Recycling Bin, Oh Recycling Bin

I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas

The Most Recyclable Time of the Year

 An excerpt from the student composed letter below, "Our recyclable Christmas tree made out of tires has each layer representing a different recycling code.  Our ornaments coincide with the seven codes of recycling"

First Place

Friday Night Lights

Friday night lights in our neighborhood.

Luminaries
Gem Lakes Dec 2014

 

Deck the Halls (but hold onto your jewelry)

We were very hands off this year with LDC helping us Deck The Halls

Her job was to add the ornaments to the tree while we working on unpacking other Christmas decorations



Which one of these things is not like the others?

Slight dilemma

Editor's Note
No Minimal hair was lost, in the pictured event.