So Tamsyn won a writing contest. One winner was chosen from each school in the district amongst the 4th and 5th graders. Tamsyn won for Evergreen Elementary! She was invited to a city council meeting to be tortured honored. I was extremely grateful that Sylas slept through the entire hour long meeting. Yes it was 85 degrees and yes he is wearing winter gloves. That's the way he rolls.
They gave her a really big and heavy plaque to put on her wall. I am so proud of my little writer!
Did you know that it is Teacher Appreciation week? On Monday, my kids were to bring in a flower for their teacher. On Wednesday, a treat for their teacher. And on Friday, a school supply. Well, 3 kids x 3 gifts = expensive. So instead of buying flowers I made these, and stuck them to chop sticks. Free. For the treat, I am giving bags of Secret Popcorn with a note that says something along the line "I have a secret to tell you. I think you are poppin'!" or something cheesy like that. 40 cents. And as for the school supply, I have all these leftover notebooks that have never been used, and in perfect condition. Am I a cheapo? I really
do appreciate the teachers. I do! I just also happen to really appreciate money too.
And here is a weird mind-blowing story for you. What you see above is Gunnar cuddling Ruff and Baby Ruff. When we moved back to Indiana after Lohn's internship (1.5 years ago!) we lost Ruff. I assumed we left it in Cedar City. Gunnar was super upset and pined for months for that dirty, mangy stuffed animal. At the following Easter time, I found a mini Ruff and gave it to him. He was really happy and consoled. Since then we have moved 2 times. No Ruff ever showed up. And yesterday? Ruff shows up. We have no idea where he was hiding, just that Gunnar was all of a sudden playing with the mangy thing. Where was it this last year and a half??? It's not like it was in the couch or under the bed, WE'VE MOVED 2 TIMES SINCE WE LOST HIM!!! We. Don't. Get. It. But pleased for Gunnar all the same.
2 comments:
You are so great at saving money! I seriously need lessons from you! I hate living on a student budget. And I am not good at it. I wish I could learn some tricks from you, I love when you share your money-saving ideas. You're so clever!
And so funny about Ruff! Holy cow! That's so wildly crazy! And so great for cute Gunnar to have him back. A story for your journals for sure!
Oh my gosh! We had a "Marzipan" who showed up in the very same way! Or maybe that was Whit's little sneaker... Congrats and woohoo to Tamsyn! So very impressive! Glad you all survived!
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