Tybee Pier Photo 2012

Tybee Pier Photo 2012

Tybee Pier Photos

Tybee Island, GA holds a special place in my heart! As a child my family on my mothers side would gather for a few days on the island celebrate my grandmother's birthday! Precious memories were made and I will hold them close to my heart forever. As she grew older and my grandfather's health started failing this tradition fell to the wayside. They both have passed away now and I miss them both everyday. A few years ago we decided that we would start a new tradition! My mother and I take the kids to Tybee every year around her birthday. It's almost that time and I can't wait! Each year I decided to try to take a picture of the kids in the same spot from behind to see how they have grown. I chose the tybee pier. Enjoy this walk down memory lane with me. Pier Photo 2008

Pier Photo 2009

Pier Photo 2010 (This year Emma WOULD NOT participate, so this is the best that I got)

Pier 2011

These kids are my world and I am so thankful for them. I am blessed to be able to make precious memories with them daily! We will soon be on "Tybee Time" and I can't wait to see how this year photo turns out.

William's Work study elective

William loves his job at our local art center. He volunteered one summer and they ended up starting a brand new after school program the following year. He was asked to join on as staff for the program. The program is growing and he has been offered a job this upcoming school year DAILY!! I will be using this as one of electives for his senior year. I am calling it Work Study. His task will be: Monitoring Attendance Completing Participation Reports Handling Difficult Children Keeping Students on Task Teachers Aid with all Projects Maintaining Orderly Conduct Reporting Behavior Problems to Appropriate Personnel Tidying Up Classroom at Days End Monitoring Parent Pick-Up Setting up the room for the program Getting kids from school bus to the building safely Preparing snacks Over seeing home work time Getting kids to other art programs in near by building Filling in for Art teachers when needed He starts on August 6th and is looking forward to it! He is so lucky! He love his boss and the kids that he works with. How many 17 year old can say that they love their jobs :) I am proud of the work that he does with the program. He is a great role model for the kids. One parent told us that she saw a HUGE improvement in her child's grades over the year last year.

Rose Art Chalk Factory

A few weeks ago I entered a contest on Rose Art Pinterest page They are releasing a new line of sidewalk chalk products. The collection includes colored chalk in 3 different varieties: Frosty Favorites, Candy Confections and Perfect Pastries! We won and I was so excited. My kids are 17,9, and 7 so finding things that they can all enjoy together can be a challenge. Sidewalk chalk is fun for all ages! The were so excited to get the package in the mail. The packet that we won included chalk shaped like a slice of pie, donut, cake and cupcake! How fun is that?

They really do look good enough to eat, but don't try it! For some reason I don't think they would taste as good as they look!

The colors of these are so bright and fun!

Each pack is under $5.00. Pick up a pack and create some memories today!

Getting ready to study the Olympics!

We made our olympic medal chart. Each person picked a country to "cheer" for. When that country wins a gold medal the person that chose that country will get a quarter, silver medals win a dime and a penny for bronze! The whole family will be cheering for the USA and that money will be used for a special treat or outing at the end of the olympics!

World War II kid program at the library

Evamarie went to an awesome history workshop yesterday at our local library!

This is a blurb about what took place at the workshop! "Do YOU have what it takes to be a World War II kid? Find out when you take a time-travel journey to England in 1940! You'll experience an air raid,become an evacuee, play games, do chores, and meet adults from the time who have no clue that you're a 21st-century American kid... and who are happy to put you to work. Don't complain, though! Don't you know there's a war on? Through play with artifacts, multimedia, humor, and a genuine historian in character, kids learn about the Blitz, wartime food rationing, the evacuation of schoolchildren, air raid preparations, and much more. But don't tell them that." It was presented by Dr. Annette Laing. She is the author of the The Snipesville Chronicles book series. How cool is that? She had a great time and learned alot, best of all it was FREE! You can learn more about her books and programs at her website. You can find her books on amazon! The third book in the series will be out in a few weeks. One fun fact about that books is that the fictional town of Snipesville is based on our hometown of Statesboro, GA! Check out the books today, you will not be disappointed.

Summer bucket list update

We have been busy doing activities on our summer bucket list! This is what we have done so far: Screven county Library Summer Reading Sign up Statesboro Library Summer Reading Program Place a Geocache Summer Movies at carmike Get A Watermelon Shoe shopping Movie Days Game Days Melty crayon Art Yarn wrapped letters Water Paint glow sticks in the tub How are you doing with your summer bucket list?