This week Sam's school has had a really fun week ... in grammar schools I think it would be called "spirit week" or more recently, "Dr. Seuss Week" ... but each day they let the kids do something out of the box, creative and fun. Monday was hat day ... a bit boring... and well we forgot.
Wednesday was Silly Hair day, and Tuesday night just before bedtime, Sam and I did a run through. He kept saying over and over again, "I look like a girl!" (For that exact reason, I made sure not to use any pink or purple rubber bands.)
Emily came into the bathroom when we were about finished, and said "Sam doesn't look very good without hair on his face." I pretty much agree, and told GR that shaving his head for the summer was a definite "NO" after this little project.
At school the next day he got a great reaction from his teachers, classmates and their parents. Everyone thought it definitely qualified as Silly Hair. Here he is Tuesday night (lower pictures) and then Wednesday morning (top) with one of his teachers, Mrs. S. and classmate Alex - note the three ponytails.
Monday, after looking at hand towels (a tease for a future project post) I made an impulse buy ... you know a split second, zero thought involved, end of the check out isle display purchase.
The impulse, a package of Hershey bars. Okay, so there wasn't zero thought involved, but it was still impulsive. In a split second, I decided it would make a super fun Family Home Evening activity/treat and it did. We spent our dinner time talking to the kids about fasting - what it means to fast, why we fast, what fast offerings are and what they are used for, told them about when Jesus fasted for 40 days, and we also talked a little bit about testimony's.
It was a really good discussion that I think the kids learned from ... then we pulled out the nifty smore's maker GR got for Father's Day a couple years ago, along with the marshmallows, the graham crackers and the newly purchased chocolate bars, only to discover that we were out of Bunsen burners/chafing fuel. So we improvised and made them in the microwave. Not my favorite method, and not nearly as much fun as toasting marshmallows indoors over a little chafing flame, but they were still yummy and made everyones face chocolaty! yummy!
Okay, so probably only Heather - and maybe GR - will truly feel my excitement and know exactly how HUGE this is, BUT I still had to share, cause I know it will go right over my kids heads!!
.... Someone picked one of my TinyStitches items to be featured in an Etsy Treasury!!! Check it out!!
Becca got the surprise box yesterday and knew exactly what she wanted to take ... here are the clues she gave her classmates, who surprisingly didn't have a hard time guessing the right answer. How 'bout you?
Clue 1 - I have one, Mrs. M has one, my parents have one, my grandparents have one, do you have one?
Clue 2 - I take you to far away and exotic places.
Clue 3 - I have pages like a book.
