Thanksgiving Table:

I'm so excited to host Thanksgiving tomorrow 

for the first time....especially because

it is my favorite holiday!

I went ahead and got out all the

Christmas decorations so my table

looks much more winter wonderland

than Thanksgivingish but now I am

ready for Christmas!

1. Christmas glittery trees on table

Pottery Barn

2. Glittery reindeer on table Uppitys

in Marietta, GA

3. Napkin rings Pier One

4. Silver candlestick holders Target
(filled with epson salt)

Raider Red End of
Season Football Party:
The Gifts

The players received a trophy

but I also filled a bag

with different kinds of candy

and wrote a brief letter

explaining what the candy meant.

I made Coach Randy a special

framed picture with all the

player's names inside the 

football.  The coaches also

got a gift card to Sports

Authority.  The packaging was

super simple.  I used a brown

bag and cut strips of white

paper to make it look like a 

football.  

Raider Red End of Season
Football Party: The Table

Sadly, the Fourth Grade Walton Red 

season came to an end one week shy

of the Superbowl.  The boys had a

great undefeated regular season and 

were Division Winners!

For the table, I bought fake grass

at Home Depot for $15.00.  It 

required a little too much math at

8:00 in the morning but my measurements

worked out great.  I used white duct tape

to mark the lines, unfortunately it 

wouldn't stick to the underside of 

the table.  

I bought mason jar mugs and the dollar

store and cut vinyl (found at

Hobby Lobby) to make them look like a 

football.  We made root beer floats in

the football mugs (note to self, pour the 

root beer first THEN add ice cream)!

Turkey Toes

Joelle and I made Turkey Toes
(candy corn) bags for her class.

Apparently they aren't "cool enough"

for fourth graders and Drew said no...

Thanksgiving Feast 

With 4 Year Olds:

Today was Joelle's Thanksgiving
Feast at her school.  I jazzed up

the silverware presentation and it is 

 a lot easier than you might think.  

Step 1: Find a clip art picture on your 

computer or internet search

Step 2:  Size it to match a circle punch

width and print

Step 3: Punch a piece of construction

paper with a scalloped punch

Step 4: Glue them together then onto 

a bag (I found these at Michael's)

Step 5: Place a napkin and silverware inside

Picture Frames:

It's so easy to turn a simple picture frame 
into a memo board.  

1. Choose a picture frame you like

2. Place fabric or paper behind the glass

3. Write on it with a dry erase marker 
and erase when done

Drew's Homework Assignments:

I printed lines and check boxes on a 
5x7 paper and added a clip art pencil

 Our Weekly Calender:
I found this picture frame at Hobby Lobby 
and added piece of fabric behind the glass.  
I used vinyl letters for the days of the week.

Princess Party: Games

Joelle's 4th Birthday

Princess Party Games

The "Queen" of the Party!

 The Girls decorated crowns made from cut toilet paper rolls...

  They played Kiss The Frog (pin the lips on the frog)

Princess Party: Cupcakes

Joelle's 4th Birthday

 A Princess Party

We had cupcakes fit for a princess from Gigi's for Joelle's birthday.  I found small, plastic, art pallets at Hobby Lobby and filled each section with a different type of sprinkle.  We put a sparkly wand through the center (also found at Hobby Lobby).  The girls had a great time decorating their individual cupakes...

and the clean up was a piece of cake!

Princess Party: Decorations

Joelle's 4th Birthday: Princess Party

Decorations:

It was a very cloudy day and it drizzled on and off.  Luckily, by the time the party started, it cleared up and was nice and warm so we could have it outside.