Happy 30th Birthday, Sis!

1. Jimmy John's Gift Card ....sneaks up on you freaky fast

2 Cherry Berry Gift Card ....deserves a treat

3 Scarf ....looks good on you

4 Family Photo Album ....is best spent with family

5 Air Freshener ....stinks

6 Kleenex ....makes you tear up

7 Dark Chocolate ....requires chocolate

8 Bandaids ....hurts a little

9 Razor ....feels as good as freshly shaven legs

10 Racquetballs ....hits you hard

11 Crazy Straw ....is crazy

12 Life cereal ....is part of life

13 Diaper ....is a little crappy

14 Peanuts ....is nuts

15 Bird Napkins ....is for the birds

16 Sharpie (fine point) ....is just fine

17 Sucker ....sucks

18 Can of peaches ....is peachy

19 Can of Rotel ....? That's hot.

20 Superman figurine .... is super

21 Easy Mac ....is easy

22 Bubbles ....blows

23 Extra Gum ....is extra fun

24 Advil ....gives you a headache

25 Airborne ....makes you feel a little sick

26 Shout Wipe ....makes you want to shout

27 Container ....? Contain yourself.

28 Nail File ....is rough

29 Pop Rocks ....rocks

30 Princess Cupcake liners ...makes you feel like a princess

110 Reasons we love our teacher

My friend and I collaborated on this end-of-the-year gift for our boys' teachers in 2013.  We had fun putting it together.  We mailed 5 questions to each student in the boys' classes and each student wrote their responses and mailed them back along with $5.  Then, we alternated the cards with crisp, brand-new $1 bills and bound it with that paint-on adhesive stuff to make a tear-off notepad.  The teachers can tear out the money and are left with a  fun memory of this year's class!  We each had about 2 of 22 cards that weren't returned, but that's not bad, huh!?  We delivered them anonymously to the teachers the last week of school.  Thanks for a great year, teachers!
Questions:
--This year Mrs. Dardis taught me...
--What I love most about Mrs. Dardis is...
--Mrs. Dardis loves me because...
--Mrs. Dardis lives...
--For lunch, Mrs. Dardis likes...

Lego Instruction Manuals

Nothing fancy, but it works quite well.  The binder on the far right in the picture below is a standard sized binder, 1" thick that can be purchased from basically anywhere.  I made the cover and the spine (haha, don't laugh at my weak graphics skills) and just added blank plastic page protector sheets. The large sized manuals and other papers fit in the big binder.

The smaller 2 binders on the left are a small sized binder carried by Office Max.  I brought in one of the smaller instruction manuals and was surprised to find this little binder and the page protector sheets for inside and it's the PERFECT size for the smaller manuals.  I have the smaller binders separated by Lego City and Lego Creator but I need to add another smaller binder for more City and/or misc.  

The one drawback of this system is that there is nothing closing each page protector so if the binder is stored upside down or slid across the carpet, the manuals sometimes slip out the top of the binder.

End of the year teacher gifts

Here are a few teacher/para gifts we made this year.  Our school's PTO sends out a list during teacher appreciation week of different items that are each teacher's favorites: drinks, restaurants, candy, snacks, etc.  Pretty handy to know that the gym teacher likes sugarfree Red Bull!  I wanted the teachers to know that I appreciated them, too, not just our son, so I wrote a short note on the back of each tag.

Cute things kids say

Easily write down something cute the kids say using dry erase marker on the glass.  Use Microsoft Word to draw a speech bubble, print it out, put it on top of scrapbook paper.

Menu

Made from a 4x6 multi-photo frame, scrapbooking paper and letter stickers.  Dry erase marker on the glass to easily change the menu every week and add stuff to the shopping list.

Sunday School Teacher Christmas Gift