lakeview art show

my art classes at the elementary school wrapped up towards the end of the year and it was time for an ART SHOW! Each student (from all grades) that attended my class submitted two pieces of artwork they completed in class to be exhibited. There were about 60 kids that took classes - so close to 120 pieces of artwork to be displayed. We used the school library for the show, invited all the families...and of course made some treats (thanks to my friend Julie for helping with food - you are awesome). I thought it turned out to be a great night, i love those kids, and i was so proud of their work when I saw it all hanging in one place!:)

making treats the morning of..

maggie wanted to make some treats of her own.....mmmmm tasty
you have no idea how many of these i pretended to eat as we were cooking that morning!

here are a few pics from the show - i am fixing tape on a drawing that just fell down..

lia with her artwork

here are her pieces up close

jax with his two pieces...yes this was the best picture i could get of him, he was in a mood

i did receive a few flowers and cards...they melted my heart

makes it all worth it - so sweet:)

mother's day

Here are a few pictures from Mother's day -

ty insisted on taking a picture of me with each child..

Maggie couldn't take a break from downing chocolate covered strawberries :)

my treasures....

from jax

from Lia

i thought i had this picture turned..but apparently not

it says:

my mom is artistic

my mom is special because she likes to go shopping with me

i like to paint with my mom

my mom likes to bake sweets

my mom does not like to eat onions on her hamburgers

i like it when my mom gives me presents for my birthday

i love my mom because she is the best!

and then of course there is a cute picture of me

(wearing that pink polka dot jumper i wear all the time :))

so there you have it

lots of love to all of the amazing mothers in my life

wish we could have been with you on Mother's Day :)

teacher appreciation week

teacher appreciation week went well this year, but as always it's a lot of work -

the staff seemed to enjoy what we had planned, so if you ever find yourself in charge of this event at your kiddos school here's a few ideas -

you know your in trouble when your living room looks like this at 2am however....

probably should have started a bit earlier in the day

day 1:

chocolate bouquets with notes to each teacher from their students and the students families

day 2:

posters hung in the cafeteria with messages from the students about why they love their teacher

my cute helper in the corner :)

day 3:

home made desserts in the conference room for the staff - thanks to PTO volunteers

day 4:

we played guess the mystery teacher.

clues about the mystery teacher were placed on poster board around the school - and students dropped their answers in a box by the office.

at the end of the day the first 5 correct student answers pulled from the box won a prize....

day 5:

homemade tamale lunch for the staff - courtesy of my friend veronica - such a rare treat, they were thrilled.
also on Friday each teacher received a gift certificate to Zuppa's (local restaurant - so yummy!)