Head Hung Low..

I type before you now with my head hung low. In the blogger's "walk of shame."

I got so insanely busy yesterday and today that I didn't post any birthday ideas!! I know..tear!

Last night we had our Relay for Life in honor of my grandpa. Our team name is Haskell Rascals since my grandparents house is on Haskell Road. I lived with my grandparents for the first 10 years of my life so naturally I was very close with them. When my grampy passed last year, it was devastating. I knew it was coming but nothing can prepare you for losing someone who essentially rased you.

The Relay was a success though!

Then today was *cough* MY BIRTHDAY *cough*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The hubby and I drove to Buffalo to shop til we dropped and boy did we!

My Mr. surprised me with new sneakers yesterday! Since my knee surgery, I have been living in sneakers and mine were starting to show their age and weren't exactly the most comfortable things I own. So it was definitely time for new ones.

We got home around 7 pm and then I remembered it's grocery week and since tomorrow is Father's Day, I knew it needed to be done tonight. Boooo! I really just wanted the couch, some pizza, a Diet Coke, and some TV. But I dragged the hubs with me, I mean it is my birthday so I get the final say :)

When we got home I finished up my Step-dad's Father's Day Card! I did most of it last week at our Ladies Night Out event at church. I had to print off the inside saying and glue everything down!

Front (This is dad and his 3 girls)

Inside (I can't for the life of me figure out how to rotate this!! In my pictures folder it's in the right direction, but when I put it on here it flips?)

Let me know what ya think?

Now onto the Birthday Week and giveaway news.

I will extend birthday week until Monday and post different ideas tomorrow night to make up for Friday and today.

As for the giveaway, I know I promised info on that yesterday but like I said life happened and I couldn't exactly hook my laptop up at an outdoor track!! I will post giveaway info tomorrow too. You should all be ok until then since there are a whole bunch of other much more fabulous giveaways happening around blog land!!!

I'm off to the couch now with my big, tall Diet Coke!!

Happy Father's Day to any fathers that visit this blog! Or to any single moms out there that have to be fathers too!

Birth-Day 4!

Already day 4--whewww this week is flying by!

No complaints here (Just in case you were unaware, my birthday is Saturday!!)

My 4 yr. old sister spilled the beans tonight and told me she got me a jacket! And I absolutely, 100% didn't push or prod her to spill those beans or anything. I swear!

Where was I? Ready for some more fabulous birthday ideas?

Birthday Mobile

Take a coathanger and decorate with the birthday kiddo's name and picture. Write along the bottom "For your birthday, I would like to give you ____." Then have each student draw a picture of what they would like to give the birthday boy/gal. (Of course they draw on paper in the shape of a cake!) To keep the birthday kiddo occupied have them decorate candles to represent how old they are. Connect everything with some string & voila you have a very keep-sake"y" type gift! I don't remember where I heard this idea so if it's yours-please claim it :)

 

Hostess Blog

This party idea is A-Mazing! Night Owl pajama party!! I can't wait to have a little girl so she can be 7 or 8 and have one of these. So cute!

C.R.A.F.T.

No picture needed for this site. Seriously A-Mazing things on this blog. This girl is on her game. Just for birthday ideas along it took me forever to browse through all of the things she linked too. And when I say forever, I really mean the most amazing time of my day!

What The Teacher Wants

Check out what Rachelle & Natalie do to celebrate birthdays throughout the year and over the summer!! I'm definitely borrowing this pixie balloon idea!

Lesson Plan SOS

These ladies sure know how to take something average, like a napkin, and turn it into something rather A-Mazing!

Yes, I am aware that I used the term A-Mazing lots of times in this post! Must be the closer I get to my birthday, the more excited I get!!

Now it's your turn! Click on the button below and link up to share your ideas.

 I know you have them--you are full of inspiration!

Giveaway information being posted tomorrow!!!!

102 People Actually Read This??

Stop the presses!

I must be interesting if over 100 people actually want to read what I have to say! 

Giveaway information coming soon!

Not sure what I want to giveaway at this point so I've got to plan it out!

I'm really excited!

Check back soon for more info!!!

Birth-Day 3!

We're halfway there!! Today we held a shower for a sweet teacher and it was extra special because she had little Blake with her! So I got to love on some baby and came home with that sweet baby smell on my hands! I think that should subside my baby fever for a month or two!

Ok back to business!

Birthday In A Box

Check out this awesome sight packed full of different party games, snacks, & decorations. One idea they had was to plan a scavenger hunt for the party. My little brain got busy and I thought how fun would it be to have a year long scavenger hunt? Give out a clue or two on each birthday and then have it lead up to something huge! Of course you wouldn't put out the surprise until the last birthday, but it might still be fun to send them on a hunt for a whole school year!

Amazing Moms

Cupcake cones! Need I say more? A cupcake. In an ice cream cone. Without the melty mess of ice cream. WIN!

tiny prints

Talk about a fabulous blog that I just recently stumbled upon! Like seriously, I'm not kidding when I saw WOW! I spent a good hour just checking all of the posts out! Go there now and look at all of the amazing birthday ideas that are posted. An ice cream social for your summer birthdays? A book wrapped in packagine paper and decorated with letters for an alphabet themed party? Angry Birds cupcakes? A birthday party for your doggy? Do I have you hooked yet?

Don't forget to link up and share you're ideas!

Birth-Day 2!

Welcome back for another day of birthday ideas!



sweet peas and bumblebees

How sweet is this homemade butterfly/flower garland? Now, I'm not sure I would ever have the time to pull this out everytime we celebrate a birthday but how cute would it be to use at home?

1+1+1=1

Carisa (who has a fabulous homeschool blog & curriculum) has these great birthday printables. These are mainly geared towards pre-school age.

eighteen25

How about some homemade playdough for your kiddos? I love this idea! Playdough is so simple to make and I know my sisters wouldn't mind helping me make a batch every month! For boys, you could find a more "boyish" cookie cutter and wrap it in blue ribbon!

Hope you're enjoying these birthday ideas! Don't forget to link up & share how you celebrate birthdays, either in your classoom or at home!

Birth-Day 1!

Happy Monday all :)

Hope you enjoy these different birthday ideas. (Not all of them are strictly classroom oriented)

eighteen25

How precious are these bookmarks?? My kiddies would love to get something like this instead of a boring 'ol paper one!!(if only I had the time to make 20 of these)

it is what it is

 Or what about taking something like this and changing the words to say "Congragulations Smartie Pants. You're one year smarter" (or something else less corny than my attempt!)

And finally for today, visit Mrs. Golds Class for lots of different birthday printables, crafts, games, & much more!!!

Don't forget to click on the Birthday Week Button to link up all of your fabulous birthday ideas!

Birthdays

In honor of my upcoming birthday, I am hosting a linky party about ways you celebrate birthdays in your classroom or at home!

In my classroom, I always have a birthday crown with the student's name on it placed on their desk for when they get there. I also give them a Happy Birthday pencil.

Then the rest of the class uses the Happy Birthday special note from my special notes pack to shower the birthday kiddo with lots of friendly love.

My school has a nutrition plan in order, so we are not supposed to have too many sweets. Try telling that to parents though. Often times we end up with cupcakes or cookies. What's one day of a little treat? I also have a peanut and egg allergy in my classroom, so everything has to be store bought with all of the ingredients labeled.

The birthday boy or gal is allowed to pick one friend to visit other teachers on the same floor with the leftover treats. Of course the other teachers love getting a sweet treat at the end of the day.

Finally we do the human birthday cake. The birthday friend picks a candle for each year of age. They form a circle around the birthday friend. The rest of the students form another circle around the candles. The candles walk in one direction and the cake part walks in the opposite direction while singing Happy Birthday. Once we sing twice, the birthday friend gets to blow out the candles (he taps each candles head and the fizzle down). Finally, the birthday friend cuts the cake (picks a spot around the outside circle to seperate two hands)

We have a lot of fun on birthdays! I'm curious to see what my firsties have planned for me this week. They all seem very excited to make me pick candles! They clearly don't realize there aren't even enough students in my class to make candles!!

How do you celebrate birthdays?