Welcome to my World

After having three boys and having my fair share of frogs and snails and puppy dog tails, having a daughter has been DELIGHTFUL for this mommy.  She has brought a lot of SUGAR and SPICE into our lives (if you know what I mean)!  I have been dreaming for the last few months about having a princess birthday party for my little princess.  I decided to try doing everything the most economical way possible.  I started with handmade party favors.  The wands above were made of felt that I had lying around.  I hot glued two pieces together with a bit of cotton and a dowel rod and ribbons stuck inside.  Then I unearthed the sequin trim that was waiting in some dark corner of my craft supplies for this exact project!  That got hot glued to one side  of the wand. The only thing I bought for this project, was a  pack of dowel rods for $.97.  The jewels I had gotten earlier for a different project and the ribbon I had on hand as well....

 So this is our School Room...Really it's a corner of our bedroom that we use for school this year.  I found that at the kitchen table there were way too many distractions.  This has been working out pretty well.  The two that are not in the school room at the time are supposed to play very NICELY together and not interrupt!  Surprisingly it's going very well...  I'm actually having more trouble with the DOG!  He can't quite understand why he's not allowed to join us!  Sam is doing First Grade work this year and Joanna is doing some preschool stuff to keep her busy.  She just wants to be involved too.  They are really loving it so far.  Sam says, "Are we done ALREADY?" This year JJ and Ben are studying Countries and Cultures, and this week we were supposed to make a globe cake...It was really mommy who did most of it, but it was kinda fun.  We are studying maps and globes right now and this is a good hands-on project.  (...