Five Things

1. I've been having Ellie write letters to people this summer to sharpen her writing skills.  She is doing amazing!  You would not believe she is only entering the first grade!  I teach language arts so her reading and writing is fabulous… not so sure about math and science…. lol :)

We wrote letters to her grandparents in Nashville, Mrs. Tilley (her kindergarten teacher and my new bestie), and her cousins- Eli and Peyton.  More to come…. so check your mailbox soon!

She had to wear my hat to the mailbox :)

2.  I bought a little magnet holder at Target and wrote down all the meals I make on note cards so when I am trying to plan meals for the week I don't have to think, "Now what do I make?"  There are only about 20 cards in there thanks for the picky boys in our family….Ellie and I will eat anything!  This will make planning faster for sure.

3.  I made this card for our anniversary on Shutterfly- Treat.  It wasn't expensive and was a lot of fun making- he will go aww and leave it on the counter until I throw it away, but it's totally worth it!!  sigh, boys  ;)

4.  Ellie wanted to put a picture in this little frame we found at Michaels.  She went and got this picture and put it in….. hahaha.  Love that she has a picture of herself on her desk!

5.  Jack got a haircut.  Jon usually just quickly buzzes it and we let it grow out until he needs another.  He tried to style it a little this time… sweet boy has cowlicks like me :( He looks adorable though!  It was 25 minutes of a squirmy, screaming (I mean, screaming) boy.  It's painful to experience so I'm not looking forward to the next one.  Any other moms dread taking kids to get hair cuts?  :)

His new favorite thing is to eat popcorn and watch Frozen.  He loves the music!