Between Girl Scout cookie stuff, Irelyn being sick for the first 4 days of the week and missing school, PTA meetings, doctor appointments, working on my LOAD project, R working late every day, and volunteering in Georgia's classroom I have fallen behind on the blog. Again.
Here is a recap of the week:
Monday 2/23:
Irelyn taking her cold medicine. On Sunday she was running a low grade fever and Monday morning she woke up with a higher fever and a stuffy/runny nose. No school today. We also had to deliver Girl Scout cookies to some friends in Plant City. R had to work late tonight and didn't get home until close to 8pm. Long day.
Tuesday 2/24:
Our newest family member! R and I have decided to get serious about getting healthy and decided to purchase a treadmill. So far, so good! Irelyn was still sick today, so we just spent our day at home.
Wednesday 2/25:
Had a PTA meeting this morning. Irelyn had to join me since she was still running a low grade fever so she couldn't be at school today. After the meeting we headed to Starbucks for a treat - Iced Caramel Macchiato and Vanilla Bean scones. Yum!
Thursday 2/26:
Georgia got to be "friend of the week" in her classroom this week. She had to fill up a bag of her favorite toys, favorite book, a list of her favorite things to eat, her favorite color, etc... and bring in her favorite snack at the end of the week. Today, I went to the classroom to read her favorite book to the class. She chose a book about a surprise birthday party and how the best gift of all is friendship. It's so funny when I go to her class. All the kids want to tell me SOMETHING - it doesn't matter what it is, but they are all dying to tell Mrs. Allen! After I read the story, I helped out during Center Time and played a game with a group of 5 kids.
After school we went to pick up Irelyn from her school (yes! she was able to go to school today!) and then to run a few errands to Petco, Michael's and Target before going to work this evening.
Friday 2/27:
Georgia reading to me on my bed. She goes to the library on Thursdays at school and this week she chose the book Amelia Bedelia. I remember loving these stories from my childhood and now I can share them with Georgia. She was cracking up at all of the silly antics Amelia does in the book. She was able to read the entire book with no mistakes. Awesome!
Saturday 2/28:
What a busy day! We started off the day with a 9am soccer game. Aunt Wendy, Uncle Mark, Keelan and Grandma & Papa Winchester came to the game. Later in the day our Daisy Troop was working their first Girl Scout Cookie Booth at a Publix Supermarket. We were there from 1-4pm and sold over 100 boxes of cookies. The girls were so proud!
As we were packing up a man walked over to the booth with his wallet out. He said "wait, wait, don't go yet" I said "hi, what would you like?" He said "oh, I don't want any cookies I just want to give you this (holds out a bill) because my daughter was in Girl Scouts" I looked down at the bill he was giving me and it was a $50! OMG! We couldn't thank him enough. What a generous man.
Today also marked the last day of my LOAD project. I was able to keep up and complete 28 layouts in 28 days! Here is what my efforts look like:
These are the 12 x 12 layouts that I did. I also did about five 6 x 6 and one 8.5 x 11. What a great feeling! I am going to try to keep up with the group that branched off to do a LOAW(layout a week) and there is talk of doing another LOAD later in the year. Feels great to have my creativity flowing again!