Sydney's Sweet Life

Friday, July 29, 2011

DIY Teacher Appreciation Gift

I'm pretty new to the blog world and I probably don't post as much as I could, but I love-love-love the myriads of DIY blogs out there. You could spend hours going from blog to blog. It wasn't until recently that I discovered a co-worker that sits directly behind me had similar interests. When I found out she blogged-I knew we would be friends. Her creativity is so inspiring and her family is so cute! On her blog she links to several fun and affordable DIY crafts and it got my wheels turning! We swap blogs all the time and she recently helped me create a personalized blog banner. Check out Rachel's blog, Life Lessons from Boys HERE.

One of her DIY features is a pencil bouquet basket. Since Bryce's last day at school was Friday, I wanted to do something nice for his teachers. It had to be personalized and also something they could use. The Pencil Bouquet was perfect! Here's my take on it:

It cost me about $10 dollars for all three. Can't beat that! Thanks for the inspiration Rachel!
Her Blog is all about the DIY but just wait-you'll go gaga over this:

How cute is that? She personalizes these just for your little one depending on the nursery theme. Don't you want one? Check out how to get one HERE.

One of Those Moments in Life....

It seems like I always use that phrase. Maybe it's because I like to blog about those moments in life that you always want to remember..

Well this is certainly one of them. My Bubby started school on Monday...Yep-Kindergarten! It snuck up on us rather quickly and while I had been busy getting his supplies ready, I hadn't realized that it was THAT CLOSE.

I made a huge deal about it and Bryce said he was excited. But I know Bubby and Bubby doesn't...do...change...well. The whole week leading up to it we drove by the school daily so he would know exactly where he was going. The Friday before school we met his teacher...and Bubby played it cool. We saw his classroom and he was intrigued but he stayed by my side. He laughed when the teachers spoke to him in Spanish and said he couldn't wait to learn how to talk that way. (He's in the Spanish Immersion Program)

My Mom, Dad, Sister and Aunt all came down for his big day. It was a nice distraction for him. And so-we all pile into the van and head to his first day of Kindergarten....I wanted to take pictures galore but he was not having it...

So I laid off him and chose to snap some pictures when he wasn't looking. Larry, Sydney and I walk him in...

This is when it got hard for me. We walked him into the classroom and I could see that he was unfamiliar with his new surroundings. He wanted desperately to ask me to stay but he also wanted to be a big boy. I could see the tears start to well up in his eyes.

Daddy stepped in for the pep talk.......

And just like that it was over. His first day of school all done...and I swear I didn't cry. I was more proud of him than sad. We've come a long way....after all this was him just 4 years ago...