These Three Miracles

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Down by the River

One Sunday afternoon, we took bikes and lunches and headed down toward the Mississippi River!

The kids love to throw rocks in the river ...

Love seeing the joy of riding a bike down a hill! A little scared, then pumped that she made it!!!

There's that joy again!

Susanna's turn!

She did part of the hill, too!

We will definitely do this again! We all had a fun time getting outside, playing near the river, and conquering the hill!

Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Valentine's Day

We started celebrating with a little cookie decorating at Miss Alyson's house!

On to Eli's class for an ice cream sunday party!

Making a graph with conversation hearts.

Ahhh - I love this boy!

Susanna just loves this doll house in Eli's classroom!

Now, on to Madeline's class for some fun games and treats!

I love these three miracles!

Saturday, February 8, 2014

I know it's crazy, most people don't want it to snow - the bad roads, delays, etc. But, I am just like the kids - I LOVE SNOW!!!!! I never lost that "wish for a snow day" mentality of my childhood. Even as a teacher, I loved a snow day! We finally got a bit of snow! (We were a tiny bit jealous of our family in St. Louis - they had a TON of snow this winter!)

Nate slept over at our house that night, and Madeline was at Lindsey's.

So sad, you can see the ground through the snow - we get so excited about a little dusting!!!!

Snow is snow, right!

There's a little playground in the park across the street.

Oh, I wish they knew what real sledding was like! Next year, we are going to go to this great hill in Overton Park - at the Levitt Shell - that will be fun!

Not quite enough for a snowman, and not quite wet enough - a little too dry/powdery!

Love the earmuffs on Nate!

We can dream of snowmen!!

Saturday, February 1, 2014

GenerosiTEA Party

The FIFTH annual GenerosiTEA Party for Le Bonheur was a wonderful success! It seems like the event grows more and more in attendees each year as well as in the quality of activities! We just have so much fun getting together and planning. We do some planning early in the year, but we start full swing in August!

This year, we raised over $26,000! Our costs were around $4,000 - this is almost all food for the lunch! We have so many things donated, that our costs are really low! We were able to give over $22,000 dollars to Le Bonheur! Last year our money went toward the Comfort Kids program aimed at pain free needle pokes. This year, we plan to continue providing Buzzy Bees (a pain blocking aid for blood draws and shots) to the hospital and the local pediatricians' offices as well as offer nursing continuing education scholarships! We are very excited about these plans!

Now for the pictures! We had a really fun time!

Ready for some fun!

Sabrina and Sus getting their hair done!

Loving it!

Madeline getting her nails done!

Our awesome committee who make it all happen!

Enjoying the Tooth Fairy Pouch craft….

The attendees got to decorate a Buzzy Bee! A wonderful tool that blocks pain during a needle stick! Madeline has experienced the "magic" of Buzzy during a blood draw and now requests one anytime she needs a "poke!"

Ramona from Le Bonheur is spear heading the Comfort Kids campaign! Here, she is holding 100 Buzzy Bees that will equip the hospitals' phlebotomists and local pediatricians' offices!

Lauren Ashley and her friend Hannah took great care of Madeline and Susanna to make sure they had an awesome time since I had to work a lot of the time….