Advice Please!

We have hardwood floors throughout most of our house. I like to keep them clean. I vacuum all the time and then once in a while, I steam the floors. That's been working for the most part. Except, how do you clean under the king sized bed?? I just can't reach that strip in the middle underneath the bed and the dust bunnies are taunting me. Feel free to share any tricks that I don't know!!

Kara Turns One!

Today we celebrated Kara turning one! She was such a cutie and cheerful the whole time! She got a lot of presents...including 3 dolls. I didn't get the doll memo and we got her a cute bathtub book/puppet set from Write Impressions in Royal Oak. I love that store. It's great for little gifts!


Grandpa B got her a huge train set, which I bet she'll love.

Kiki spent a lot of the party like this:

but she woke up later and was super cute and running all over the place.

It was a fun family day. Can't wait til Christmas!

Help My Classroom Receive a Leveled Library!

Here's a useful way to spend your Christmas money...help a classroom of second graders get a leveled library! Check out my proposal below at donorschoose.org:

We Can Pick "Just Right" Books!

Christmas Vacation...

starts now! Our Polar Express party day went well at school and now I can finally relax for the next two weeks! My second graders looked so cute in their little pajamas. I love pj day. I can't wait to sleep in for the next two weeks. I love my job!

Babies!

Because I am resting on the couch today, I was playing around with Picasa. Here is my first attempt at making a collage:

101.4...

was the temperature that I had when I got home from work on Friday. It was also the approximate number of body aches that I had. On the up side, it also happens to be the number of nice things that Gil has done for me since I got the worst cold ever. Among that list was making me pancakes in the shape of smiley faces, trekking off to the store after a LONG day of work to buy me Lemon Propel water and pudding, and having a fire lit and the Christmas tree lit up for me when I finally crawled out of bed on Saturday morning after going to bed at 5 pm the night before. I love my husband!

There's Something So Relaxing About Sitting By a Fire...

So glad we finally have this thing going! Now I just wish we had the 14 inches of snow that Grand Rapids got. Sounds crazy, I know, but I sometimes miss getting those Lake Effect snowstorms!