Teacher gift idea...take 3 or 4..I can't remember

School is almost out and I want to do a little something each day for my daughter's teacher.  Just to let her know how much I and my daughter appreciate her and how FAB she has been to {us} this year. 

I gave this to my daughter's teacher yesterday....yes I know this came out a little ghetto.  My printer ink is about kaput and since we are moving in a couple of weeks I am not buying anymore.  So the cute background I had I couldn't use.  So good 'ol construction paper and stickers came to the rescue.
Something simple, candy bar (i used the big one ) and decorate your wrapper.  You can go ghetto like me, but come on why.  Thinking about it I should have used ribbon. hindsight gets me every time..okay I'm rambling now.

 I had made a cute themed one to give tomorrow, but yesterday I saw another parent come up with sorta the same idea <yeah other parent thanks a WHOLE freaking lot>-saboteur hussy (not really).  So changing it to next week, but I think it will still make me look like a copy cat (hussy, no she isn't but it makes me feel better to say it). 

I have another plan for tomorrow, but can't post it since she follows my post and I have no clue if she will see it before tomorrow. (like the plant idea, yeah i posted it before i gave it to her and she just happened to see my post the night before., yes, I am a genius)

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day.  I hope you have plenty of ties, socks, and underwear!!!!!!!

Another teacher gift idea

Another mom and I wanted to do something else for our kids Preschool teacher.  So I had this idea about putting kids pictures on flower cut out and hanging it on a plant.  Once again..It came out okay.  Not as quite "neat" looking as I would have liked.  My printer was running out of color ink so all the kids either have a purple or yellow tint to them.  Which could be an artistic spin on it (I say that to make me feel better).


Anyway.....

I found a flower template online and used that to cut out the flower shapes then took all the kids photos (that I had from school events) and cut them out and glued them on the flower.

I used fishing line to hang them, but noticed that I could not get the knot to stay on some of them, so I just used twine on those.  You could use a nice pot, but I opted for tissue paper and ribbon.  I've noticed people are picky about pots (i know, that is odd to me) so this way she can plant it or put it in a pot that will match her decor.
I will find out tomorrow how she liked it.

Before

After

Unicorn....It's what's for dinner

Just when I didn't think you could find weirder things to eat I find this. Is this fun food or just odd??
A conversation could go two ways with your kids




kids: what's for dinner tonight?                                
you: unicorn burgers!                                              
kids:  awesome, how did you catch a unicorn??      
you: I'm Super Parent and all animals bow to my will

Traumatized kids
kids: what's for dinner tonight   ?
you: unicorn burgers!
kids: AAHHH, no!!! why??, why??? (followed by a bunch of tears)






Just think of all the happy kids we could have if we just added a little unicorn to our diet. So if you don't mind being responsible for killing innocent pure creatures of fantasy then just click on the link below to order a can of fictional creature for your next meal.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/e5a7/




Oh and an added bonus Radiant Farms also turns the unicorns magical horn into a delightful candy.  Sure to give all kids smiles and happy thoughts.
http://neverchill.com/5447/candy-unicorn-horn

ps. I thought I would break this to you after you read about the yummy goodness of unicorns.  The unicorn is inside the can, but in one piece.  Don't worry use your handy dandy shrink/enlarge ray gun to restore the unicorn to it's normal size and begin to skin the meat off, or as the website suggest take it to your local butcher and have him to it for you (saves you the mess).
Word of warning to you ......do NOT let your kids play with the unicorn before you take it to the butcher or your kids will fall in love and your stuck with a mystical creature living in your backyard.


ps.s just found this....to end your meal just put on some silky Unicorn Fart Lip Balm.  Unicorn farts smell and taste like peppermint/cotton candy.  It will make your lips soft and leave you with a sweet minty scent!

Doors of Rome

I am a little behind in getting my blog about Rome, so while I get my act together I thought I would post this for you.  Once again....only a fraction of what I actually took.

Just playing with some textures here

Ettal Monastery

The town Ettal is known for it's monastery and Linderhof Palace.  

The town itself is small but being in Bavaria you can't beat the beautiful setting.

Here are a few pictures of Ettal Monastery.

 

For the history of the monastery, which is was to long for me to think about writing, check out the links I posted below:

http://larsthompson.8m.com/page8.html

http://www.brennendes-herz.com/index.php?id=ettal_abbey

http://www.tompgalvin.com/places/de/bayern/ettal.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettal_Abbey

Linderhof Palace

Linderhof Palace is the extravagant villa of King Ludwig II.  It is best viewed during the spring and summer months due to the gardens being closed in the winter.  We went and September and the gardens were still beautiful.

We were not allowed to take any pictures inside, so you will have to look online (link below) to see it. It is small and the tour is short (which is a plus if you have kids).  We did not have a long wait (we toured some of the grounds while we waited) so it wasn't bad.  If I had to wait a long time with my kids I think I would have been disappointed.

Here are just a few shots of the outside.  There are more things to see on the palace grounds, but with 2 kids and 2 castles to still see that day we didn't wander around to see all of it.

This is the grotto that Ludwig had made on the grounds, I had to stop myself from laughing...its so gaudy, but I guess back then it was great place to relax and "woo" the ladies.

This is the river that runs in front of the park /entrance to the palace.  I  loved the clear clean water.  The kids had the most fun here as well, walking in the water, trying to skip stones etc.

http://www.schlosslinderhof.de/englisch/palace/history.htm
gps address:
Linderhof 12
82488 Ettal