Wordless Wednesday!

Teaching?!?!?

Tomorrow is the BIG day! Yes, I am going to be a teacher again. In the past life, before kiddos, I was a 2nd grade teacher. I recently received a call about teaching at a school that only meets twice a week. It is a Classical Christian School where teachers teach on Monday and then parent's home school during the week. On Thursday there are enrichment classes offered. I'm impressed by the structure of the program. They have graders that come in on Monday's and grade the students papers from the week they were home schooled. There is a guidance counselor for the high school students who help with transcripts, ACTS, scholarships, etc.
You might be asking what am I teaching??? I am going to be teaching ages 3-6! I'm privileged to have my two three year old with me. The other day my daughter told me that she is not going to be calling me mommy in class, but she will call me either teacher or Mrs. Chevrier. I thought that was really cute. I told her that she can call me mommy!

Here are the bins of materials that I'm bringing with me for the day. It is a long day lasting from 8:00-3:45. I think I over planned, but we will see. I know my kids have a really short attention span.

So, my babies are going off to school and I get to be their teacher, which is perfect for a person who is a control freak!!!!! Yes, that is me, when it comes to my kids. Our little Ellie will be in the nursery class for the day. I'm praying that she will do well. Just today in church nursery she had a hard time and that was only for an hour and a half! Please pray for her, that is one of my biggest worries that she will do well.

I'm off to bed and not looking forward to getting up at 5:45 and getting the kids out of the door by 7:00. Though I'm excited about tomorrow!!!!

Great Deals

Yes, I am writing about this great deal that I got at Gymboree. I know pathetic, but I like good deals and I love Gymboree, but only for my girls. I actually think that some of the boy stuff isn't so cute. Now I'm not saying that all the of the boy clothing is bad, but I prefer H'n'M or Gap for my little man!
When we were in Michigan Ryan and I were on our date night and we were at the mall getting my jeans hemmed. While we were there we passed by Gymboree and I just pleaded Ryan to go in. Being the nice husband that he is we went in and boy I'm I glad we did. They were having a huge sale! On a side note, kids clothing has become more fun for me than my own clothing! Is there something wrong with me? Though I must say that I'm not a big shopper, because who wants to lug around three small children? So I don't get out much to the mall and when I do I would rather go into the kids clothing department than my own. The clothing always fits them when you take it off the hanger and it is less expensive than I could buy for myself!
So I just had to share the things I got from Gymboree at such a great price. I just couldn't pass 99 cent shirts. Isn't that quite amazing for Gymboree?

Here are some 99 cent tanks for my little man. They are cute for Gymboree!

This shirt is $2.99 and I believe the shorts are 3.99. I know when I was a kid I loved recess. Though my oldest, who is 3, doesn't even know what recess is!

The sandals cost $7.99 which is probably not a big savings, but aren't they just so cute?

Okay, this tank top cost 99 cents and the shorts cost $2.99!

I got this dress for both my two girls and it cost $4.99! I absolutely love matching them so for $10.00 I am able to match them!

I got this dress for my oldest and it to cost $4.99

What stores do you like to shop at for your kiddos?

Michigan Christmas

The Saturday after Christmas we headed out for our 6 hour drive to Michigan, but on this trip we went through a snow storm. Unfortunately, it took us more like 8 hours to get there. The best time to travel for us in leaving later around 5:00 pm it breaks up the trip by stopping to eat dinner and then by 9:00 the kids are usually all asleep. It has become our tradition to stop at Culver's on our way for dinner. We have managed to go every year since the oldest two were 3 months old. The Culver's in Indiana is so nicely decorated for Christmas. The above picture is of the girls and I at Culver's. The travel went pretty good for the most part. I just must say thank goodness for TV! :)

Here is Nana and Grandpa with their grandchildren on our Christmas morning!

This is Chevy and Anderson reading the Christmas story from the Bible.

Here are all the big kiddos and little ones! Ellie is sitting on his Auntie Rachelle's lap and Avielle is sitting on her Auntie Renee's lap! Nana dressed me and the little girls in penguin pajamas. Aren't they cute?

Auntie Renee holding Avielle for a picture.

This was our present to Nana! It is pictures of the kids in their hats that I took with my new camera!

Avielle opening her gift from Auntie Renee. It is a leotard for gymnastics!

These are now Chevy's favorite pair of pajama pants. Yes, that is the Red Wings symbol. When he comes home from work, he is almost always in them!

Anderson with his new sword!

Auntie Renee got Anderson a soccer outfit. Chevy is short for our last name, Chevrier!

We spent time at the mall and then we went to Jeepers on Wednesday. The kids had fun, but man it was a mad house there! I wouldn't wish that on anyone! I actually felt sorry for the workers there.

We had a nice relaxing time. Here are the girls watching their favorite show, "Piggy Toes!"

Our Christmas

For our Christmas this year we were in Illinois. Christmas Eve we went to The Chapel, our church, with my parent's and my sister and brother-in-law. After church we headed to our house for some pot roast. The next morning the kids, Chevy, and I opened gifts from each other. Then we later went to my parent's house with the fam and opened gifts.

Daddy and his little girl


Avi and Anderson are waiting to open their presents. They are so giddy that they are hugging each other! Each of the kids got a big gift from us and here are the gifts. It was so fun to see their faces!

Anderson received Rescue Hero stuff. We actually got all these action figures and motor vehicles from Craigs List. Anderson just loved it and was shaking with excitement. It was funny, but two weeks prior to Christmas he found his gift in the backroom of the basement. I kind of just tried to skirt around the question and thankfully he didn't go back to look for it later. I need to hide the gifts better!

Our sweet Avielle just loves babies, so for Christmas we got her a changing table with a highchair and a little bath. She too just loved it and we put it up in her bedroom to enjoy. Lately every night she has asked if she could play with her baby and changing table instead of going to bed. Of coarse I usually give in and tell her 5 minutes of play and then bedtime. I hope this doesn't turn into a habit! From my mom she also received Baby Alive who actually eats and poops. I know, Poop!?!? Not that I have be deal with poop from my kids and now from the doll! J/K, but not really!

Our little Ellie received a pretty pink kitchen. When we put it in her room she started jumping around and showing off for her daddy!

A Christmas Craft Idea

I know what you are thinking, "Christmas craft ideas in January?" Just hear me out! I got this idea from a friend who posted it on Facebook. These are icicle Christmas ornaments that you hang on your outside trees. You use cookie cutters and I used food coloring to make the different colors. The kids had a lot of fun making them and it was extremely easy to do.

I really like that these can be given as grandparent gifts. This project is not another hang on the refrigerator project. Though it was funny on the day of Christmas it was raining in Illinois! We just stuck the ornaments in the freezer.

Here is my new idea, make these as Valentine's gifts!. I thought you could have your children make heart shaped ornaments with the help of a cookie cutter and a little red dye.

Fluttering Angels

My mom for Christmas put these cool glasses in the kids stockings. At first I didn't know what to make of them, but I have come to the conclusion that they are really neat and I must add stylish!!!!! As you can see from the glasses they are called "Flutter Angels" and you put them on and look at the Christmas tree.

So here is a picture of what the lights look like through the lens of the glasses. If you look closely you can see little angels with their horns! If you are having trouble look at the angels on the glasses you will see that outline. Isn't it pretty neat???