"wrapping" things up

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.

~Washington Irving

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

~Emily Dickinson

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love.

~Mildred B. Vermont

A. Rogers May 2011

We "wrapped up" our Mother's Day
activities today with a writing activity and by wrapping our presents! They are so pretty, aren't they? The kids are so excited to give their moms their cards and presents. They have been asking me all week when they get to take them home. . . now to get ready for my mom!

Getting ready for Mother's Day...Preparamos para dia de las madres

A. Rogers May 2011

Yesterday, I was thinking, "What can we do today?" It was 8:30 am and, I hate to admit it, I had nothing ready for the day. Don't worry. I am really good at winging situations like this and we have plenty of things we have started working on recently that we could do, but with it being testing week, I wanted to think of some low key things to do that didn't require much stress. I was looking through my craft drawer and found a package of foamies the perfect size for picture frames, some puzzle pieces, and some aquarium rocks. That was it! I got my camera, we took pictures in front of the tree, I printed them out, and we were off! I think they turned out really cute. I also found a poem on the internet that translated really beautifully into Spanish, (although without the rhyme) and I cut, pasted, and laminated them last night. Today, I hot glued a piece of rope to the back and put the poem over it and wa la! We have a Mother's Day present!

A. Rogers May 2011

For cards, I found a really cute idea on the internet. I didn't do the same project but I took the sign language "I love you" hand idea and went from there. We cut our hands out of foamies and then I hot glued the two middle fingers down and from there, they could write "I love you" in English, Spanish, or both and then use foamie shapes and decorate a card as they wished. Tomorrow, I think we will do one more Mother's Day activity and then we will be ready.