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Making the most of Spring!

making the most of a gorgeous spring day

My big news this week is the launch of the Small Hands Creating Hope project! We have raised $435 so far for the American Cancer Society, and Emma is putting our copy of the book to good use, trying out all of the amazing crafts! Please share this project, and contribute if you can. Every dollar makes a difference!

The rain let up for a few days this week, and the kids had a BLAST playing outside! Mike purchased an outdoor table and benches at IKEA as a very fabulous Mother’s Day gift for me, and we have been putting them to good use eating outdoors as much as possible. I have plans to craft outside this summer, too!

Helping dad build a dresser for Baby #4

The real motivation for our IKEA trip was to pick up a dresser for Baby #4. The kids LOVED helping dad put it together! I think Lily was a little concerned about it not being finished and dad playing around with the camera instead of working on it, in this picture.

meeting up with bloggy friends

Saturday we had a fun time meeting up with Alex, Valerie, and Nico from Glittering Muffins! I was very impressed with Nico’s ability to join in with my kids’ play – all four kids had a great time! They brought us some Canadian delicacies, so the kids are going to be learning a lot about Canadian treats this week – they are VERY excited about that! They are also loving their French books – thank you, Valerie!

I cohost the Afterschool linky with Mouse Grows, Mouse Learns, The Educators’ Spin On It, What Do We Do All Day, and Little Wonders’ Days. I hope you’ll share your afterschooling week!

Afterschool Blog Hop

MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.

22 thoughts on “Making the most of Spring!”

    1. It was very fun! And now I’ll always think of Narnia when I look at that photo – love it :)

  1. How awesome that you got to meet a blogging buddy! I really hope that you will stop by if your travels bring you to the Silicon Valley at last. The picture of three kids together is so cute!

    1. I would love to meet up with you! We should make it to Silicon Valley eventually – we were there in 2007, but I didn’t blog back then :)

    1. I’m so glad you are a part of the Small Hands Project! It was fun to meet up with everyone from Glittering Muffins :)

  2. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It

    What a fun picture! So glad you all were able to meet in other in person! We are very excited to be a part of the Hands of Hope Project, can’t wait to see how much money you can raise for the American Cancer Society!

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