You can find my Olympic Pinterest board here.

 I figure since we are doing all this Olympic stuff, I might as well start posting it.  We started off by going to the library and finding some books on Olympics/London.  This is what I came across.

Not a great selection, but, it will do.

This book was actually very good.  I liked it!

 This book is a picture book.  It does have at the end of the book a listing and definition of the places in the book.

 Our first craft was making the Olympic rings out of paper plates.  Real easy, just cut out the middle of the plate and then paint.  I just taped my rings together.

The finished product.

Here is the beginning of our banner.  It now hangs in our mudroom.  More pictures of this later. 

Olympics 2012

Watch for some Olympic crafts that we are going to be making.  We are getting excited for the Olympics!

Thanksgiving Feast

 My younger daughter's school had a Thanksgiving Feast.  We signed up to bring 2 dozen treats.  Decided that these were the cutest thing I had ever seen!  I used cake donut holes instead of the glaze, but, I'm sure either one is just as yummy!  I dipped them in chocolate and rolled them in jimmies and stuck a tiny pretzel in the top for the stem.  They really look like acorns!

Teacher Appreciation

Sometime around Halloween, my daughter's school had Parent/Teacher conferences and the PTO usually serve the teacher's dinner.  They were looking for people to donate and I decided to make s'mores on a stick.  They were really yummy!  Marshmallows dipped in chocolate and rolled in graham crackers.  I found the FREE printable here.

Halloween: Kid #1

 I made these cupcakes for my daughter's Halloween party at school.  I found the FREE printables here.  They turned out so cute!

 When I saw this idea, I just knew I had to do it.  I couldn't find any bigger size coffee filters anywhere, so, I called my local Starbucks and told them what I needed and wanted to do, they wanted to give me some.  So, I picked them up and they gave my daughter a free hot chocolate too.  We bought a bag of candy and put them in the filters and then tied them up with white ribbon.  Then, we just stuck the ghost head inside.

My daughter was Glinda the Good Witch.

Halloween: Kid #2

 Yes, I know, I haven't blogged in several months.  I do need to catch up.  Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.  It will come, eventually.  Here is what my littlest did for the kids in her class on Halloween.  We got the idea from here.  There were easy to make and I had everything on hand., except the Hershey bars.