Friday, May 8, 2026

It's Time to Dare to Share!

It's Friday night, and you know what that means..
It is time to Dare to Share! 

Happy Friday! 

Do you have anything planned for Mother's Day? Mine is going to be pretty low key. All three of my kids live in other states, so I won't be seeing any of them in person this weekend. My own mom is also a different state, so I will be some phone calls with both my mom and kids.  We will do something with D's mom, so it should still be a nice day. 




I am making a project with my grand baby to give to her mom this year. I did not post the project on Etsy yet, but I plan on it at some point once I see how it turns out. She loves to color. I had her color (scribble) on several printed flowers. I will cut them out and have her help me add them on a flower bouquet.   One thing nice about a paper bouquet, it will last a lot longer than real flowers.  If you do need an idea for a Mother's Day activity, I do have a Mother's Day Treasure Hunt and coupons on sale in my Etsy Shop.  

While this week was a quiet  one, next week will be a bit more exciting.  As many of you know I work as a baby and toddler teacher at a day care.  Monday is the 5th annual Day Without Childcare. It's a day where providers, parents, and child advocates get together to raise awareness to show how important affordable equitable child care is for so many families.  There are so many families out there that can not afford child care. When people do not have child care, they are not able to work.  Pay for child care workers is on the low side, so many people chose other jobs, so they can afford to pay their bills. Many day care centers close because they can not afford to stay open, or do not have enough qualified staff.  My center participated last year, and we are participating again this year.  I will share more about it at next week's party. 

 It look's like it is time to get this party started.  So link up and HAVE FUN! 




 

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Saturday, May 2, 2026

It's Party Time! Let's Dare to Share!

It's Friday night, and you know what that means..
It's time to Dare to Share! 

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF MAY! 

It is hard to believe that it is May already.  The year is flying by! Does it feel like that to you too?  I remember the May months when my kids were younger.  They were always very busy with a lot of school and dance activities. Now that the kids are grown they are a little less busy, and a nice kick off to the warm weather of summer. We do have a huge trip planned for this summer, and it will be here before we know it. I will be sharing more about that in upcoming weeks. 


We spent last Saturday celebrating Kyle's birthday with some yummy sushi. I still remember taking him for sushi the first time when he was 14. I actually shared a post about it back then, which you can read here.  He is a lot more adventurous with what he eats now, and always eats the salad.  :) That was a memorable day, and I am still very thankful for the couple at the next table and what they did.  That act of kindness came at the perfect time. 


We live close enough the Ohio Buc-cees to visit whenever we want.  We stopped by tonight to look for a birthday gift for D's daughter when I saw this funny, but true, dish towel.  I work with several people who were born in the mid to late 90s and even one born in 2001. Another teacher was born the year after I graduated from high school. I am the oldest one at work.  While I look young, and don't feel my age that I am on the calendar, I think I need to get this towel.  LOL


When I was at Walmart this week, I saw they had a new line of T-Shirts with 90s music acts.  (BB, Brittany Spears, Spice Girls, and Shania Twain) I still love the Backstreet Boys who are still touring and being awesome, though they do not look like boys anymore.  I would have bought this shirt if it wasn't  cropped tee. Since I am from the 1900s, I would look ridiculous in cropped shirt at my age.  LOL   Were you a fan of boy bands in the 90s?  Even though I love Backstreet Boys, NSYNC is my favorite boy band. 


I have been fighting a cold this week that I got from one the babies at work.  This week was little more low key so  I did not take a lot of pictures.  

Well it is looking to be time to get this party started.  Link up and HAVE FUN! 




 

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