May 17, 2010

Offically Summer

Filed under: Happenings — Joy @ 10:00 pm

Yep, it is here. We just said goodbye to possibly the best teacher that we will ever have. Is it possible to have your favorite teacher ever in preschool? She has been INCREDIBLE! I cried! I cried writing a note to her. I was boohooing everywhere! My shirt was wet my eyes were red and don’t you know that the UPS man came right then. He looked very scared when he saw me. ;) I still cry just thinking about it. Yep, we will see her next year in the halls but she is just so AMAZING!
Standing here in May summer feels a little overwhelming…it feels long and empty but I know standing in August it will feel so very short and so very full. I want to capture it and bottle it up. I want to save every ounce of it. I want to be present and not preoccupied. I want to enter into my days with a happy heart and an aware heart of where the kids are and what would make them feel loved and cherished that day. I want to equip them, I want to teach them so much, love them so much and explore so much together. There is a whole summer laying ahead…what will we do with it…capture it!

May 7, 2010

The Happiest Little Cake

Filed under: Happenings — Joy @ 11:03 pm

First off YES I put fake flowers on a cake! I was informed that the Cake Wrecks blog would have a fit but I had to admit that it was totally worth it for the happy heart that it gave our kiddo! :)
This cake is full of nothing but HAPPY! I first stumbled upon this little cake on a random blog and then later discovered that Martha had a recipe for it. I am not sure why Martha always seems to make things a little more complicated but alas I set out to accomplish it because it was just so darn HAPPY! The fun came when we got to cut into the cake at the party and surprise everyone with the rainbow of colors on the inside. So FUN!!!

Icing the cake was a lot of fun as well! Happy happy colors!!! ;)