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    A few thrift finds from this week:

    A book ($1) titled, “Glorious Flowers,” that’s packed with beautiful art of various flowers…aiming to frame them

    A set of measuring cups ($1) for a new project

    A Boska cheese grater ($0.12)

    A silver spoon ($0.12)

    And a pretty little glass vase ($1)

    A flat lay of some thrift finds

    Last Sunday in August 🩷🧡💛🩵💜

    A girl posing in her Sunday best

    Went to our first (and last) Mississippi Braves game a couple of weeks ago. Scored a bunch of merch half off and these super great photos of some really cool people. ☺️

    A young girl smiling through a photo cutout of a baseball playerA boy smiling through a photo cutout of a baseball player

    Driving over the Mighty Mississippi

    View of bridge from car

    We had a late morning appointment and an early-ish afternoon appointment today, so we stayed “in town,” got smoothies, and roamed the aisles of Walmart to fill the majority of the time in between. It was a fun change of pace.

    Two kids in a big buggy on the LEGO aisle in Walmart

    Christmas in July Craft: Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes

    We had a Christmas in July event with our homeschooling community a couple of weeks ago. I brought supplies to make pipe cleaner snowflakes. It was super easy to put together and relatively inexpensive. And it went a long way for a large group craft (we had close to 40 kids).

    I got a pack of 200 white pipe cleaners. Kept to just one color to keep it simple. And picked out 6 bright, Summer-y colors of pony beads. I picked up those supplies at Hobby Lobby on a week when the beads were half off. But even when not on sale, I’ve found Hobby Lobby to be the most cost effective place for those particular items.

    Creating the snowflakes is pretty easy, but younger children might need help combining three pipe cleaners to make the basic snowflake shape. I just twisted every other short stem tightly around the middle.

    All these photos are from snowflakes we made at home before and after the event, so they are a few different sizes (and we used a few different beads than the original 6 colors). But for the group, I cut pipe cleaners in half (a small pair of beading wire cutters is super handy for that). That way only 5-7 beads was needed per stem. I saw multiple ways to finish these off on Pinterest and gave the kids the option to finish it however they wanted. A lot chose to use more beads and wrap the very end of the pipe cleaner around itself to keep the beads from falling off. In that case, the ends were just straight. Some, like myself and my children, chose to add one or two extra small pieces of pipe cleaner to the ends for more of a traditional snowflake vibe.

    This was an easy and pretty quick craft. And it was fun to do with the “Christmas in July” theme to change it up. My kids and I have made 3 or 4 each, and I’m actually planning on us putting together several more and making them into a garland for real Christmas season!

    PS - If you’re doing this at home or in a smaller group and would like a book to go along with it, I recommend Snowflake Bentley.

    Spent the last few days with family out of town. Mostly at my dad’s. It was a really good time.

    Me holding a wildflower outside with trees and a house in the background

    From Sunday 😎💖

    A girl in a pink dress and sunglasses

    Lego shopping yesterday. Buddy bought his little sister a Lego with his own money. Because he was proud of her for handling a hard week well. 💛

    Two kids looking at the Lego aisle in Target

    Drive home this afternoon

    View of a storm from a car

    Thrift finds from last week in Natchitoches:

    2 Magic Treehouse books to add to our library

    3 tiny photo frames to make into ornaments

    A Christmas train mug because I thought the kids would like it

    A duck picture thing for the bird wall in our guest bathroom

    A Study Bible in really great condition

    Thrifted items

    Grocery shopping with my girl

    A 5-year-old girl pushing a buggy at the grocery store

    One of my favorite pictures from June: Him reading Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World (a cute and funny short chapter 3-book series about a skunk and a hedgehog) to her

    A photo from behind of a brother reading a book to his little sister while both are snuggled on the sofa

    A glimpse at a large portion of today’s entertainment for these two

    Two kids sitting in chairs in front of a window watching a concrete mixer pour concrete and men work to make it a slab for a porch

    Zinnias that need some pruning, but that are still providing lots of joy

    A garden bed full of zinnias

    Goggle pics (from Tuesday) are funny.

    A boy in swimming gogglesA girl in swimming goggles

    Favorite lemonade, for sure. Basil ginger. From a local favorite place to eat—Taco Sisters. The food is good too. 😊

    A hand holding a cup of lemonade in front of a restaurant sign

    New fans of Top Golf here. We had fun!

    Boy at Top GolfGirl at Top Golf

    This morning’s sunshine and a chocolate cheesecake protein shake I make for me and my boy once or twice a month…usually just whenever I have a little leftover cottage cheese

    A photo from above of a shake in a glass cup with a stainless steel straw sticking out

    Thrift finds from last weekend in Bossier visiting my fam

    Pretty little hummingbird mirror is for my girl’s room because she’s recently loving them (and all other sorts of animals)

    Fiesta mug is to add to my Fiesta collection

    Framed barn print is to put in my laundry room with some other old art

    A thrifted oval mirror with an etched on hummingbird, a cobalt blue FiestawRe mug, and a framed old barn print
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