In true teacher mom fashion, last week started out all about reading! We met friends on Monday morning at the library for story time. It was advertised from 10-11:30 and my newbie status as a SAHM shined right through because I thought it would be floating. We got there at 10:30 and missed the story entirely but luckily our friends snagged us craft supplies to make a kite! I had my niece with us too and they said they were glad they didn’t have to sit and listen to the story (lol). Local friends- this was at Central Library and it had a really nice children’s area! Jana likes to go downtown and says she will live in the city one day even though she knows her dad will never live in the city. Ha.
After the library, we had lunch at Mayberry, a childhood favorite of mine. It wasn't as shiny as I remembered it, but the girls still enjoyed it. Then, we headed to Publix to pick up snacks for a Book Tasting party I hosted on Monday afternoon. The girls loved checking out this Publix on Miller Street in Winston-Salem because you park below the store and take an elevator up to the store. It doesn’t take much to impress them! When you’re in the need of party food, I can’t recommend Publix enough. It’s affordable and so cute! Their cupcake icing colors are perfection, and my personal favorite is the yo-yo (icing filled cookie sandwiches) platter. 36 yo-yos for $28.99!
I’ve recently launched a small business with PaperPie (formerly Usborne Books and More) as I’ve realized I already had dozens and dozens of their books and they’re my go-to in my classroom and with Jana. So Monday afternoon we hosted a party for family and friends to come sample my vast collection and get an idea of what they might want to purchase for their own families. It was so much fun—for me, it doesn’t get better than books, snacks and friends.
On Tuesday, we mostly recovered from Monday, but Jana did have her regular Tuesday afternoon with her Nana and Papa. They took her to Walkertown Community Park, where her favorite thing is the monkey bars that are just the right height for a five-year-old.
Wednesday’s plan went awry, but turned out to be a fun day anyway! We met up with some friends and tried to go to a splash pad (see list of local ones here) but unfortunately it was inoperable. So we scrambled for a plan B, and our neighbor saved the day by letting the kiddos swim in his pool.
I had a doctor’s appointment on Thursday for routine bloodwork so I let Jana tag along. She loved playing pretend while we waited. It was surreal having her there with me on hot summer morning just like the one six summers ago when I snuck in to have bloodwork done to confirm that I really maybe might actually finally be pregnant.
Jana and I spent Friday with my mother-in-law taking her to her hair appointment, lunch and, of course, Hobby Lobby! If you haven’t checked out their classroom aisle lately and you’re a teacher, do yourself a favor and get there or visit their website ASAP! They have got the CUTEST stuff this summer!
Lastly, we helped Jana’s grandma around the house and I got my first ever yellow jacket stings. I’m just grateful Jana did not get stung—I’m not sure how because she was right there with me. I’ll leave you with a home remedy: Brent’s mom immediately gave me ammonia on a cotton swab to hold to the stings. It took the pain right out and you’d never know I got stung besides a little mark at each place. It never even itched! I’ve got ammonia on my grocery list right now to have on hand for when my outdoor-loving girl inevitably does eventually get stung.
Right after Shirley handed me the ammonia, she ran out the door with a can of Raid even as I was saying, “Let them settle down first!” As I picked on her later that night about her lack of caution, she simply said, “I got them, didn’t I?” May we all take on the world this week like my 80-something-year-old mother-in-law against a yellow jacket’s nest!
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