The Johnson Family


Friday, May 31, 2013

Ben's end of year Art Celebration at Preschool

I can't say enough about our sweet and amazing preschool. It provides such a kind and nurturing environment for our children and by the end of the school year we are all like family!

The school holds a pot luck/ art show for all the families and the kids run and play, the parents gather and share stories and then's it's dark and we realize we've been celebrating for hours and should probably head home. It's like that. We look forward to our gatherings. No pressures, the kids don't have to dress up and mumble songs with an audience starring at them. They get to show off their work and be kids! We love it!!!

This is Ben and his best buddy Che.  





Ben and his love... Ms. Holly




and sweet Ms. Mary, who is off to Grad school and will be missed so much! She is such an amazing teacher for these kids! 
 Ben and all his teachers... Mary, Ginger and Holly

We are so blessed!
Ben made a card for each of the teachers with some of the paper he had painted in the rain with food coloring.

We collected money from the families of our school and were able to get each of the teachers a really nice gift.

We got Mary an Etsy gift certificate to have a pair of custom jeans made, GC for acupuncture and  a copy of Miss Maple's Seeds.
We got Holly a season pass to the Biltmore Estate, wooden coins to shop a local tailgate market and a copy of Miss Maple's Seeds.
We got Ginger a GC to Suraj spa and a copy of Miss Maple's Seeds. (I may have fallen in love with that book :-)

We collected almost $600, making it so much fun to think of the perfect gift for each teacher. Love our generous families who love and appreciate our amazing teachers! 

Friday, May 10, 2013

Water balloon fun!



45 mins to fill a bucket full of water balloons. 3 mins to bust them all. 45 mins to clean up all the busted balloons. 
but oh so much fun! 

Monday, May 6, 2013

Teacher Appreciation Week

 Our PTA sent home a letter with a list schedule of events and appreciation gifts to send in for our teachers. 


Monday: 
bring a flower for your teacher... 

Owen and I made these felt flower pins for each of his teachers. 

I made a small flat card on www.picmonkey.com to attach them to. You should be able to save and print this image and use yourself. I used card stock for the paper. 

 Tuesday: 
homemade cookies 

Wednesday:
the PTA hosted something for the teachers

Thursday:
have your child make a card for the teacher. 

Owen made a card and we picked her up a box of note cards. 

Friday:
a chair massage was provided for each teacher by
Massage Envy

Thanks be to teachers and all they do!

Friday, April 12, 2013

Kindergarten Celebration


This morning Owen had his kindergarten celebration. It was so cute! I can't believe the school year is almost over!









The kids sang a few songs, did the school pledge, a cute dance and the principals gave out a few awards and recognized the students who had learned all their high frequency words.