Pinterest: Bento Lunches

... so I absolutely love this site. So, many different ideas and crafts to choose from and pin. I stumbled acrossed Bento Lunches yesterday and immediately got excited for my future lunch packing days.

In the spirit of Halloween here is the sandwich monster.



photo credit theberry.com

 nkoyo

Daycare Fundraisers

I received my first school fundraiser on Friday. I was wanted to be really excited for it until I read the fundraising information . It read as follows: 

AFFY TAPPLE APPLES 

Remember everyone needs to sell 4 cases -- $30/case

Order forms received: 9/30 Friday 

Order forms turned in: 10/4 Tuesday 

Apple pick-up: 10/7 Friday 

Money due: 10/14 Friday 

Now, I know I'm new to school fundraisers but that seems like a REALLY fast turn around. My first thought was that since J picks up Yus he had forgotten to give me the note. But it says FRIDAY, so clearly I received the form in a timely fashion. 

My second thought, was maybe they sent out a fundraiser pre-note with all the info and I just missed it. No, that can't be. I would have definitely remembered that. My final thought - How in the WORLD am I going to sell 4 cases. A case includes 24 apples, I googled it. Clearly, I'm not buying 4 cases and I don't expect anyone in our family to buy a case either (although my FiL is buying a case). What do I do with all those apples anyway? In good conscience I can only eat one and then I start thinking about cavities.

Oh! Lawd, I don't want to be one of those parents that doesn't ever participate in fundraisers but man, I don't even feel like I've been given adequate sale strategy and implementation time. 

Really, in my head fundraising goes like this: 

AFFY TAPPLE APPLES 

Remember everyone needs to sell 4 cases -- $30/case

Order forms received: 9/30 Friday 

Order forms turned in: 10/21 Friday 

Apple pick-up: 10/28 Friday 

Money due: 11/4 Friday

I get at least a month to plan, sell and prep family and friends. I remember fundraisers at school and having WAY more time than a week to turn in the order form. Am I wrong? 

Photo credit: http://www.fundraisingcandy.com 

nkoyo

School Schedule

My son has the life! He gets to ride with daddy every morning and evening as daddy does the drop-off and pick-up for daycare most days. Well, Tuesdays is now officially my day to do pick-up as daddy now works late. I excitedly arrived at the daycare and to my surprise saw a note about Fun Week.  It was tapped to the door clear as day.

Fun Week: 9/12 - 9/16

- Monday - wear a hat day

- Tuesday - crazy dress day

- Wednesday - pajama Day

- Thursday - animal day

- Friday - school pride day (wear red & white)

My baby had missed two days of fun. He has a shark baseball cap he could have worn and I could have dressed him in stripes and plaid yesterday. I was so hurt. I told Yus he'd get to wear his PJ's like his friends tomorrow and he smiled (like he knew what I meant).

When I asked J why he didn't tell me about Fun Week at school. He said, "I didn't know anything about it." "You didn't see the sign tapped to the door." "Nope, I just ring the bell walk in and get Yus and go." All, I could do was laugh. Just like a dad, do to what is asked of him and keep time to get to the next task.

So, now when I call the daycare my list of questions have changed.

1) How is Yus doing today?

2) Is there anything we need to bring - other than what was listed on his note?

3) Are there any special activities going on at school this week?

Well, lesson learn! :)

nkoyo