2012 Year In Review-Top 3 Posts Revealed!

It’s hard to believe but it’s almost 2013 and in March, this little ol’ blog of mine will be 1!! I want to thank every person who takes the time to read each post that I publish and I sincerely LOVE every comment and pin that I find of mine out there! I truly hope that everyone who reads the Enchanted Yankee is inspired! I am inspired daily by blogs that I read out on this giant web and hope that I too inspire a few.

Here are the Top 3 viewed posts of 2012! Enjoy if you haven’t seen one of these and SHARE! I also love comments

Follow these links to check out these gems!

Manner Match Up Worksheet FREE

http://enchantedyankee.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/manners-match-it-up-worksheet-freebie

DIY Art Clothesline Display 

http://enchantedyankee.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/clothesline-art-display

Chess Rules Printable FREE

http://enchantedyankee.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/chess-rules-printable-freebie

Happy New Year! I look forward to sharing so much more in 2013!

I Spy Ornament!

I know, I know it’s been for-eva since I posted. I re-started my professional organizing business here in NM and became a Stella and Dot Stylist, so needless to say, my blogging fun died down a bi. BUT, I am becoming more balanced now! Phew.

Last year, we had a snow day here in Albuquerque. Say what? I know, right. Snow…Albuquerque? But, it does snow a bit here and when it snows a bunch, the whole city shuts down and everyone is in a panic. Case in point. We woke up here in the Tracy household on said “snow day” and were bundled up and ready to go at the bus stop. We, however, began to wonder why no one else was at the bus stop with us. Hmmmm…… Turns out school had been cancelled. Friends asked, “Why didn’t you check your email or the news??” Ummm, because we moved her only five months ago and in good ol’ Massachusetts this would NEVER, and I mean NEVER, qualify as a snow day so the thought of checking to see if wether or not we had school, NEVER crossed my mind.

Ok back to being home on said chilly snow day. Being that we were up and ready so early in the day, we invited our friends to an impromptu cookie and ornament making day at our house!

Ugh, so glad I changed out that rug.

The I Spy ornaments we created were, however, my favorite part of the day! I purchased empty clear balls from Michaels and had the kiddos pick out the items to add to them. Note: I didn’t think about it at the time of purchase but the opening of the large ornament is quite small so certain items we purchased, didn’t fit (for example, see snowman in pic).

I had thought to use a teeny-styrofoam-ball filling however, it clung to all the items we put in and you could never get a clear look at what you were spying for. So, we scratched that and used white rice. It works great and it is so much less messy than the styrofoam!

And of course we sipped on some of this

Mmmm….peppermint hot chocolate.

Have you tried this fun ornament?

Cant-o-lantern! Yup, you heard right!

I was pathetically excited when I received my Pre-K-ers snack schedule for October and we were snack for Halloween!! The baker in me let out a little squeal-no judging. The more I thought about it though, as a parent, I came to the more sane realization that they were already going to be bombarded by […]

FREE Halloween Lunch Notes!

Whipped these Halloween lunch notes up for the kiddos and thought I would share them! If you like what you see, please leave a comment with your email and I will send you the excel file with all six of the notes sized for you! Please use for personal reasons only. Have a spook-tacular season! […]

Spook-tacular Decorating!

Well, it’s almost October 1st so I decided to spruce up the house a bit and get in the Halloween spirit! I hope you enjoy!! My boys Now onto the dining room! There are cobwebs everywhere ($1 bag goes a LONG way!). Found six of these cute little mice at Marshalls and I LOVE them! […]

Today is National Watermelon Day!

  Yup, that’s right-today is National Watermelon Day! It seems like there is a National Food day every day nowadays but hey, this one I am happy to jump on. There’s just something about watermelon, especially when it’s cold and fresh on a HOT summer day. In honor of today, I rounded up some traditional […]

Letters R and T – Recycling and Trash

We recycle a ton in this household and had just celebrated Earth Day this past Spring so I wanted to spend more time on the process of recycling rather than, for example, the items. After morning circle, we read through some of these great Usborne books. We are particularly fond of Usborne’s See Inside series […]

Letter O – Olympics

I was looking forward to this day so the kids could participate in some fun outdoor activities but it was SO HOT! We ended up doing some quick outside activities and spending a ton of time swimming instead! We of course started with some fun book work We then snacked on crackers and cheese The […]

Letters M, Q, V – Manners, Quality and Values

Today’s lesson was more conversation related than full of lots of activities. I originally intended for there to be a volunteer-related field trip for the afternoon but was coming up short on a lot of options that allowed a 4-year-old in tow. I was going to simply bake something with them and deliver it to […]

Letter L – Lifecycle

We ordered painted butterflies caterpillars to arrive right at the beginning of summer school so we could watch the process knowing we would go over it when we hit Letter L for Lifecycle! Daily, the boys have been journaling the journey our six caterpillars are on. The below images are the cover and inside pages […]