What to do with this Four Year old?

So I am reaching out to all the mothers I can find. 

When I was putting my daughter's jacket on her this morning for school, I found little toys in her pocket that I knew didn't belong to her.  SO I asked her where she got them from and immediately she clammed right up.  I was infuriated, because I had never seen her do this before. 

We were running late, as usual, because my daughter has NO sense of urgency to begin with.  I told her that either I would walk her in to school to return the items to her teacher or she would do it on her own.  She said not to tell on her and that she would give it back to her teacher. Crazy me actually wanted to believe that she would indeed do this on her own rather than get the wrath of mom for not doing it. 

To my chagrin when I picked her up this afternoon, she hadn't done as instructed and I was forced to call her out on it in front of her teachers.  Well come to find out that she apparently does this in class all the time.  WHAT?!  I have never seen her do this with anyone where she hadn't given it back.  Her teacher tells me it's the age group, so not to worry.  Oh yeah are you going to tell me not to worry when she's 15 and stealing from stores???  LOL (OK, so a little dramatic, but you get my drift.) So she was forced to go into her bag and remove the items and give them back.

In discussions with my husband, we have decided to take away her blankie for 2 nights.  If any of you know my child, you realize that this is a huge punishment.  Needless to say that I think I will not be getting any sleep for the next few nights because of this.  However, a point needs to be made. 

So my question for everyone is if you've gone through this and how did you handle things?

Valentine's day cards

So I thought this year that I would make my daughter's Valentine's Day cards.  After seeing all the Pinterest posts as well as other mom's creative projects, I was overwhelmed.  No way could I find the time to do this and make them cute. 

On Valentine's Day Eve, I was sitting at work and came up with the great (and easy) way to get these cards done.  I went on Google and found Valentine's Day images.  Of course there were a million and one different images to choose from.  I found two different designs and simply copied and pasted them into a Word document as "labels."  They ended up being the perfect size, about the size of a business card.  From there, I pasted them to card stock/manila folder for sturdiness.  Perfect!

Later that night, I made small Valentine cookies that were heart-shaped.  The perfect size for little fingers without being a TON of sugar.  I iced them and outlined them and then let the icing firm up over night.  Now, I was trying to find cute heart covered snack bags to put them in, but no such luck!  Had to use plain plastic snack bags.  Didn't go to bed until like midnight and still had to wake up early to finish them off.  Wow!!!



Here is the final product, Pinterest worthy?



Adventures in Online classes

Happy New Year Y'all!!  So my year is starting with a new semester of school.

My largest challenge is going to school while doing Pampered Chef, Scentsy amd my full time job.  I love attending Kennesaw State.  This semester I decided to do all online classes and actually taking 3 classes instead of 2.

In doing this, I decided that I need to organize my life.  So far I have my Criminology class binder completely organized by "module."  I just wish I could get the info for the rest of my classes.  Technically all classes begin on Saturday, and 2 of my professors haven't even opened the links for their classes.  I just want to start off the semester well.  Maybe this way I will actually keep up with.

Another aspect is time management.  I need to find a way that I have time with family, time for studying and work time.  Any time management tips would be grateful. 

I know Supernanny does the charts.  So I have one of those larger dry erase board calendars and a cork memo board. What can I do with these to make a "communication center?" Pinterest?

Oh the adventure of online classes.  I have a hard time with normal classes.  Best of luck for the semester.