my posting has been seriously lacking lately, part of that new years resolution to let myself go flakey as needed. i know everyone has been sick, but these last few months have just been ridiculous. we dont even have cold weather to blame around here, so come on! anyways, this is our last week of candy sales so i thought i would share a bit about how it went.
last year we found that walking the neighborhood was a fun way to meet our neighbors, so we did it again. we filled the bottom of our stroller with avocados to "offset" the cost of the candy and spread good cheer. we sold half of our total this way in record time.
we signed up for about 5 or 6 store front sales (this is annelise smiling away) at our local super markets. this year my moms were hooking up for pre-sale coffee and organized after-sale pizza parties, another unplanned benefit for starting this group. looking back on those first few moms who were willing to try this "camp fire thing" out with me and seeing the strong, cohesive, fun group of parents who have emerged is the most rewarding thing i have ever done. it's like this: we started this group with a huge list of goals and ideas for THEM and have found some great extras for us too. i am sure anyone who has dropped off their kid at daycare, preschool, kindergarten or ballet, gymnastics, soccer.... has felt that awkward feeling between parents and kids you barely know. when i had emily, i didnt have a close friend to share all of the nuts and bolts with. i remember at her daycare, one mom who i bonded with but we were busy working. preschool and then kindergarten was better, more moms and dads to talk with... it got better and better. i pulled from all these parents to put my group together and finally i can say, i have that group of friends to lean on that i didnt know i needed so much.
so it wont be much of a surprise then that i will be starting elizabeth's group up sometime... not too soon, but i have already organized lesson plans from ones that worked well in the past. i cant wait to get another group of little kids together and bring their parents in for some crafting and friendship.
yesterday, we used the excuse of selling candy to get close to this movie crew filming down the street. you cant help but be curious when you seen all the trucks and cameras around. this was a commercial but last year an episode of csi miami was filmed around the block, what a production! exciting!
time to finish up those valentines!
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