The weather was cooler last week and it was starting to look and feel just a little like fall here in So Cal! It didn't last long, but it sure got us into the spirit of this season. It is back to sunny 100 degree weather around here now and it looks like the heat wave is sticking around. Despite the heat fall is in full force inside our house. Thanks to a little ac, some fall Scentsy, some fall spiced baking and a TON of little silk leaves, fake pumpkins and loads of little fall art projects from my bears. As we get closer to November (and we are counting down the days that are whizzing by us, because we get to go chase down fall in Telluride Colorado) we have been thinking about out little blessings...I know we talk about being thankful in November not October, but we truly are blessed here. We are overflowing with love and laughter in our humble abode. We have food on the table, clothes to wear, treats, amazing teachers, fabulous mentors, bible studies we love, parents that are healthy and are able to be grandparents to our bears, a cousin doing amazing missions out in Africa, little cousins for our bears to grow up with right here in our city, and the list goes on and on... Our goal this year is to put together something special for someone once a week all the way through November!
Last week we made a box of sunshine for some friends of our that are suffering the loss of a loved one. This week we are celebrating a teacher. So today we put together a little something for brother bears teacher. She is sweet, and fun, and makes my bear feel special, smart, and important.
We started out by making her a little blessings jar. A place where she could count and keep her very own blessings to reflect on those rough days with 25 little kinders! We found a cracker jar at the dollar tree and then made a blessings tag that fit inside.We even filled it with a bit of tulle and 12 little 1in x 6in blank sheets of paper to get her started.
And of course you need a pen to write you blessings with, and these ones were just perfect!
Then we added some fall caramel apple cookies and some toffee chocolate rice krispy treats to munch on while she writes her blessings...
We found the great gable boxes in the dollar bin at Target...they even have an apple on them! Everything fit perfectly inside!
And last but not least her cute little tag says " When we Count our Blessings, we count YOU! Thanks for all you do!"
We hope she loves it, because we love her!
Many Blessings,
Mamma Bear
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