The Back Page – Little Monkeys

Thanks, guys, for helping spread the word about our Summer Fun Week!  It was tons of fun!  The winner for the grand prize is Stefani!  Send me an email to susan@storemorestamps.com and I’ll get with you about the gift certificate info and prize package.  So excited!

Today is going to be a quiet day here.  Big boys are playing at a friends house, little boys coloring, spaghetti sauce is already in the crockpot for supper, garden picked/being watered, Wimbledon is on, and swimming later.  Good to have a calm inside day out of the heat.  Ahhh…

Tomorrow we’re starting another weekly series to share fun tips & tricks about our system to share with you!  Add that to my quiet day today. 

This Summer Fun Week has been great fun!  It’s really flown by, too.  We’re continuing the fun today with a 25% off sale at the Little Monkeys Shop!  Enter the code 25SUMMER at checkout to receive your discount.  Have fun shopping, but don’t delay!  This special ends today, Sunday, June 27^th.

Today’s special special – all orders received today (Sat, 6/26) will include a FREE BASIC GREY PATTERNED PAPER PACK!

For our “stay in the cool house & out of the hot, baking sun” fun project, today the boys and I are going to make these fun owls!  Might throw in some fish, too, while we have the paper plates and paint out.  Then again, might need to save the fish idea for another craft day. 

Don’t forget there are two drawings going on right now – Thursday Reviews and also the big one for sharing the news about our Summer Fun Week!

Saturdays in the summer are funny.  They’re more laid back than the rest of the week, but also can be really packed with things to do.  Today is one of the more laid back ones around here.  Time to enjoy it!  The boys are having Thomas Fest the last couple of days with a friend from up the street.  They’ve got the track running from the living room, down the hall and into the twins room.  It’s LONG!  Lots of sidings for them to pull off to let other trains go by, plus buildings and bridges along the way.  Kinda funny to watch two 4th graders and one 2nd grader playing Thomas.  Proof that love for Thomas doesn’t die.  It might go dormant now and then, but it’s still there. 

We’re continuing the fun this week with a 25% off sale at the Little Monkeys Shop!  Enter the code 25SUMMER at checkout to receive your discount.  Have fun shopping, but don’t delay!  This special will only last through Sunday, June 27^th.

Today’s special special – all orders received today (Sat, 6/26) will include a FREE PKG OF AMERICAN CRAFTS THIS TO THAT FOAM SQUARES!

For the grown-ups, today’s a day for making my great-grandmother’s coleslaw recipe.  I love, love, love it!  It’s so simple and fresh.  I’ve dreamed about having this recipe for years & am so glad to have it in my hot little hands!  This coleslaw goes great with barbecue, roast, and everything in between.  I’m so happy and it’s so yummy!

Who’d have thought I’d be so happy about cabbage?  It’s so not my thing otherwise.  lol  Please share your special “go-to” recipe!  Especially if it’s something cool!  We need more options for this hot weather time of year! 

I found this funny blog post yesterday sharing a camp story and it took me back to my days as a Girl Scout at Camp La Jita.  I loved going to GS camp.  Those were some awesome weeks shared with some of my best friends. Our first time away from our families for so long.  New friends.  Crafts, horses, swimming, dinosaur tracks in the river, cookouts, KP duty.  Anything you’re supposed to do at camp – we did it.  I’m determined to find a camp experience like that for my boys, but that’s still a year or two off.  Any suggestions?  lol

We’re continuing the fun this week with a 25% off sale at the Little Monkeys Shop!  Enter the code 25SUMMER at checkout to receive your discount.  Have fun shopping, but don’t delay!  This special will only last through Sunday, June 27^th.

Today’s special special – all orders received today (Fri, 6/25) will include a FREE PKG OF AMERICAN CRAFTS THIS TO THAT FOAM CIRCLES!

Question for today…did you go to camp?  What kind of camp was it?  A lot of my friends also went to church camp, but our church didn’t so I missed that one!    Did you write letters home?  Have you found or been given any of those letters?  I’m going to make some letterhead and note cards now for my boys to write notes now (how’s that for planning ahead?).  Get them in the habit so they’ll be ready when they go to camp!  Maybe I’ll even address the envelopes for certain grandparent types to encourage them.  Any ideas for ‘boy’ type letterhead and note cards?

Don’t forget to share the news about our Summer Fun Week & report back to enter the grand prize drawing!  There’s more fun coming up this weekend.

“Happy campers are we,

having fun ‘neath the trees

and when we are gone

we’ll remember this song,

we are from Camp La Jita…”

sniff, sniff – Off to see if I can find some of my camp pictures.  I feel a layout coming on.  Maybe even if I can’t find the pics right now.  This memory business is some powerful stuff!