Time to get out the checkbook!!!

If there is one thing that I could say has been one of the most fun things about being an at home mom, it's that I get to spend my time volunteering for activities at the kids' school. I have more fun carting students around from activity to activity, reading in their classroom, helping out if a teacher is sick in Kale's preschool, etc. The one thing I don't always enjoy...setting up for the schools biggest fundraising event!!!

This whole week - and couple weeks prior - has been about Auction Fest. It's a night that is filled with laughter, fun, and making money to help support our Catholic School - something that those who are prior students of, parents of, teachers of, and current parent/students of truly find value in. I always volunteer to be the classroom parent and decorate. I do it because I get to design creative things with the students for their classroom item to be donated and because I get to be around people are truly a joy to be around while decorating. It's a lot work, but we have lots of laughs during the process...but MAN, it takes up a lot of time!

Kale has been a trooper - he has gone in with me every year and blown up balloons that are used as decorations and is becoming quite the helper!! The teachers and students get quite the kick out of him!!




So, now it's time to get ready to get out our checkbooks and do some bidding! The girls have already begged for us to bring home their class donation (gas grill, grilling utensils/seasonings, meat certificate, bean bag toss game (that the class personally designed), blankets, portable picnic table, and horse shoe game.) They begged for last years class donation as well but that went for $1500 so needless to say, after plenty of bids put in by us it didn't end up in OUR house!!! hahaha