Flashback Friday - Happy May Day!

Hello Friends!

Happy May Day!

Here's a little flashback Friday May Day for you

from May Day 2010!

Wow -- time really flies by, doesn't it!

Sorry for the lack of posts -- it seems that 

schoolwork, homework, housework, work-work, 

and . . .  who am I kidding -- tv watching in the evening --

has kept me from posting.

I hope to be back soon with some fun, fun posts!

Don't hold your breath or anything dangerous like that!

Have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo

Jboo

The May Day Report

What a fun and busy day!

May Day turned out to be a lovely warm and sunny day – just the way the first day of May should be!

Maddy and I took an easier route this year and ordered pre-packaged bags of popcorn with pastel caramel corn thrown in for good measure. Lucky for me (or not), we have a few leftovers - yum!!! :) Maddy also received some May Day baskets – there are some seriously creative crafty Mums out there!

Anyhoo, Maddy and I quickly ran around to our neighbors and dropped off her May Day offerings. One little boy almost caught her, but she managed to get away without being tagged by him! I doubt that he knew he was supposed to give her a kiss – good thing – as she would not have appreciated that either! It was a very fun day!

May Day was also our neighborhood garage sale. Unfortunately, I forgot about that and didn’t get anything ready. Next year, my neighbor and I are determined to put our treasures out and get rid of some junk! But really, some people seem to have forgotten that garage sale prices are supposed to be low – isn’t that the idea? Oh well, after the sale the next day, I spied some good stuff left out for the trash man . . . or passers-by (like moi) – more on that later!

A Tisket, A Tasket . . .

It's a May Basket! Well, not really a May Basket -- more like a May Day box! One of my friends at work is Super Mom -- yes, I really think of her that way and I mean it in the absolute nicest of ways! She gets ready for every holiday, birthday, work anniversary, etc. way ahead of time and always has a helpful suggestion or two! Me -- I'm more of a last-minute mama! Since I had boys before Maddy, we really didn't celebrate May Day in any type of organized fashion -- boys just didn't do that. I think Connor received a May Day basket from a neighborhood girl one year. As I recall, he was horrified and prayed that none of his friends would find out about it!

Last week I realized May Day is fast approaching. I needed help and Jodee basically let me copy her plan -- we don't live in the same neighborhood or anything, so it's not like anyone would know (shhhh- please keep it a secret that I'm a copycat)! Thanks Jodee!! Hey, feel free to copy if you haven't figured out what to do yet! I know that Maddy and I made some May baskets/bags or something last year, but I can't even remember what. Think I had "Mother of the Groom" brain last April and May -- that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Anyway, we have quite a few kids on our block now, so we decided to make little May Day boxes. Aren't they adorable!?! I know, I know, May Day is supposed to be about flowers, but really what kind of holiday is it if it doesn't include candy!?! I sent the Hub out for treats for the boxes. Guess what he brought back? Yep, we put 100-calorie snack packs in the boxes along with some tootsie rolls. That's right - we're putting all the neighbor kids on diets!! :) Next thing you know, I'll be passing out SlimFast for Halloween!! Hmmm - not a bad idea - then all the chocolate bars would be for me -- tee hee!! :) Happy May Day Y'all!!