Fixer Upper Alphabet Print

Are you guys with me when I say, I really feel like Joanna Gaines and I could be super good friends in real life?  Seriously!  She is the cutest and just seems like such a genuine, awesome, kick-A kind of girl.  One of my favorite things about her show, Fixer Upper, is all the kid space inspiration.  I'm a sucker for typography, folks, and when I saw these classic alphabet prints, I knew I needed to recreate them for my own family's reading nook.

I live in a small town.  So, framing options are pretty limited.  I haven't been able to find any options that I love and are still fairly affordable.  So, I just clipped them to some framed chicken wire in the meantime.  I also love that my daughter can use them as a guide when writing lower and uppercase letters.  These would be great for some of you home-schooling mamas, too!

These are formatted to print as a large print at 11x17" which will cost you about 60 cents at Staples.

Get yours by clicking the links below:

Capitalized Letters

Lowercase Letters

Halloween Lunch Tags

See how to style our Halloween lunch tags here!

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Manners Boot Camp Printables

Who says learning manners can't be fun?

Visit the Sissy Shop to get your Manners Boot Camp printable pack!

You'll get lesson plans, games, role play sheets, coloring pages, crowns, and so much more.

Your kids will be masters of manners in no time!

What do other mom's say about the Manner Matter Boot Camp?

"Now my kids ask to set the dinner table! They love doing it!"
"I was surprised by how each activity kept the attention of my four year old."
"I love that my son now knocks before coming into my bedroom. Privacy at last."
"Even my mother in-law noticed the sudden change in my children's manners."

Playdate Calling Cards

As I mentioned a few posts ago, my little just started at a new school this year.

Between packing, moving, and renovating our house, there hasn't been much time leftover to make new friends. A week before the "first day" festivities, I sent home playdate calling cards.

I also arranged to meet some fellow neighborhood kids and their mamas at a nearby park for pizza, cookies, juice boxes, and fun.  Not only did it give little J an opportunity to meet a few students who would be in his class, but it gave me a chance to meet their moms, socialize, and form some neighborhood acquaintances, too.

These would be great to send home with students in your child's class, too.

Little J is always saying he wants "so-and-so" to come over and play, but I don't know their parents or their contact information.  So, this is a great way to break the ice and organize some social opportunities for your little.

You never know.  The kiddos might not be the only ones to make new friends.

What I want my children to remember...

We have a new print available in the shop.  But, because I love all of you, I'm giving you the low-resolution
version as a freebie.  Don't you love free stuff?  I know I do.  

My son is starting at a new school this fall.

I hope he remembers these words as he leaves home every day.

I hope he remembers how much I love him and how cool I think he is.

Because he is.  He's super cool.

And, hopefully his new classmates will see that too.

Happy August, friends.

Visit the shop to get a high resolution version of this graphic.

Is bedtime a battle at your house?  It sure is at mine.

It's the end of the day.

The kids are tired, I'm tired.

I know I've made a bajillion reward charts on Sissyprint, but they help make the world go `round at my house.  It encourages the kids to do their best and helps me out in the long run.  Plus, they love getting to put up a sticker when they've done a good job.

I'm kicking off the Super Sleepers club at mi casa this week.  Fingers crossed.

Hopefully the Super Sleepers chart will help make your sleepy time a cinch, too.

Wanna give it a whirlsy with me?

Let me know how it goes!

End of the year Peep Tags

Help your kids bid farewell to their favorite peeps with these end of the year tags.

Use them as cupcake toppers, gift tags, or attach them to a party favor!

Get yours here.

Organization Station

Are you ready for some great printables to make your life easier?
Here are some goodies to help the mother ship stay on course.

Make life easier with this brief week-at-a-glance schedule.
Hang it on your fridge, or pop this 8x10 into a frame and use dry erase markers.
Get yours here.

Stay more on top of your children's schoolwork and upcoming projects with this free printable.
Hang it on the fridge or slip into your Smooth Riding Family Organization Library for easy access.
Get yours here.

Does ownership of items, such as phone chargers, constantly get confused in your home?
Use a 1" circle punch and attach these taggies to power cords (or other items)
in your home to keep everyone's goods separate.
Get yours here.

Love going to the library but always have late fees?  I know I'm certainly guilty of this.
Never again!  Jot down the due date of each book onto these tabs and use as a book mark!
It will serve as a constant reminder each time you go to read.
Get yours here.

Do you have a way of organizing the constant flow of mail?
Designate a container for incoming and outgoing mail to help keep the paper trail to a minimum.
Get yours here.

Stay tuned because all next week we will be hearing from some of our favorite
Sissyprint readers and bloggers!  It's time for Spring cleaning!

Freebie Friday - Smooth Riding Family Organization Binder

Back in December, we gifted all of our followers with a complimentary gift.

For this week's Freebie Friday, we'd like to extend that gift to all our readers as well.
Ten colorfully designed pages of organizational bliss.

Go here to get yours!

Placemat Valentine

Greet your children at mealtime with this Valentine's Day placemat.

Jot down a V-Day message and let them color in the rest!

Get yours here.

The Duggar Family Rules

My sister in-law, Sarah, loves the Duggars.  

Yes, they have a ton of kids roaming their house.  But, they have some pretty good parenting ideas.  

Like these family rules that Sarah wanted jazzed up for her Christmas gift this year.

Thanks, Duggers, for the tips!

Get yours here.
*This graphic is formulated to print 11x14 onto an 11x17 sheet of paper.  
This size may be printed at such locations as Fedex Kinkos, Office Max, or Staples.

I Can Say Thank You Reward Chart

I don't know about you guys, but sometimes my kids forget to say their please and thanks.

When they do remember, I respond by saying "Thanks for being thankful!"

Thus the name of our Thanksgiving theme week.

Especially with Thanksgiving creeping up on us, I thought now would be a fantastic time

to implement the I Can Say Thank You Reward Chart.  You can let them color in the circles, or place star stickers on their chart when they've remembered to say thank you.

This chart is specifically formulated for the week of Thanksgiving (Sunday-Thursday) to help teach your children about being thankful during this holiday season.  

Go here to get your I am Thankful Reward Chart.

Personalized Sack Lunch Tags

Jazz up your humdrum sack lunches with these colorful tags.

There are four variations of this printable, making it possible for you to pair the perfect sack lunch tag with your little student's personality and interests.

As a mom, I like spending a few extra minutes on simple tasks 

to help my children recognize how important they are to me. 

Make the little things surprising and special. 

Last year, my niece spent the night the evening prior to "Crazy Hair Day" at her school.  Before bed, we read Crazy Hair Day and the following morning I decorated her sack lunch and its contents to coordinate with the day's theme.  She loved it and now asks that I make her a sack lunch whenever she stays over on a school night.

Even while away at school,
I never want my kids to forget that I love them and am thinking of them.
And what better time to remind them than at lunchtime?

Now the question of the morning, turkey or PB&J?