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Yay! Today is Wednesday but my hubby is off tomorrow so we're going out tonight. We usually have date night every Friday but he said we should go out tonight... so I'm secretly hoping we'll have TWO date nights this week!!!!
Today I'm going to get a mani/pedi. I am a HORRIBLE nail biter. Seriously folks. My nails are gross. And short. And scraggly. I try so hard to keep them out of my mouth but I read a book and it gets tense and I bite them. I'm watching the dang Golden Girls this morning and Blanche and her old nanny reunited and had a fight and then made up (ever seen that one 100 times too?) and I bite them! Anyway, I'm going to get some short gels with sparkly tips and let mine grow out underneath. I'll post a pic to my Instagram (mrsbainbridges_blog) when they're done!
Anywho, I've been busy this week making more themed buntings and... did you know... that I went back through all of my themed buntings and added an editable PowerPoint file so you can customize your own buntings with your own fonts or change up the pattern of the pennants? Yay! So, if you purchased any of the themed alphabet set buntings, head back and re-download because there's a PowerPoint in there now too!
Yesterday I did a little tutorial on how you can print them to different sizes. If you missed it, check it out. It's a great tip that works with any PDF file. You can print full page things to 1/4 page to make flashcards... or 1/3 page and make little bookmarks. Or even smaller and turn large things into small games for centers!
Click the pic below to check out the tutorial!
So, you're wondering about the little giveaway. Well, it's an easy one.
Just stop in and share your 4th of July plans! We have lunch with my in-laws and then are going to a friend's house for games and fireworks! I'll pick a winner tomorrow to win this new patriotic bunting banner set! Perfect to celebrate the 4th of July, Constitution Day, Memorial Day, social studies... it's a perfect match!
Find it on TpT
Here are the other bunting banners I've added this week...
Check out my Themed Bunting Banners category on TpT
You know what? I'll give the winner of the giveaway the patriotic banner AND their choice of another... and I'll give one other winner their choice of any banner! In the spirit of the 4th of July! That's a thing... right?!
4th plans? Hanging out with family. My sister got her kids the opportunity to ride in the fire truck in the parade - they have no idea! Should be fun.
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Inside this Book
P.S. - I, too, bite my nails. I let them grow, but then I bite them until they break... I'm trying to stop!
4th plans? We are staying home and having mother in law over to watch kids light fountains at night. Laid back year for us. Preparing for a big RV road trip in less than a week, so taking it easy until then.
ReplyDeleteI, too, bite my nails. Had a mani/pedi yesterday. I get shellac on my own nails which allows them to grow without me biting them.
Rebbecca
Homemade ice cream and fireworks with the family :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to a huge BBQ with my family, and then we are going to watch the fireworks on my BIL's boat.
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Michele
Coffee Cups and Lesson Plans
We are having a family cookout at my parents' house... Then taking my 14 month old to his first fireworks show! I can't wait to see how he reacts :-)
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We are having a small BBQ with my family and then headed to fireworks with our daughter.
ReplyDeleteWe will have my parents over to play with my son...usual picnic fun. But with our crazy weather lately, looks like it will be an inside picnic!
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Third Grade All Stars
We are helping some friends move. Hopefully there is some pizza at the end of the day! Then, if I can convince the hubby on a work night, we might head out to the fireworks the next town over. Enjoy what is hopefully date night #1!
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We are getting ready to leave for vacation so a day at home is the plan.
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Lamppost in a STEM classroom
I am going to Long Island NY! A friend is getting married on the 5th early so me and a couple gfs are going early. The bride has planned a day on fire island for us clamming and bbqing-so exciting! Ive never clammed or been to Fire Island.
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Free Fallin' Into First
Hanging with the fsm. Watching the parade, eating too much, and going to the fireworks. I sympathize! I am a terrible nail biter too! Can't wait to see your new ones. Hilzgard@yahoo.com
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No big plans, just enjoying family time. Enjoy your date(s)!
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Barbecue with friends!
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I love your buntings. My hubby and I will be going up to our friends lake house for 4th of July weekend. I can't wait to get away.
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Tonight my hubby and I are having date night too! We are going to dinner and then to see the Charlotte Knights baseball game. There are fireworks after...baseball and fireworks, does it get any more American than that?!? As for the 4th I think there are a few festivals around that we may go to.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! Your buntings are so cute!
Diana
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My husband and I will do the family thing first! We will watch a parade with our nephew (it will be his first parade) and have lunch with my in-law's. Then we will go to a friend's house for fireworks and dinner that evening! I'm so excited that my hubby will be off! Summers get a little lonely!
ReplyDeleteMy 13 year old adopted brother has been begging my husband and I to take him kayaking. So...tomorrow, the 3 of us are going to take a trip down the Catawba River. My little brother is so excited! I'm just hoping no one falls out!
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Laura
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We start celebrating tonight with our own fireworks display, way out of town so we can do the big ones! Tomorrow is a visit to a flea market and grilling with family.
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We are going to the lake to watch the fireworks with friends.
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I love the gel manicures- keeps my nails from breaking! We will go to a local club here for some swimmimg in the afternoon, then grill out for dinner. Of course we will light a few of the city-approved fireworks (the drought here is the worst Ive ever seen). Have a great date night and a great 4th!
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We are going to spend the afternoon with friends either swimming or playing board games and card games, while grilling some yummy BBQ. Not sure when/ where we will find fireworks...but I am sure that'll happen too!
ReplyDeleteThe buntings are gorgeous, by the way! I have been trying to think of where in my classroom I could use them!
-Carol
Mrs. Cobb's Kindersprouts
We are having friends and family over for BBQ and swimming tomorrow. What I'm really looking forward to is Sunday when we leave for the beach!!!! Love the bunting!
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More Than Math by Mo
Thanks for the giveaway! I hope your date night is wonderful! My Fourth of July plans are all about spending time with the fam! My sister, brother-in-law, and 4 year old nephew are flying in today, and we are going to watch a big fireworks display tonight. I only get to see them (my family, not the fireworks) once a year since I live in Spain, so I'm pretty dang excited about it.
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Amy @ The Littlest Superheroes
We are going camping! It will be a great time to just relax! :)
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Boating on the river with church friends. Then the 2nd annual community event firework show!
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For the 4th, we start our day with the Independence Day parade that is a block from my house! Then, we come home to BBQ and relax with the family. Enjoy your 4th!
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Thanks for the giveaway. 4th plans- joining friends for dinner and fireworks.
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Today I'm going to the county fair volunteering at an "Are you Smarter than a 5th grader?" contest! Local teachers get to be the judges. :) Tomorrow I'm going to a friend's for a BBQ and a great view of fireworks. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Not much planned for the 4th. My hubby works and my kids seem to have outgrown the fireworks.....not me, I still love them!
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The Bender Bunch
Can you believe we are celebrating in Hawaii? We will go visit Pearl Harbor and then fireworks at night on the beach. The Luau at the military hotel last night was very patriotic. I missed your housecleaning freebie yesterday by an hour so good job on getting it all done quickly. I would love one.
ReplyDeleteMy family will be hanging out with neighbors for a Bring Your Own Meat-to-grill party, then to the small town fireworks at the school if we can dodge the storms. Enjoy your extra time with your man!
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My 4th plans are going over my parents' house for a pool party bbq with my mom's side of the family. Enjoy your date night tonight :)
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Fireworks at the beach!!
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Barbecue with family and friends at our house with a huge waterslide and homemade ice cream followed by watching the fireworks shot off the little mountain behind our house. It's great being able to stay home all day and still celebrate in a big way!
ReplyDeleteHanging out with the hubs since he has the day off too. So nice to be lazy at home. :c) I love these banners! Nice work. Thank for the chance to win!
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We go to a local minor league baseball game. I don't really like baseball, but they do great fireworks after the game, you are guaranteed a good viewing seat, you don't have to sit all day in the hot sun saving your spot, and no port-a-potties!
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Flamingo Fabulous in Second Grade
Thanks for the giveaway! My family is going to our community picnic and parade. Then we will watch the community fireworks from our deck.
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You have been one busy gal, Christina! I love the variety of banners you have created!
ReplyDeleteWe are going to my best friend's father-in-laws holiday celebration. He has a huge backyard/pool party shindig. We've been going for years, and the funny thing is, we are the only non-family members there! (But it feels like family after this long!)
tokyoshoes at hotmail dot com
We are heading o my inlays for a cookout and will hopefully sneak in some fireworks!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a lot of banners--so cute!! Our plans are not going to be as elaborate as some. My children have to work so it is just going to be and the hubby looks like. We will probably grill out and just hang out together and may go to see some fireworks close by. Thanks for the giveaway!! Keep up the good work!!
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My 4th plans are going to my brother and sister in laws to watch fireworks at their park :) I love fireworks!!!
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Family time with mother in law and daughter. WE are also finalizing vacation plans - we leave for London on Sunday! Hopefully we'll see fireworks from 3 cities from our house. :)
ReplyDeleteWe were going to have a cookout at our house with family and friends, but after a 7 hour visit to the ER yesterday, our plans have been cancelled. The doctor said I needed to rest for a few day due to a bleeding cyst on my right ovary. Yuck! I leave Sunday to take my grandparents to the beach for a week, so I need to feel better.
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Swinging Through Second Grade
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Nothing special planned here. Watching the parade (hubby, son, and his wife will be marching in the local band) and going to the fireworks if it doesn't rain. Maybe even dog sitting for awhile.
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kburch@sjbplymouth.org
We are headed up north to our cabin, where the boys can swim, fish and ride four-wheelers. I like to sit around the campfire and read a good book. We also have some work to do on the shed up there this weekend.
ReplyDeleteI also am a nail biter and I just had gel nails done this past Monday on the spur of the moment and I like them.
sldudek@yahoo.com
The 4th of July is my FAVORITE holiday. Why? Well my family has a camp on a little pond about an hour away from my house. My great grandparents bought it in the 1930s. Anyway every year growing up we would sit in tubes and watch the boat parade- yes boat parade. All the boats on the lake would decorate their boats and have a parade around the lake. Well we never had a boat as a kid but enjoyed watching it. About 7 years ago my parents got a boat and now we get to be in the parade... oh yea and a bunch of family comes up. =) this year like last year we will be launching fireworks off the dock... people are going to park their boats and watch. Happy 4th!
ReplyDeleteWe are going to see Despicable Me 2! So excited! :) And probably going to try to get some school stuff done. (High hopes!)
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Traveling to Wisconsin and enjoying some R & R with the family. I love your ideas!
ReplyDeleteWe are going to be eating ribs and potato salad at my aunt's house. We are going to watch the fireworks also.
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Hip, Hop Hurray! Tales in an Artroom
Celebrate with family & then home before dark! (Jump in the cool spa...it's been over 100 for a week!) I bit my nails until after my twins were born..just nerves! wendy 1stgradefireworks@gmail.com 1stgradefireworks
ReplyDeleteTwo of my kiddos work at the local fireworks store so I am sure it will be a "blast" here tomorrow night!
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Two of my kiddos work at the local fireworks store so I am sure it will be a "blast" here tomorrow night!
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debinderry@gmail.com
July 4th is both my husband's and my aunt's birthdays....so we celebrate....We're Canadian! Just an added bonus that we just celebrated Canada on Monday.
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This year my husband and I are going to a little seaside town - Beaufort, SC. My cousins live there and we're hoping to relax and take in the sites in this quaint, historic town:)
ReplyDeleteIn our town 4th of July is a BIG thing! We will be going to the parade, then will probably go to the park where they have a ton of booths and vendors. We will finish the evening with a barbeque and watch the fireworks - we are lucky enough to see them from our front yard.
ReplyDeleteMy plans are just to relax with family & grill out...brats & hotdogs in Cincinnati are the BEST! Very low key, but really fun!! ~Sara (smeyer06@yahoo.com)
ReplyDeleteHeading to hometown to spend day with family and take in the parade,activities, great food, and fireworks! Happy 4th to everyone!!
ReplyDeleteOur plans are to celebrate our independence with my in-laws in the backyard with a hamburger BBQ and watching fireworks...very low key this year!
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