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Fundraising: A Family Affair

Getting the box of MudLOVE bracelets was a bit… overwhelming. But, I generally just like to tackle things right away, so I had the box open and bracelets dumped out pretty quickly, going through them to sort all of the pre-orders.

However, before shipping, I wanted Aaron to double check them for me and make sure that I hadn’t overlooked anything.
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Reed and Lena were pretty fascinated with how the bracelets had overtaken our dining room table and it wasn’t long before they asked if they could help, too.

Reed was placed in charge of cutting bubble wrap into smaller pieces.
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Lena was placed in charge of getting the labels from the printer and cutting them out.
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Gus was given the very important job of not causing trouble. Which is easier said than done for him.
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I also asked Reed and Lena to help me write little “thank yous” to pack with the bracelets. We started these a bit later in our packing, so I’m sorry if your package only has a note from me! The “tkank you” and their efforts to decorate each of them uniquely was just so cute.
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I still do have lots and lots of MudLOVE bracelets, so let me know if you are interested! Tkank you note included.

More MudLOVE Bracelets

Do you follow me on Facebook? Well, if you do, this is old news, but if you don’t, you should. πŸ™‚

I got our MudLOVE bracelets in earlier this week– super exciting! I am done with pre-orders, but I have a ton of bracelets in stock, ready to ship. Again, the proceeds from these bracelets go to Luda’s hosting fees and if that gets fully funded, additional proceeds will go towards other hosting expenses, such as her/my airfare within the US, any dental costs which we cannot get donated, etc.

These photos are a small representation of what bracelets I have to sell. I have all of these words and a few different color bands for most of them.

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I believe that all words and animals I have are pictured EXCEPT “justice”, “carpe diem” and “dance”, which I forgot to include. I only have one left of “dance”.

This is just a closer-up photo of the bracelets in the first photo.
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This is a little gift idea I threw together quick, partly because I’m obsessed with cookie butter right now. In the spring, this is similar to what I did for teacher gifts. I did a MudLOVE bracelet (carpe diem) + a jar of homemade jelly from a friend + a Target giftcard tucked under the band.
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I think “inspire” or “loved” or “carpe diem” would be a cute addition to a teacher gift. Or a dinosaur would be adorable for a teacher who teaches about dinosaurs. πŸ™‚

These bracelets are $12 for one “word” bracelet OR $14 for one “animal” bracelet” or $10 perΒ word/$12 per animal when ordering more than one bracelet or ordering bracelets with a t-shirt. The price includes shipping within the US and I’m happy to ship to Canada for a few extra dollars.

Please contact me if you are interested in ordering. These bracelets are selling quickly, so it’s too difficult for me to maintain a post with the design and color combinations that I have available, but I’m happy to talk with you about it via email(molly@amooseinmoscow.com) or Facebook message.

I Not Tired

Hopefully, you’ve all seen is the I Not Grumpy video. If not, you should, because it’s quite cute and worth a few seconds of your time. πŸ™‚

We also recently had an “I Not Tired” moment. Gus was sitting at the table, waiting for lunch, and was doing that thing usually seen among college students. Nodding off with this head slowly falling down, then snapping himself awake at just the last second.
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But, if you asked him, his reply was “I not tired!”

Even once he had his food, he was still snoozing.
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Fortunately, he did wake up enough to eat his salad, but as soon as he was done, he announced “I need a nap.”

Storytime

One thing that always tugs at my heart is my kids reading to each other.
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Books are awesome, siblings cuddling are awesome, so siblings cuddling around a book = perfection.
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I love these little feet, too.
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I also love how into her storytelling she gets. I believe there was some monkey causing some trouble.
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Love them.
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The Big Haircut Reveal

In my last post, I shared the haircut photos, and now, the big reveal!

“Where did my hair go?!”
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Just classic Reed, getting as close as he can.
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And, the little brother…
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In the photo on the left, I said “say cheese!” and he replied, “stinky cheese!” and held his nose.
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And now, just one of the sister. No haircut for her, but I love this photo.
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