days in my life as a pregnant sahm // subbing in my old room, faith chats, cozy fall days

[@dreamtraveldisney]

Love your videos! Here are some Cars themed food. Hopefully this helps! * Maters Dip Sticks: Veggie Sticks * Doc Hudson’s Nuts and Bolts: Chex Mix or Trail Mix * Piston Fruit Cup: Mixed Fruit * Mack’s Mac and Cheese * Maters Tater Chips and Salsa * Lightning McQueens Hot Rods: Hot Dogs * Sarge’s Subs

[@lauraf80]

I loved the insight about children's love language. I hadn't ever thought about it

[@ellaeimer-m8q]

Being able to see your evolution as a teacher to a stay at home mom is so fun to me. I started watching you because I am a college student going into education. I thought I wouldn’t watch your videos as much now that you aren’t teaching. HOWEVER, I love your vlogs regardless. I feel like you just have such a positive outlook on life, you’re one of my role models believe it or not. ❤️

[@mollydaniels1772]

Tow Mater’s PoTaters It could be tater tots or baked potatoes or whatever potato thing you like

[@teachloveinspire561]

Being a first grade teacher, or any grade teacher, is so physically and mentally demanding. I don't know how mom's do it, as I became a teacher after my daughter's were older. I'm now getting ready to retire from teaching at the end of this school year and I cannot wait to substitute and know that I don't have the lesson plans, grading, meetings, and all of the demanding chores of teaching.

[@LottyDotty05]

I'm currently a fourth grade teacher, and somehow I have taught from the time my baby was 1, and she's 6 now. Now that I'm pregnant with our second, my husband said, "ok, you can stop. I got it." I have never been more relieved. I've been juggling everything, and I'm just exhausted. He is a deputy for our county and works nights, so I'm managing the home. He helps when he can, but he's tired too. I love the classroom, and I'm sure I'll sub once baby is over, but right now, I just want to be wife, mom, and the homemaker.

[@megancox9549]

Appreciate your honest candor about your faith and complex feelings about subbing!

[@noelkempster]

Jordan has great taste! Cars is one of my favorite Disney movies.

[@Susie-Mary]

Loved your message. So appropriate for advent! “ Stay awake be ready”

[@ceramj1995]

I also really enjoy coming up with themed food ideas! ❤❤ Another idea for "Dip Sticks" that's maybe a little more brunch themed could be French toast sticks with syrup. Or you could do mini waffles or pancakes and call them "Steering Wheels". I also saw fruit on skewers in a traffic light pattern with strawberries, kiwi/green grapes and pineapple. And for the "Cozy Cone" idea, you could just make orange paper cones and fill them with whatever you want, like popcorn, crackers, or other dry snacks/candies and put them in little clear baggies for a favor or stand them up in a bowl.

[@mrs_katie_in_elementary]

Cozy Cones but instead get waffle cones and fill with berries! I've even dipped the end of the cones in chocolate and filled with strawberries and blueberries and it was so good!

[@noelkempster]

I always decorate for Christmas starting on November 1 because it takes so long to put up Christmas decorations so it seems a shame to only enjoy them for one month! Plus I think Christmas lights help so much with the sun setting so early in November and December so it helps keep my spirits up

[@rachellehochstetler]

I loved this vlog. Actually I love them all You have such a postive outlook on life. I'm sure it doesn't feel that way everyday but I'm proud of you. I absolutely loved what you said about not feeling motivated but it's just habit and repetition. That hit me really hard as I've been pregnant and feeling tired all the time and not motivated to clean my house and it's just been so bad. But now I have changed my mindset today to be like I'm not motivated, but I'm going to do it and make it a habit. I feel like this is going to help me in the classroom and at home this week. So thank you so much for sharing your heart!

[@stephanieburgess8217]

Your faith message was spot on what I needed to hear.

[@eeeeeeee60]

For the cars party .... The foods could also just be something like "Mater's scrambled eggs" with a little picture of Mater 😅 it's not the cutest or most creative but it would be another way to incorporate the characters

[@tanyafulton583]

I retired 3 years ago after 27 years and when I got called to sub the first time it was in my old classroom. It was really strange feeling!

[@emilyjean4454]

All I got is ka-quiche for ka-chow (lol it’s not good!)😂 maybe you can do honey something for float like a butterfly sting like a bee

[@lindseydavies256]

Here are some ideas for the Cars themed birthday! Toe-mater soup Doc Hudson's 'Well oiled' salad 'tire'-amisu racecar-bonara

[@samsnyder2462]

Mater's Pancake Stackers: Serve pancakes in a stack and encourage kids to create their own pancake "tires" with circular toppings like berries or chocolate chips. You can also use cookie cutters to make pancake shapes resembling car wheels. Lightning McQueen Fruit Platter: Arrange sliced fruits in the shape of Lightning McQueen's face on a platter. Use blueberries for the eyes, a strawberry for the nose, and banana slices for the mouth. Radiator Springs Donuts: Set up a donut station with a variety of toppings and let kids decorate their own "Radiator Springs" donuts. You can provide different icings, sprinkles, and edible decorations. Traffic Light Fruit Kabobs: Create fruit kabobs using green grapes, yellow pineapple chunks, and red strawberries to resemble a traffic light. You can use a slice of banana as the stick's base to keep the fruits in place. Race Car Sandwiches: Make sandwiches in the shape of race cars using a car-shaped cookie cutter. Fill them with kid-friendly ingredients like peanut butter and jelly or cream cheese and cucumber. Piston Cupcakes: Bake cupcakes and decorate them with Piston Cup logos using colored icing. You can also add small toy cars on top as cupcake toppers. Luigi's Mini Pizza Wheels: Make mini pizzas and cut them into small, wheel-like shapes using a round cookie cutter. Arrange them on a platter and label them as "Luigi's Pizza Wheels." Fuel-Up Yogurt Parfaits: Set up a yogurt parfait station with various toppings such as granola, berries, and nuts. Label it as "Fuel-Up Yogurt Parfaits" to tie in with the racing theme. Sarge's Army of Fruit Soldiers: Use small, soldier-shaped cookie cutters to cut out fruit pieces like watermelon or pineapple. Arrange them on a platter and label them as "Sarge's Army of Fruit Soldiers." Fillmore's Veggie Sticks: Serve veggie sticks like carrots, cucumbers, and bell peppers with a tasty dip. Label it as "Fillmore's Veggie Sticks" to bring in the hippie VW van character.

[@emilyclark8772]

Flo’s cafe: coffee station Traffic lights: fruit kebabs Mater’s taters Flat tires: flapjacks White wall tires: powdered donuts Traffic jam: put on toast or pancakes Also her party should be called Jordan: 2 fast 2 furious 😂

[@TheUrbanFamily1]

Everything I needed on this cold, dark Sunday afternoon. Especially as I had a late night working on my Sunday School lesson. On a brighter note, I love the whole Car's or Radiator Springs theme for a party, could you have Radiator Spring Water in bottles, I this think of Tatter Tots for the breakdown truck, we have chips in the UK called Bugals which are cone shaped, if you had something like that, isn't the motel in the town called something to do with cones.... sorry I'm no help really, it's been years since I watched the movie. What did come to mind though is having lots of boxes big enough for the kids to sit in, that maybe had straps that came over the shoulders and they could walk about in the car and pretend to be cars. The wouldn't need to be works of art, just different colored paper with some paper plates for wheels.

[@brittanysellers6440]

Motor oil- could be chocolate milk! 😊

[@stephanieburgess8217]

Crescent rolls with brocoli cheese and shredded chicken formed into a triangle

[@katelynlarabie8813]

Some ideas for you! We just did my nephews cars birthday: Lightnings hot rods (for hot dogs at lunch or sausages for breakfast), traffic lights (did fruit sticks with kiwi, pineapple and strawberries), pinwheel sandwiches as "steering wheels", and we called the little juice and water table the fuel up station. some ideas for ya :)

[@carolinedepot4993]

Windshield wiper waffles 😂

[@katelyntreadaway2022]

This may be just a Southern thing, but we love biscuits and tomato gravy for breakfast. You could do “Tow-Mater” Gravy with biscuits 😂

[@jmp1231]

Ahh I’ve been listening to Ginger Hubbard’s podcast recently too! If you love her podcast I highly recommend her book Don’t Make Me Count to 3 and I also recently got her Wise Words for Moms chart to put on our fridge to help me give biblical discipline in the moment. So good! Congrats on two girls!🥰💗 We also just found out we’re having another girl! Girl gang👯‍♀️

[@thecarolinewill]

Maybe a pun with Mater and a tomato? ToMATER?

[@theclarks2856]

Motor oil Sundaes sound fun! Dinoco nuggets or Chick Hick-nuggets 😂 Rust-eze nuts & bolts: cheese puffs & cheetos

[@ericapetre1422]

Happy November! How do you get your cookies to not spread? I tried refrigerating the dough and it didn’t work lol. Not sure what I’m doing wrong! Yours look great!

[@jordanbok8607]

Are you using real butter? I have found that cookies spread a lot more when you are only using margarine.

[@matthewmok1575]

My daughter Julia can relate because she is a mother of 4 daughters

[@plebyking5299]

❤❤❤

[@maggiebranch9296]

Hey Emma

[@zoepermenter1213]

What brand is your mop vac?

[@kayleen_zamora]

What’s the name of the song? The one where you’re baking?

[@barbararyba734]

Tater tots!!

[@annaades4157]

Apple juice would be cute for gasoline!

[@Gracenotes23]

Make a license plate with her name and age (: