Tuesday, November 9, 2010

October Crafts

Last week, Ben was finally able to bring home all the crafts that he made in class for the month of October. And I finally got a photo of them to post on the blog! YAY!
The first one that I helped with was the owl. He's stuffed with crumpled up paper. The kids loved it when I told them to make some trash for me! :)
The second craft we did was the bat. He looks fairly simple, but sometimes to a child that hasn't had much experience with crafting, it can be more difficult that it looks.Next was the spider (the one with the colorful legs). He's so cute. He was from a kit bought at Michael's. The one on the left is Ben's. The kids also had to write about each critter we made.
The one on the right is Josh's. He had seen the kit when I brought it home to sort out, and wanted one badly, so I asked Mrs. Y if I could bring one home for Josh to make.
The last one we did was the jack-o-lantern. He's made out of foam. I like the touch of the ribbon/vine.
The spider in the middle was one they did in class (nothing to do with me). I just wanted to put him in there too. I like his eight colorful eyes.
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So that's it. Nothing new. Just wanted to share. :)
That's for looking, though.
Have a great week.
:)

Thursday, November 4, 2010

OCTOBER IN PICTURES

I can't believe that it's been almost exactly a month since my last post!! Does anyone know where October went? It went by soooo fast. And here we are, nearing the end of the first week of November already! Geeezz!! Two weeks from today will be Josh's birthday, and in three weeks it's Thanksgiving and the official start to the Holiday shopping madness. Oh my goodness!
Well, before I get ahead of myself, let me review October, and get you sorta caught up...
I've got a lot of pictures to share, and yes, these are just the highlights...
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First up is our not-so-puppy-ish pup. She is getting so big. In this picture, she is sprawled out across all of 2 cushions plus part of the 3rd! Yikes! Enjoying a game of hide-and-seek with Ben...

We went to Lyda's Farm and Grandad's Apples and Such with Papa and Nana on the 9th.
Some "gourd" 'ole fun....
and silliness...
It was a beautiful, sunny day....
perhaps a little too sunny for this one....
The boys begged and pleaded to do the corn maze, though Mom and Dad tried to explain that it was just a little too hot. Nevertheless, they wanted to go. But by the time we found the 2nd checkpoint, they were pleading to leave! By now Mom and Dad were having fun trying to find the other checkpoints, but gave in to the near-crying youngins. ;)

Here is the finished product of the treat bags I made for the boys' classes. A total of 40 altogether.

Cub Scouts, SALUTE!

"...the Cub Scout helps the Pack go..."

Our fall outdoor decorations....before Josie got ahold of a couple of them!!
Getting ready to carve ole Jack....
As always, Josh loves to gut the pumpkin...
(notice the look on Ben's face...)
Ben only likes the actual carving, and he's pretty good at it...
Spooky Jack...
Last Saturday, Ben got to go to a special Cub Scout event, just for the 1st graders at Patton Park. He and Daddy saw the cool ladder firetruck and lots of different police vehicles...
He got to shoot a BB gun...
and a bow and arrow...
Spooky Jack in all his splendor...
Dressed for treats at MCBC's trunk n treat....

and at P and N's door...
AARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!
Wow. As I said before, I can't believe that it's November already, and October is mere memories. (If I can only remember them!! hehe!!)
I am still volunteering at school, twice a week now though. Mrs. Y and I were talking about the activities that we have planned for the month, and how it (November) is going to fly by just as fast as October...maybe faster.
And there's the birthday to plan for...
Birthday cards to make....
as well as Christmas cards...
Scrapping to catch up on...
(I'm still doing our vacation...I'm a chronological scrapper. :P)
Heck, I still have Halloween decorations to take down!!
Oh the fun I shall have!!
(Insert evil laugh!)
Hope everything is well with you all.
Have a great weekend.
Thanks for popping by.
:)
P.S. An update on the baptisms: Due to scheduling conflicts and holidays, the boys won't be baptised until January (unless something changes, which the church will let me know).

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