Gingerbread House

Well, it's not your traditional gingerbread house, but it makes for a great costume! Megan will be walking in the Christmas parade with her Campfire group, and they are to wear costumes. The only way she would agree to a costume involving cardboard was to be a gingerbread house. Thankfully, we got the idea from our friends Leandra and Isabella, and I finally had a place to start! She is very excited to wear it and we can't wait for the parade! And to top it off, Isabella is going to be a gingerbread girl and they will hopefully walk together...how cute will that be???

Starting point...

side...

back...other side... front!

I'm thinking of adding this to my front porch decor! We'll see :-)

First Tooth

We've entered a new era, began a new journey; we are now traveling the path of lost teeth! Megan finally lost her first tooth, thanks the librarian, and is likely to lose the next one soon! Better start saving that change :-)

I welcome any clever toothfairy ideas out there...Mine are pretty low in supply!

New Blog

Well, I finally found a way to channel my writing enjoyment with my obsession of food! I suppose you could say I've jumped on the bandwagon of food blogs! Check out my Krazy Kitchen adventures at www.mykrazykitchen.blogspot.com.

Ring Around the Rosy

Tim got these pictures last night of the two year olds...we should have gotten it on video because it was so cute!

Time to play!

Ring Around the Rosy,
Pocket Full of Posies,Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down!!!
It happens every so often, but when the three of them decide to play together in harmony, it's true bliss :-)

Pumpkin Patch

A couple of weeks ago I was able to go with Megan and her class to the pumpkin patch for their field trip. We had a great time and it was a very fun place. We went to Thomasson Family Farm Pumpkin Patch and it's a perfect place for kids.

Megan and her partner Cabri

Hmmm, I guess this wasn't such a pleasant experience!
Bubbles with Mrs. Carr

Ice Cream...what else would you expect from a dairy turned pumpkin patch?

Time for a hayride!

Teacher in jail with students...just another day at the office!

The Friendly Goat!

Megan with friends Kylie and Cabri

Cabri, Lexie, and Megan
Riding the John Deere bikes...
Time for a slide!
Can't leave without a corn kernel cover :-)

Megan is having a truly fabulous year and we couldn't be happier with her school and her teacher. She's making friends, excelling in academics, and has an overall positive attitude! Can't wait to see what the rest of the year brings :-)

Harvest Fun

Here is just a little bit of what I have been up to over the last week. It was our turn to bring snacks to Campfire, so of course I couldn't just send "regular" snacks. They had to be festive!

Following that, we had the Fall Carnival for Megan's school. Before the year started I signed us up to provide a game or activity. A few weeks later I signed us up for Megan's conference. A couple of days after that, I realized that the carnival and the conference were on the same day. Not to worry...I could manage that. Move down a few weeks...invite to an Elk's dinner by Molly's PT.! Of course we will be there. We'd be honored. Hmmm, a couple days go by and it hits me. The Elk's dinner is also the same night as the carnival. Well, lucky for me I have three little children who nap at the same time and a husband who came to the rescue. I managed to put the snacks together in time for the meeting, spend the next day's naptime creating the Harvest Ball equipment, get the game to the school on Friday, set up, rush to Megan's school to pick her up and stay for her conference, quick grab dinner, then drop Tim and Megan off at the carnival, run home, grab the little ones, rush to the dinner, then back to the carnival for some fun! It was a busy few days but the fun was worth all the craziness! A mama's gotta make her kiddos proud!

Campfire Snacks

Pumpkin Fruit Bowls (sort of)

Broom Sticks

Turning cardboard into a pumpkin...

Harvest Ball, all ready to go!

Megan and her friend Danielle

Gotta love pink hair!

Watch out, Triple Trouble!

Did I mention we won 2 raffle prizes?

New Blog

I added a new blog to my favorites...Girly Gatherings! She's my neighbor and quite talented! Check it out when you have time!