Halloween

Well, I promised Adam I would put these pictures on my blog for him to see. We had to decorate a pumpkin like a character in a book for our pumpkin drive thru at school on Thursday night. Mrs. Woodard, our reading coach, and I did this one. It is for the book, Click, Clack, Moo, Cows Can Type.

We also had to decorate our door for "Say No To Drugs" week.

I made these little candy holders for the people in the office at school for Halloween. They are really quick and easy, but make a nice little thank you gift.

I can't believe October is almost over!

Where to start, where to start. Well inventory is finally over at school and I got 100% again thank goodness. It is much easier to keep track of things like computers, monitors, etc. when I am the only one in charge of where they go. When we had a computer teacher she would move things and then I had to guess where they went, so now that I am the only one moving things, it really works out to my benefit, though I do hate being the technology person.
I haven't had a lot of time for crafting since school started, I hope to change that. I did make my Halloween cards, but I forgot to take a picture of them, so you will just have to take my word that they were cute. I did make this treat bucket and sent it to Sasha for Halloween. She wanted to take it to school but took the candy out of it. She told her mom that the students in her class would not like American candy so she filled it with french candy. She really just didn't want to share it with others!

 Another reason I haven't had much time for crafting is I have been spending tons of time online looking for flights and looking for apartments to rent. Yes, James and I are going back to France for our 40th wedding anniversary. I finally bought our tickets but deciding on an apartment to rent in Paris has been extremely time consuming. I have decided that I found the perfect one at least four times and then changed my mind for one reason or another the next day. Last night we finally made a decision, not so much on the apartment we liked the best but on the apartment that we could reserve using PayPal and one that was actually with a trusted company and not an individual. I just couldn't quite come to terms with sending a complete stranger money. All I could imaging was showing up in Paris and there would be no apartment and no person meeting us. So, I don't have the beautiful, gorgeous apartment I wanted, but I do know that this one is secure and the person will be there to meet us and I can finally sleep at night and not worry about it for the next 8 months.

I went to Violette's Sunday and did two Halloween pages. Now I just need pictures of Jack in costume to complete the pages.

Speaking of Jack, he is going to be a big brother in April. Brooke and Adam are expecting another boy.
Below are some cute pictures of Jack taken a few months ago. Love the hair!

I do have my Thanksgiving cards completed, but will wait until later to post. Don't want to ruin the surprise for those of you that will be receiving one of them.
I finally did Jack's 9 month page, now I will have to do the 10 month in a few days. Sorry I fell behind Brooke. Anyway, I can do the 10 month page with trick or treat pictures. This toy box was mine when I was a little girl. My godmother, Aunt Betty, gave it to me when I was about 5 years old. I used it in college for my stereo and all our kids used it for their toys as they were growing up. Adam took it all apart, stripped off all the layers of paint, sanded it down, and stained it. He did a fabulous job on it. Maybe it will last another 55+ years.

At school this week, we had to decorate our door for Red Ribbon Week, and decorate a pumpkin like a storybook character. I took pictures but did not bring them home today. Mrs. Woodard, the reading coach that shares my library space, and I had a good time doing both projects. I will try to remember to bring the pictures home tomorrow so I can post them.

It's Been A Hot, Hot September

I can't believe how hot it has been this past month. It wouldn't be so bad if they just gave us some more air conditioning at school. I come home every day soaking wet, get in my bathing suit and jump in the pool-actually I don't jump, I go down the steps.
Brooke had a birthday last week and I made her this card.

Alex also has his birthday in September-my baby is 25, oh my! Here is the card I made him. Just a simple one with Close To My Heart stamps. He has moved out so James and I are finally empty nesters. It seems a little strange since for the last 35 years we have had children in the house.

Tomorrow I am mailing my annual Halloween & Thanksgiving combined box to France. This year I had to include Francois's 1st birthday gifts and his baptism gifts-I am a little behind on that one. I usually include Christmas too, but will do that later.  I made Sasha this cute little can filled with candy, of course.

 

We went to Tallahassee two weeks ago and had a great time. We didn't go to the game because it was a day game and would definitely be too hot for Jack but we watched it on TV and of course, were dressed for the occasion. Florida State won-YEAH!

Jack had some cute Halloween PJ's. He looks like he escaped from the pokey.

Katie and Jack had a great time together. Grandpa loved it too.

We went to lunch Sunday before we came home and Jack was so good, as usual, in the restaurant.
Check out the drool from the mouth to the book.

I made Francois's 10 month page this week. He is getting so big. He wants to walk so bad.

I guess in the next week or so I will be doing Jack's 9 month page (he is 9 months tomorrow) and Francois's 11 month page. Boy those 1 year pages are just around the corner for both of them.
Frances sent me some good pictures of Francois and Sasha. Isn't she beautiful!

And, of course, he is adorable. James and I are so lucky to count them as our grandchildren. We can't wait to see them.