Catching up.....

....well, catching up a little at a time....
agh, agh, hmm, hmm, here we are again, Sunday night and I'm all caught up with laundry, all caught up with errands or other commitments, sort of caught up with bills and now, finally, time to "blog", but now all I can think about is going to bed....gotta get up for work tomorrow.....
I'm now behind on this blog (which I do enjoy writing - all week I think about what I'm going to say), I'm behind on my classroom page and of course my classroom blog (I knew that'd be a toughie to keep up with), but I just couldn't let another week slip by with at least something....

Hopefully pictures will help (ironically, photos take a few extra seconds longer to load up).
Last weekend I finally finished the Halloween teacher gifts I was working on

and as a whim, I took them to school hoping a few other teachers might want to "order" some, well, 27 little gift bags and tags later, whew, I got them done



McKenna has been working on a "mass -production" of her own

she is making little ghosts filled with peppermint patties for her classmates

aren't they cute! The neat thing is, I have a photo of Andrea doing the exact same thing when she was the same age....actually, that's where McKenna got the idea. I would probably have forgotten all about it, if it wasn't in a scrapbook!

Okay, darn it, I have to go....so much more to share, but kids are in bed waiting to be tucked in and somehow, I gotta get up tomorrow to face another week.....
okay, two more photos, look what my students have made at school - I think they are too cute!

Our Farm Unit, one of my favorite times of the year. The Kinder are making pop-up piggies,


and first grade are making scarecrows (this was one of my mom's traditional projects - I'm proud to carry on the tradition)
Kendra, thank you for a fun Saturday afternoon - skating was much more fun than I thought :)
Mom, thank you for a wonderful lunch :)
Yvonne, thank you for your inspiration - thanks to you, I too hope to be ready for Christmas by November 1st,
and Michele and Barb, I miss you! Hope we get to catch up soon!!

Love to all,
Melle

(OOPS!!! I meant DECEMBER 1st! Thanks Kendra for catching that mistake - dah! Ya, that would be a miracle if I was ready by November 1st! )

A quick update...

Hello Readers!
Here we are once again, I find myself at the end of a weekend on Sunday night finally caught up with everything and ready to "blog" only now I'm tired and can only think of going to bed.......

this week:
- Andrea's swim team swam against Forest, I think we lost, only it was too crowded to tell and too small a pool to see anything. We competed at CFCC and I was really disappointed by the pool. Man, we are spoiled!

- I registered for two Heidi Swapp classes at the beautiful new SHE Scrapbooks store!

- I taught, well, really "hosted" a computer workshop at school this week - imagine, me?!!

- My favorite nephew turns 23 today, that means his mom and I have been the closest of friends for at least that long....I love you, Donnie, David and Sue!!!!!!!!!!

- And my dear, amazing husband holds on to one more year of his 30's. He turns 39 tomorrow.
Happy, happy birthday Honey. :o)

- And I crafted just a little this weekend....didn't finish, no surprise, but I got to work a little

These are intended to decorate the outside of Crystal Light containers for Halloween treats for McKenna's teachers.....my intention was that I would have made a dozen of these this weekend and I was going to sell the extra's at work.....can you believe it? You would think I'd know myself better than that by now. Well, it wasn't my fault. The mounds of laundry kept getting in my way!

Have a great week everyone.
Love you!
Melle

Fall is in the air

Well, if I have to accept that summer is over, at least I have the blessings of fall waiting for me.
We had our first cool down this week. Since Wednesday we've had what I like to call "a Boulder Day". Lucky for me, my summers were spent in my birthplace of Boulder, Colorado and to me, the weather was ALWAYS perfect. (Note I didn't spend winters there.) It would be cool in the morning and warm up to a comfortable 78 by midday. The sky was a gorgeous blue and not a cloud for miles.
Another sign of fall in our front yard (since our leaves don't turn) is our "yellow rain tree".

I don't know if that is it's official name, but "rain" yellow it sure does. I couldn't seem to capture that on film. It leaves these beautiful tiny yellow buds all over our driveway and coats our cars by morning. In turn, those little buds get tracked into the house. So we endure the inconvenience for about two weeks, in exchange for the beauty and comfort of knowing our family favorite season is just around the corner. An added bonus, once these buds fall off, they leave behind beautiful rose colored buds for us to enjoy for a few more weeks.

More signs of our blessings around here this week are ones of love and friendship.
While at church just a few weeks ago, McKenna actually won a Wii gaming system, however, she and her sister already had one that was from Santa last year. She was happy to give it to a friend. Everyone left church that evening happy and feeling great. Well, imagine our surprise when a gift certificate arrived in the mail about a week later for McKenna to pick out her very first American Girl Doll. It was a thank you gift from the friend she shared the Wii with. Talk about kindness! It took a weekend to decide if she wanted Molly or Kit or Ruthie. In the end, she chose a "Just Like Me" doll. It arrived this week:

She loves it. :o)
And I love the friend who gave it to her.

Andrea's team remain undefeated, but the boys did lose their first meet this past week. We face Forest High School (my high school rivalry) this week. I'm pretty nervous about that match. I'll keep you posted.

I want to wish the very best of luck to two of the most deserving, creative and dynamic people I know......Stephanie and Yvonne who open SHE Scrapbooks this weekend!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for you and so happy for ME!

Best wishes everyone.
Love,
Melle