Preschool Halloween Party

Just thought I'd post a couple of pictures from Nathan's preschool Halloween party before I forget.  This was last Wednesday and they wore black, orange or purple to school and then made hats and had a special snack.  They got to decorate the preschool and then "trick or treat" and get a special something from the teachers.  The parents got to go back early and hang out for the last half hour of the party and we all had a good time!  Nathan loved it!

Gotta love that spider hat!

I love the icing from their cookie snack on his chin in this one!

They had the chance to paint their faces too and Sophia was all over that.  Nathan wanted nothing to do with it.  The funniest part is that she went around all day with her face painted so she could show Mummy and Daddy when she went home!

And how about these for comparison...

Kyle doing the same thing 3 years earlier!  Cookie snack in his mouth!

And almost the same shot as one I have of Nathan!  Crazy how time flies!

Well, need to finish getting ready for a class I'm teaching tomorrow night, so I'd better get a move on.  For anyone local, there weren't kits for this, but I'm making a few extra if you want one and can't make it.  Call the store!

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!

Cheers,

The End of November?! Really!?!

OK, so I started out with a plan to blog more regularly this month (as with many months lately) and I didn't do very well with this since it's been almost a month since I updated!  Yikes!  Where does the time go?

Anyway, I'm going to do a little monthly update at a result and I'm actually going to start with something from today since I obviously haven't posted anything new creatively in quite a while...

This is a card I did for the Challenge Masters Card challenge for November and I managed to do it here on the last day of the month with some scraps I had leftover from classes I've been teaching this month.  It's the first round card I've ever done (part of the challenge) and I can see more of them in my future now! 

I used my Spellbinders for the scalloped and regular circles, Imaginisce patterned snowflake paper, an Amuse sentiment stamp, a Marvy punch for the scalloped rectangle for the sentiment, Memento black ink, the FaLaLa Slice card and Slice machine for the snowflake, Brilliance Sky Blue ink for the distressing, Glitter Ritz Cool Highlight glitter and a Quickie Glue pen to add the bling.

As for the rest of the month...

 - I've had a cold for 3 weeks that I think is finally just about gone

 - the boys both had colds as well as Nathan is just working on getting rid of his second cold

 - Kyle started Hip Hop dance classes and is loving them

 - George has been involved in getting ready to be an Olympic volunteer for both the Olympics and the Paralympics.

 - I taught Christmas cards at preschool one day

 - I've been teaching tons of classes this month

 - managed to get quite a bit of Christmas shopping done in recent days

 - Nathan had a preschool trip to the library

 - we had a staff meeting and crop at work

 - I've had preschool and PAC meetings and they were 2 days in a row of course!

 - George finally got his crown done on a tooth that's been bothering him for a bit

 - Nathan has Special Person's night at preschool where the kids get to invite someone special that doesn't normally get to see them there, so he took Daddy!

I'm sure there's been much more, but I missed some of it when I was feeling really crappy!  lol  I'm hoping that's it for a while for bugs for us, but we'll see.  Looking forward to December and more fabulous holiday memories!  Nice now that we've cut way back on the gift giving thing and work more on spending time doing things with family and friends.

Now, before I finish, I should post a few Halloween pictures too since I didn't even manage to do that!  Nathan was Spongebob and Kyle was Darth Vadar or "Dark Vadar" as he calls him sometimes.  Everything in our house is currently about Star Wars it seems!  We've finally hit the phase I knew was coming!  Mum came over for a bit too and she was all dressed as a pirate!  Fun!

OK, think I'll sign off there for now, but also hoping to work on a December Daily album again this year inspired by Ali Edwards, so we'll see what happens!  Need to get on the ball with that!  Maybe I'll post tomorrow again with some of the things that we're looking forward to in December!  Crazy that we're here again at the last month of the year already!

Cheers,

Pumpkin Carving and Halloween

OK, so better late than never as they say, but here as some pictures for those of you that wanted to see the boys dressed for Halloween, but couldn't be here. I was hoping to get a few pictures of the boys seperately too, but that never happened!

We'll start with what was actually the night before and the pumpkin carving... Nathan was right into it and trying to help Daddy carve the pumpkin that he picked out at the pumpkin patch. Kyle drew his face on the pumpkin he got on his Kindergarten trip to the pumpkin patch and didn't want his to be scary.

Kyle had been wearing around his Halloween costume and acting like a game show host all night! When I was teasing him, he started rolling his eyes at me and I managed to even get it on film. He's hysterical these says! And still the boy of 1,000 faces - since he was a baby!

This was the end result - not the best shot, but you get the idea!!

OK, now these were on Halloween night when we went over to Tracy's! My darling nephew Matthew didn't come out with us this year since he's only 3 months, but he's sure cute and we'll take him next year!

Sophia was dressed as a chicken and was sooooooooo cute! Glad we got a picture of her and mummy!

This was the 3 kids after we got back from trick or treating and they had a bag full of candy to show for it! Tracy was nice enough to take one of me with the boys too!

We tried to get a couple more pictures when we got home, but this is about the best one! lol

Well, not too much else to say about all of this really other than it's over for another year and Kyle is talking about Santa, Christmas and all the Christmas lights and presents already! Another early morning here for Kyle though Nathan is sleeping a little longer... Not sure how long that'll last either!

Better go get my first cup of coffee!! Have a great day!
Cheers,

Havin' Fun with Halloween

OK, here are a couple more Halloween things I've been working on! A lot of this is the new Making Memories Halloween line...

Supplies: Cardstock is WorldWin DoubleMates. Patterned paper is Making Memories. Journaling cards are Making Memories. Title lettering is American Crafts Glitter Thickers and Provo Craft Girls are Weird Stickers. Brads are Making Memories. Piercing done with a Tim Holtz Design Ruler. Stamps are Autumn Leaves stamped with Versamark Ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. Wording on the upper left is cut from Making Memories patterned paper. Ink is Palette Noir Black. This was inpired by a sketch at PageMaps.

Cardstock is WorldWin and Bazzill. Patterned paper is Making Memories. Journaling tags are Making Memories. Ink is Palette Noir Black.

Well, it was a pretty relaxing day around here all in all. I got to sleep in after working late. We did some errands and George went and got his hair cut. George barbequed for dinner and then we did S'mores on the little bbq again with kids kids! Nothing too exciting, but we spent some time together.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday!
Cheers,

Halloween will be here before we know it!

OK, so what with fall being around the corner, I thought I'd better try and get some older Halloween pictures scrapped before the next one is upon us, so I used some Scenic Route papers from last year for this!

Supplies: Cardstock is Bazzill and WorldWin. Patterned paper is Scenic Route. Glitter (black) paper is Making Memories. Sentiment is a stamp from the Making Memories Magnetic Stamp set. Ink is Palette Noir Black. Halloween circular die cut is Making Memories. Spider stamp on die cut is Imaginesce.

Supply List: Cardstock is WorldWin. Patterned paper is Scenic Route. Glitter (black) paper is Making Memories. Lettering is American Crafts Chipboard Thickers. Stamp for stitching is Kelly Panacci for SandyLion. Ink is Palette Noir Black. Halloween circular die cut is Making Memories. Stickers on die cut are ProvoCraft. Layout inspired by a sketch @ www.pagemaps.com

Well, better run for now since I need to get all of us ready to take Kyle up for his lasy 45 minute day of Kindergarten! So glad they're switching to a longer day starting Monday!
Cheers,