I usually post everything non-crafty on my Running with Lollipops blog but since the kids and I will be making a mini scrapbook out of this eventually, I thought I'd add a quick post here.
If you'd like to follow the Adventures of Earl, our Christmas elf, I'll post updates on on the trouble, ahem adventures, he gets into over on the other blog.
And tomorrow I'll be back with more craftiness.
I'm taking a quick break today to show off the newest member of our family. Meet Shamrock, the most adorable Havanese puppy.
I did get him a little bed in my studio so I'm hoping he'll hang out with me when I'm stamping.
Have a great night!
Today's post is all about Meghan and her project. The third grade is doing a unit on the West Indies and they had to choose a topic and a corresponding project. Meghan picked early Cuban history (really???) and then decided to attempt a 3-D timeline.
As a side note, when we brought it in today her teacher told me she was really surprised with that choice of topic, no one had ever tried this before.
If you had asked me last week about how it would turn out, I would have had my doubts but everything came together (thank goodness for Monopoly and Life game pieces) and except for the glue gunning, Meghan did this project on her own.
I suggest clicking on for a closer picture ~ it came out quite good for an 8 year old, if I do say so myself!
Remember how a few days ago I said I didn't really feel sick and was getting better. I was wrong.
I should say that I'm not super sick but I didn't get better. I did my best to fight it off but ended up this weekend having to go in for antibiotics. I'm hoping in a day or two to be back to my regular old self. So today is a silly post day.
First, a discovery.......
PUMPKIN SPICE KISSES!!!! These little candies are sweetly delicious. I love all tastes pumpkin/cinnamon/fall-like (I'll even drink Octoberfest beer and I normally am not a beer drinker) and these little candies top my list of goodies at the moment. The best......pop one of these in your mouth and take a drink of coffee. Yummmmm.
Second, some creative kid work....
I came upstairs the other night and this little guy was sitting on my bedside table. It turns out that Conor wanted to make birthday Ian get into the Halloween spirit. He took a Halloween hat from another set (Papertrey, I think), glued it onto Ian, cut out the whole thing and then colored it. Conor is six so I'm thinking he did a pretty good job with this!
I went on a bit of a shopping spree this month so I'm hoping to get myself back into the studio and get back to stamping. Hope you have a great day!
Ssssh - what's that sound? Yes, it's silence. It's the unexpected sleepover that has rendered my house silent and still. We had the family over today for dinner and as everyone is leaving, the kids are bickering. I say jokingly, who's taking them home with them? Next thing I know Meghan's working it and my FIL says sure, why not. They'll be back by lunchtime tomorrow but for the moment the beautiful sound of silence prevails.
Last week I posted my butterfly card from Stampin' Up's God's Beauty set. Today, rather than show my creations, I'm showing some of God's. A couple of weeks ago my mom and I took the kids to the butterfly museum, a yearly summer jaunt for us. As usual I brought my camera - love it there. One of these days, I'm going up myself and just staying there for a few hours. I find it one of the most relaxing places (mainly because I don't mind butterflies dive bombing my face). So sit back and enjoy.....
The hardest part is to get pictures of them when they open - that's when they are at their prettiest.
This poor butterfly has seen better days. They are so delicate that it doesn't take much for their wings to break.
This one was a bit beat up too (see the left wing).
I've decided I want a butterfly bush so we'll have butterflies next year. And I found out their hardy enough for New England winters.
This one is so cool in person. The whole inside part of the wings are completely clear/sheer. I forget what they are called but they look incredibly delicate in person. The only reason you see any red at all is you are seeing the feeder through the clear wings.
There were two butterflies hanging right side and upside down. I went for a pic of the upside down one.
And here is the last of my pictures. I like how colorful this guy is. In person the greens are so electric - I have yet to be able to capture that in a picture.
I am now off to enjoy the quiet....hope your day was a great one!
A very big thanks to Lisa for this blog award! I'm just your average gal crafting and blogging away and its nice when someone thinks of me as worthy of an award.
I have a jammed packed day volunteering at the kids' school today. I'm calling this my "perfect storm" of volunteering today. Usually its all spread out but everything converged on this one day so I'm at school almost as long as the kids today!
I hope to be back later if I can. If not, have a great day!
Thanks to the wonderful Vanna, my blog was very nicely rated me....
Thanks so much Vanna! I am supposed to give this rating to two others. This is tough but I'm going to give a shout out to.....
KH's blog : If you want to see the most awesome blending with prismacolor pencils, this is the blog for you. And lately KH has been using copic's as well in such an awesome way. I am a horrible pencil colorer so I go here for eye candy and inspiration.
Lauren's blog: I enjoy all the great gift ideas Lauren comes up with. It's so fun going to her blog and see what new thing she has cooked up. And really, she ran a marathon, how fantastic is that!
I spent the day watching the Daytona 500 and not stamping. And while its a bummer that he lost it in the last lap, yeah for Tony in his third place finish!!
