Freddy the Elf 2011

To celebrate the Christmas season we had a little friend come and visit our home for the first time. 

His name is Freddy ... Freddy the Elf.

 

... and they welcomed him into our home with open arms!

Our daycare had their first elf sighting this year ... Enter Freddy. Freddy has kept his eye on us and told Santa all about our good deeds and time outs. He has been a busy guy over the last month and will be on his way home to see Santa soon! The first thing the kids did when they got here was look for Freddy! They wouldn't even have their coats and boots off yet before they were running around looking. 

He has found some pretty tricky spots to hang out in!

Until next year Freddy. Rest up my friend, I have a feeling that having all boys 

next year will be even crazier than this year!

Those Turkey's Didn't Stand A Chance!

Some of you may have seen this post where I made Crafty Thanksgiving Turkeys for Daycare (and Sean's birthday!)

So to follow up, I thought I would show you the kids scarfing gobbling (haha, I crack myself up) them down ;)
Happy Birthday Sean!

Crafty Thanksgiving Turkey Treats

Hi There Blogland!

As many of you may know, I am LOVING Pinterest ... this is a site where you can pin ideas to a virtual cork board and come back to them later .. idea collecting .. if you will.

Here is my Pinterest .. comment on this blog with your email if you need an invite to the site ;)

So .. with that being said - one of my pins / ideas was by The Idea Room - I found these Oreo Cookie Turkeys and knew I would have to make them for daycare before Thanksgiving break! If you click on The Idea Room link above there are step by step instructions.

So here's what I used:

• Double Stuffed Oreo's & Regular Oreo's
• Whoppers
• Candy Corn
• Miniature Reese's
• Frosting (for the glue to stick it together)

 

  

 

 

If you have any questions, just let me know! I may still add a face ... and maybe a beak of some sort, but honestly this project didn't go as well as I had hoped.

The Oreo's were breaking and the frosting wasnt sticking (it needed to sit) so with patience I could have done more ... but I'm saving my patience for the kids instead ;)

But I still think they are cute! What do you think?

A Beautiful Fall Day

As promised ... here are some pictures of us playing in the yard and in the fall leaves.

I'll just let the pictures do the talking today.

Fall Leaves

We played in the leaves today .. It was a GORGEOUS day! Enjoy this little picture and there's more to come later!

Crafty Halloween Treats!

Hey Everyone!

I wanted to share some Halloween treats that I found online and made up last minute this week. Check them out!

(Yes that's right ... Thing's I've pinned and actually gotten accomplished!! Woot woot!)

Project #1 - Witch Hat Cookies!

Nice and simple ... Hershey Kisses and Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies (upside down)

Can I take credit for this? Nope .. I pinned it here and made them myself for the kids!

Project #2 - S'more Halloween Fun Bags!
Ziploc sandwich baggies, graham crackers, Hersheys bars and Ghost Peeps!
I can't take credit for this one either... I pinned it here

They had a free printable on this site so I just stapled it to the top of the Ziploc full of the goodies!

One for each of the daycare kids ... (and their siblings)

 This poor little ghost didn't stand a chance ;)

Project # 3 - Goodie Bags!
Mom came up with these. These baggies said all sorts of Halloween words like ghost, goul, pumpkin etc.. and we filled them with suckers and fruit snacks. Each of them had a Avery label with the kids name and a little Halloween sticker. They turned out great!

 Project #4 - Pumpkin cupcakes (I didn't realize I had FOUR projects for this post! woo hoo!)

Inspired by these pumpkin cupcakes, I made my own. You might be able to see the creases of the pumpkin sides ... you might notice the cute pretzel pumpkin stem .. and you might also LOVE these cute little cupcake toppers my mom grabbed at the store. I LOVE them. They totally made them even better than I had planned.

Plastic pumpkin cupcake toppers are awesome because we can wash them and put them away for next year!

Frankenstien, Mummy, Bat, Witch, Vampire and Ghost are wishing you all a Happy Halloween!

I loved the Ghost the best.

This is what I had intended on making ... aren't they SO much better with the little pumpkin cupcake toppers?!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Tara

Everything Get's Hotter When The Sun Goes Down..

Is 96 hot enough for you!? 

It's TOO hot for us ... to stay inside, that is :)

Wednesday we took the boys outside, it was miserably hot and we knew that staying cooped up in the A/C all day wasn't a good idea for any of us. We got them down to their diapers, put a ton of sunscreen on them and set up in the shade! They had a BLAST hanging out in the buckets (which they call pools) and playing with the sprinkler. 

I think I had just as much fun taking pictures! Enough fun that it even took my mind off the heat for a while! :)

Gardening with Daycare Part 2

You may remember this post from just one month ago ... planting all of our "rashes" (radishes) and carrots in the garden from seeds, with the help of our little friends of course.

Well ... we have been watering and watering them and finally, the radishes are ready to be picked! Here's some fun pictures of the event - enjoy :) I know the kids did!

(it's pretty bright today haha, check out those squints)