Awesome Pie Idea:

I am tempted to do this for  Thanksgiving....individual servings are so cute!
Ann

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/09/single-serving-pie-in-a-jar/

Day Light Savings

Funny Moment Yesterday:

I was working on various projects and looked at the clock it said 3:45, I then realized that Ehre wasn't home. Concerned I quickly called the school to see if there was a problem with the bus. The secretary who I've recently gotten to know via Book Fair, calmly assured me that everything was fine since it was really only 2:45 and the kids were still in class..... I am sure she got quite the laugh when she hung up with me.

Even funnier, I still haven't fixed the clock.

:)

Ultrasound Pics

We have a healthy baby_______! I had been forewarned at my last Dr visit that this baby was cradled really really low (took 15 min to find the heart beat), and because of this we may not be able to find out the gender. But our tech said she wouldn't let us leave until she had figured it out. This baby _______ is sitting really low, but "it" is really healthy and looks great. We also found out why I haven't felt this one move much, the placenta is located at the top active portion of my uterus. In the past it has always been along my spinal region. So when this baby kicks or pushes up... all "it" his is a nice cushion.

We will go over everything with the Dr on our next visit, the technician didn't say anything about changing the due date, so I hope it doesn't budge, UNLESS they want to move it forward. :)

Here are some pics, Jeff and I really enjoyed this visit with no kids today, thank you so much to friends that have helped us out today!

2011 Thankful Tree

We started the tradition last year I'm making a Thankful tree. This year all of the tags in laminated so I don't have to make 100 again next year. I really like how this tradition has helped my family find very specific things to be thankful for.

I am thankful for.....

First piggy tail

Apple pie..yummy!!!

Best insurance agent ever...

Our agent has lots of clients which was why I was quite surprised to receive a laminated copy of the newspaper article from her today...even with my name spelled wrong she.knows who I am!  :)

Happy Halloween!

Blow out the candle... sing a song.

Hmmm....what is this?

Elise and her cake

It didn't stay pretty long...but she loved it!

Ben's Halloween treats!

Ben and I made these for his class party tomorrow. It took 1 1/2 hours to make but he did most of the work!

Book Fair in the News!!!

http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110240305

I told him how to spell my name several times...but that's ok. :)

She didn't last long.

It was a great birthday....

....and in the end she loved sitting in her new carseat watching a movie as we drove home.

Elise's Birthday Cake!

7am one birthday present...

Its 7 am I need to write a paper today and so does Jeff. Kids have their primary program practice and then Ehre is attending a friends birthday party...in the end we will have a big party for Elise tonight but until then we let her open a gift to play with during the day. Happy Birthday Elise!

GNO: Jessica's last bureau before the baby comes!

We suprises Jessica tonight and kidnapped her to Bruno's Pizza. Hopefully she will have her baby soon!

Happy 1st Birthday Elise!!!

We can't believe that you are 1!!! We love having you in our family!!!!

One for Books

This year our students as part of the Book Fair, participated in the One For Books program. For every dollar raised, Scholastic donates a $5 book to Toys for Tots. We had alot of change donated...and I was pretty excited. When I went to the bank this morning I thought for sure we had raised $400, that's quite a bit of change. I weighted my box 90 lbs...so heavy. After waiting  1 1/2 hours for the bank to use a change counter and count all the change (I had to know which class collected the most change.) he came back to tell me that we had raised not $400 but $1411!!! 

I am so impressed with the generosity of all the families at our school. One family donated $63 in change, it came tightly stored in a canning jar. We had 7 classes raise $60-90 each, and many in the $50 range.

Must be getting close to the holidays, I'm feeling the spirit!
Ann

Amazing Cards

My friend Carrie, just sent me the cutest Halloween card! Cute enough that I am willing to spread news about her personal business. Check out her work, I'm sure you  can imagine a friend or loved one receiving one of these cards from you, they'd love it.  Check her out!

http://www.justuscardsonline.com

Book Fair Pics

I am the Chairperson for Cumberland Elementary Book Fair this year. Its been a lot of work but a lot of fun. This is the set up everything was finished this morning. I have wonderful volunteers that have helped out allot! The theme this year is "To the Book Fair and Beyond!" Only thing left to do is the bulletin board.... that will start tomorrow.

Birthday cakes..

Ben and I attended a fun party recently for his friend. They here's some help decorating he cakes and I got it. :) he ghost cake was already cut out and the supplies for the cake provided it was a lot of fun. This mom is so creative in her cake ideas I loved how they turned out. She also had the nursery all decorated it was perfect!