Wordless Wednesday: An A-MAZE-ing Field Trip

Busy Days and a Couple of Winners

Just went I thought a few lazy days were headed my way, I am just as swamped as ever!

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Yesterday I went with Henry's class on a field trip to a corn maze/farm.

Today I am headed to the ENT with Eli for a check up.

Tomorrow I am taking my mom to the dentist.

Thursday the boys are out of school for Veteran's Day.

Friday I am volunteering at the boys' school...cutting out Thanksgiving vests:)

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I spent Sunday and Monday baking cookies for Staff Appreciation week at church. I made two batches of chocolate chip and one batch of peanut butter....probably close to 10 dozen cookies! Now I just have to cutesy up the cookie jars I got at Hobby Lobby for 50% off {a good sized jar was only $2.50}!

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I finally chose the winner for the CSN Stores giveaway! The winner was...

AMANDA!

She really earned it too! I went back and counted her comments....54! I'm SUPER impressed, and SUPER excited that random.org was kind to her:) Amanda I'll email you the information for you Gift Certificate soon!

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Also, Sunday I posted a little blurb about a Del Monte giveaway...I was going to use that post as extra entries for the actual giveaway, but since only one person left a comment I decided to give her one of the two $25 gift certificates! Congrats to Dani! Email me your address and I will get your gift certificate to you! Look for the other giveaway to post on Friday!

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Now, I have to get my inbox cleaned out and start working on some crafty projects so I have something to post about:) I hope you are all having a great week! I'm enjoying the little bit of cool weather we are having right now...I just hope it will stick around this time!

Teacher Monday sponsored by Del Monte

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"TEACHER MONDAY: CASH FOR CLASSROOMS"

Del Monte Fresh Produce is running a new program this fall to help support Kindergarten through 12th grade public school teachers. Their new program will provide cash to teachers to help them purchase school supplies and fresh fruit. The program is called “Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms”. One hundred prizes totaling $1,000 each will be awarded to teachers who get the most votes in the online contest at http://www.fruits.com/.

You can read all about Del Monte's Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms program on their website. You can also get more information on their facebook page or on twitter mailto:%7B@DelMonteFresh}! While you are checking out the contest, don't forget to explore fruits.com. The website has all kinds of great things to offer like recipes, nutrition information, and even free BlackBerry and iPhone apps!

And thanks to Del Monte, I will have a great giveaway coming up later in the week!

You're a STAR!

Henry was chosen as STAR Student in his class this week!

To him it means being the line leader and wearing a special ribbon.

To me it means sending a fun star themed lunch to surprise him:)
I used my trusty cookie cutters and secretly got to work making his lunch shine!

*lunch meat and flour tortilla stars*

*brownie stars*

*and apple stars*

Do you ever make your kiddos special snacks to celebrate special occasions?!?

I Love a Rainy Day...

if we don't have plans for the day...

 if the lightening is not too bad...

 if the wind doesn't blow away my garden flag...

 if there are a few breaks in the rain...

 if we can still go on the porch...

 if I can take a few pictures {without my camera getting wet}...

 if the power stays on...

 I love a rainy day. Do you?

Wordless Wednesday: 3 Knights in Homemade Armor...

 ...and the fall of the littlest knight:)

CSN Stores Giveaway!

I'm sure by now that you have all heard of the awesomeness that is CSNstores.com!

They have almost anything and everything that you could ever need or want!I'm thinking my hubby and I may be doing a lot of our Christmas shopping at some of their toy stores this year:) They also have a ton of other things to offer like stuff for your house {ottoman coffee table}, stuff for your yard {outdoor furniture}, and stuff for your kiddos {toys, toys, toys}! 

I'm thinking my boys love to have this:

this:

or this:

for Christmas this year!

Doesn't seeing all those cool toys make you want to start Christmas shopping right now!?! Well lucky for you, today I am giving away a
$65 gift certificate to CSNstores.com!

Here's how to enter:
1. Head over to csnstores.com and check out all the great things they have to offer. Come back here and tell me what one thing you would love to have! {This is a Mandatory entry and must be done first!}
2. After you have completed #1, you can enter as many times a you would like just by leaving a comment! Any comment and as many comments as you would like between now and next Monday, November 8th.

This giveaway will end at 7:00 am CST on Monday, November 8th. Be sure to leave an email address with your comment if your email isn't visible in your profile! Giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only. I will use random.org to pick a winner. Thanks so much to CSNstores.com for providing the gift certificate! Good luck!

Miscellany Monday

A. We had an outrageously busy weekend {Halloween party Friday night, Fall Festival at church Saturday night, and Trick or Treating Sunday night} as I'm sure most everyone else did! I am just a little exhausted from all the fun Halloween/fall activities, and I'm kind of thankful that we don't have a whole lot going on until closer to Thanksgiving.

B. Because we have been so busy, the housework had to be put on hold for a few days:) That means I have a ton of laundry piled up waiting to be folded, and a ton of other laundry that needs to be washed. Sometimes I think I would love to have a maid...but just having someone else to do the laundry would probably be enough to make me happy!

C. In all the candy and craziness that was Halloween night, I accidentally left my camera at my aunt's house. That means no cute pictures of three little knights trick or treating. I did manage to get a half way decent shot of them at the Fall Festival Saturday night though:

D. Is it just me, or is it kind of crazy that the stores already have out all of their Christmas stuff! I like Christmas, but can we at least wait until after Thanksgiving before we start plastering Santa and snowmen all over everything!

E. I don't know if I have mentioned this on my blog before or not, but we are really big Mississippi State fans at our house {that is where my hubby went to college}. Right now the Bulldogs are ranked in the top 25 and they are probably going to make it to a bowl game this year {it's been a few years since that had a good  season}.  We are so excited they are doing well this year, and we are hoping to find tickets to one of the few home games that are left. Henry and Grant have been begging to go to a game, so maybe we can work it out over the next few weeks:)

Click on the button to check out everyone else's miscellany Monday!

Happy Fall Y'all!

Mad Scientist Treats

Lime Jello Jigglers

 plus gummie worms and spiders

 and fun petri dishes {aka plastic tape holders that Jason got at work}

 equal a really cool and really gross

 mad scientist treat!

Fun New Twist on an Old Classic

I'm sure you all remember the fun ghost lollipops that we used to make as kids. They are a SUPER simply project that only require tissue paper, ribbon, and a lollipop. I loved them as a kid, but lately I've been trying to do less scary stuff and more fall type stuff for Halloween.  So when I saw this idea a few weeks ago, I knew the pumpkin version was just too cute not to make for my boys' classmates.

I started with orange tissue paper, green gingham ribbon, some small squares of contact paper,

and of course LOLLIPOPS!

I found these SUPER sized lollipops at the dollar store for $1!

The first step is to cut the tissue paper to size. Then punch a hole in the center of the contact paper square. This is to reinforce the tissue paper so that it doesn't tear. Place the contact paper square in the center of the piece of orange tissue paper.

Insert the lollipop stick through the hole in the contact paper and then through the tissue paper.

Tie them up with a piece of green ribbon, and you have a SUPER adorable and really easy party favor.