Nana visits the Knob for Grandparents day!

The best part about Nana coming to town is the boys will play games. We taught them the art of playing Spades. It was quite humorous. Zachman won; he had more Spades every hand than I did. It was hard not to lose my patience with his luck. I wish he was old enough to take to Vegas, because, darn it, if that boy didn't have MAD skills.

We didn't do a whole lot of anything other than go to soccer, ran to Wal-Mart and lived at the school for book fair, but it was nice to have family here. Some times it is harder than I would like to admit living so far away from everything and everybody I know.....

Vote Trump who is the size of J-bird in his soccer gear!

Small Choir, Big Man on Campus

Zachman is top row, three over to the right of Mr. Stone's head.

Our first choir concert at Highland Hills! Mr. Stone is an amazingly fun and talented choir teacher. Zachman has said he really likes his class AND enjoys his sense of humor. I am not sure the teacher even knows who my kid is because I'm sure they've exchanged less than 10 words from my shy kiddo, but I was impressed nonetheless at Zachman's respect of Mr. Stone. The concert was less than 24 minutes long--my kind of concert. I was sad the DAD was outta town because the time on this concert would have made him proud. Ryan has always abhorred the amount of time 'wasted' at his Mom's concerts through the years, but this one was perfect. They sang songs Ryan would have recognized and had a great tempo too! 

How to create a Book-A-Neer Scholastic Book Fair

Well, you start six weeks out! You have a massive to-do list! I start six weeks out getting my team of volunteers ready, crafting and involving my staff in what is going to go down in the library! This years theme was awesome for me to create settings, characters and school involvement!

You must go through the sharks mouth!

A different pirate costume every day! This is how I introduce the rules to the kiddos!

Fun props help create a mood!

Look at those faces! Awesome!

Talk Like a Pirate Day = Free Donuts

I do it every year. Don the Pirate costume for a free dozen donuts! This year I had three of us, so I got 3 dozen donuts. Last year I walked a box over to the neighbors. I did it again this year! When I rang the door bell, Squared, their 13 year old child, merely yelled--
"Dad, It's Talk Like a Pirate Day! Amy's here with donuts." CRACKED me up. He didn't even say hello or anything. What tradition have I started? Next year I'm making that kid go with me. 

Three buccaneers going for donuts!

OxMoor Soccer Tournament

  J-Bird loves his soccer and he is getting good at it! He is no Messi, but he is striving to be better every game. He had several assists and was great at giving "legal" shoulder throws! I'm so proud of how far he has come. We have 2 more games and the season will be over. We are back up for the Red Team and a tournament in Indy Halloween weekend!

Costume Queen--a Pirate and an old lady costume!

I'm beginning to think I have issues. On Thursday I was Grandma Tildy and on Friday I was Captain Jack Sparrow. All in the name of reading stories to the children of the Knobs. How fun is that?

I'm glad I am done working and can focus on fun stuff around the house and for my boys. Back to laundry. I even told the boys I would make cookies today! :)

Book Fair is taking over my life! BECOME A BOOK-A-NEER

 Okay, the fun times have begun. We are one week away from the Book Fair! I'm super excited as the theme is pirates. This is going to be a blast. We start with the coin drive this week. I am having a guessing game with Pirate booty in the library. I am going to make a large Pretzel container into a barrel and fill it with dirt and gold and beads. They will have to guess how many gold coins. Pretty Excited. We made a Pirate ship out of a box this weekend. I will try to show pictures as we go! I am sewing 5 different pirate costumes. I'm not holding my breath yet as to how they will all turn out. HA!