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!

Scary Halloween Costume for 2016

Need I say MORE??

My eldest son cracked up when I sent this to him and asked him which one was the most scary????

Tee- Hee.

Floating Shelves for the Bathroom done by a GIRL!

I have enjoyed getting to know my power tools. Technically, they are the DH's, but when he is gone, he shares. He shares when he is home too, but this makes it easier on me! :) 

I went to Pinterest and have been spending more time on there figuring out what I want to do with my house than the actual doing, so I figured before school started, ti was time to make the Pinterest boards a  reality. There are floating shelf DIYs all over the place. The trick is to realizing which ones know what they are talking about. The Shanty2Chic is the website I keep referencing. Probably because they are also female and have way more confidence than I think is possible. 

It is amazing how these little shelves turned out. It was the perfect fix for this bare spot. My sister and I had looked at the space every time she comes to town, so now she has a little surprise waiting for her when she returns!