Mystery Reader

I signed up to be a mystery reader in Jena's kindergarten class. Since it was right before Halloween I found this cute book "Room on the Broom" and brought it to read along with "There Was An Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything." I got to the school and they called the class to get everyone ready. When I reached the room they were all ducked down waiting to be surprised to see which parent would be coming. When they raised their heads, Jena seemed a little shocked to see me, but she was really excited to sit at the front with me while I read the books. It was awesome! I can't wait to go in to her class again.

Since the witch in the story was so sweet and shared with all her new friends, I decided to make these little hats for all the kids. The had a treat and spider ring inside. A little hot glue, some black construction paper cut into circles, stickers... and here are some little goodie witch hats!

Rice Krispy Treat Jack O' Lanterns

With all the rain this week, I felt the girls needed to do something exciting. And what could be more exciting than playing with marshmallows and chocolate? We started making the rice krispie treats like normal, but before adding the rice krispies we took a little portion out and added green to it. Then we added orange to the rest of the marshmallows followed by the rice krispies. After greasing the waxed paper and the girls hands, we started shaping the pumpkins. Taylor was not a big fan of the stickiness, so I shaped hers for her. When we finally got to the stem part the green marshmallows goo wasn't quite smooth anymore, so I heated it a little more in the microwave and it was back to normal. Add the rice krispies and then finish the pumpkin stems.

Then the chocolate part... I warmed the chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals until smooth and then spooned it into plastic baggies. Snipped off the end and decorated away. Here are the results.

I helped her with the three on the right and Taylor made the two on the far left by herself.

Jena and I made a vampire pumpkin on the top left, then she made a werewolf pumpkin and a silly pumpkin. Then on the bottom is a sad pumpkin, another vampire pumpkin and an alien pumpkin.

And now on to the eating part :)

Felt Pumpkin Faces

So, during General Conference about a week and a half ago, I started working on these little pumpkins. The first one I stitched around by hand and it took quite a while, but still really cute. Then when the kids saw that it was something they could play with, I knew I had to finish another one quickly. To the sewing machine I went and the pumpkin was done it less than fifteen minutes. Then I just started cutting different shapes out of stiff velcro... and the Jack'O Lanterns were finished!

The hand stitching is on the left and the machine stitching is on the right.

Something's Missing

Jena lost her first tooth today. She was so excited that she woke everyone up early and told everyone she saw during the day what had happened. We can't believe how big she is getting, because it really doesn't seem that long ago that she was getting that first little tooth!