Good Night Moon

What is it about this book? Being a teacher I have millions of books, but that doesn't matter. Luke only likes to hear Goodnight Moon at bedtime. I will read Goodnight Moon and then pull out a different book only to produce a tantrum. The second I show Luke the book he starts to smile and cuddle up with froggy. We read it a couple times through every night. Who knows if we will ever be able to move on?!?!

Pictures

We had our family pictures taken yesterday. Mark was not one bit excited and has been complaining for a while now. We were only there for an hour and Luke was happy until the very last picture! Tracy Leavitt did our pictures. I have her daughter in my class this year. Sarah came along and helped Luke to smile, he loved her! Tracy did an amazing job, I can't wait to see the rest!

Halloween

Happy Halloween!
We put Luke in his costume the night of Halloween. He had fun seeing all of the trick or treaters. Luke loves to see other kids, especially when they're in fun costumes! This was the closest poor Luke got to candy. Next year will be better!

Halloween Costumes

Every year it is hard to come up with a costume for the second grade teachers. This year we did crayons. They turned out pretty cute! We usually throw candy at the kids during the parade, but we threw crayons this year instead!

Halloween Party

I was so excited when I bought Luke's Halloween costume, and then I realized he had no where to wear it. Since I LOVE Halloween I decided to have a party and then Luke could also wear his costume! I knew if I asked Mark he would say no so I planned it and then informed him! It was a lot of fun! We made haunted gingerbread houses and had a pinata. Poor Avery spent tons of time on her house and then it got stepped on. It was super cute! The ghost pinata broke off the string before the kids could hit it open. I think they had more fun beating the ghost on the ground than when he was in the air! The costumes were great! I would add pictures of the costumes, but some were a little risque! Luke didn't mind his costume at all. He doesn't pull at it or get mad! This will for sure be an annual party!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Grammy! For my mom's birthday we went out to Gardner Village. We had lunch and went shopping. Luke was was being a grumpy butt during lunch so in desperation I handed him the pickle on my plate. He loved it!

I hope you had a great birthday mom! We love you!

Usually we have to take about a hundred pictures and Luke will look cute in one of them. My mom got him to smile the first time on this picture. Halloween is my favorite holiday so I love to see Gardner Village at Halloween time. The witches are amazing!

Neighbor Gifts

What should I do for neighbor gifts??? That is always the yearly question. This year myself and some of the talented teachers I teach with came of with these cute advent blocks. They were easier than I thought to make. It is such a good feeling going into the busy holidays knowing my neighbor gifts are done. Now I only need to accomplish the other million items on my list!