Costumes

I LovelOveloVelovELOVE Halloween!!! I have tried to do a theme for our costumes each year but this year, Jace wasn't having it! Which helped, cause I'm a little out of ideas (well, not really... I just don't want to do all the work involved in most of my ideas!) SO: Campbell is going as Rainbow Brite this year, complete with boots and a White Sprite. Jace is undecided still, but is shifting mostly between BumbleBee and Spiderman. I think I'd make Spidey, but order BB.

So we went from this ^^^ to this vvv in a matter of hours! It's also a family tradition of ours to have our costumes done close to the beginning of October, so I usually bust them out between GC sessions on Sat. and Sun. This year was a bit harder to get them done, which is why I only have Camp's done! Anyway, I'll get to finishing up the rest soon so you can see!! xoxo, Chelle
(As a side note, that brown rug {above} is covering our big paint spill, and the mess below is a GC tradition, we get out all the Geotracs for the kids and build and rebuild amazing set-ups!)
PS: The rainbow/star is appliqued on. I love the look but it's so darn time-consuming... oh, and I realize this costume is missing some key details, but I'm too lazy to add the rest!! Enjoy!

Community Helper

At Cam's work they had a 'meet the doctor' on a Saturday that the office was closed. Free hot dogs and hamburgers, sodas, and chips! He got about 20 new patients so the day was worthwhile. Mostly it was fun to get to know the staff on a non-professional basis. Every time I go in on a work-day, everyone is busy and running around. These are a few of the people Cameron works with.
Jace had a week at school where they learned all about different types of community helpers. His teacher asked Cameron to come in and talk to the kids about being a dentist and how he helps out in the community. Cameron did a great job! The kids were so interested and funny to listen to. Cameron taught them how to brush correctly and had everyone smile at him. Then a few kids got to come up and practice their skills on Barry the Bee. Jace showed everyone how to floss! He *loves* to floss his teeth! ^^^ Sorry for the blurry pic. I was in the back trying to control a little wiggle-worm named Campbell!

Notice the two clips on Jace's shirt? In his class they start out with 3 clips and lose them for not following rules, talking or being disrespectful. By the end of day, if you've lost all your clips, you lose out on playcenters. By 8:30a, Jace had already lost one for talking!! Nice...

Some Crafties!

Hello, hello! So these are some repeats and some stuff I've been working on in the last little while. There were a few other things, but I gave them to Jace's school auction for the fall festival already so I have no pictures, sorry. They were a coupla tutu's, some fall decor stuff and a bit of vinyl lettering... you could click through and find similar stuff from the boutique I did with Teri B last November... blah blah blah, you get it. So these top 2 pics are some stuff I am doing for Jace's & Campbell's rooms, respectively. Got the frame and butterfly from Michael's, paper is Hobby Lobby, bird is my own design. Jars, buttons, & ribbon are thrifted. You've seen the birdies (behind the frame) before. The watermelons below are an old craft, but I'm changing my kitchen a bit. Disregard the letter B you can see, it isn't quite finished. I'll be putting Jace's initials on his wall... coming soon!
This 'to do magnet board' is lifted from a sweet present I got from Ms. T! The colors in this are what we have going on in Punky's room. I am giving a coupla these for the auction as well.
Recently we have been having all out craft nights for family night and have some cute pictures over the last month or so. So we decided it might be fun to display the fun we're having... hence, this little craftie. The clips on bottom are papered and cute so we can inter-change pics as we take more. Now to just get some pictures printed off! It isn't the paper I'd like, but it was on hand... anyway, I like how it turned out, just wish I had chosen cuter paper to add to my stash. {Note to self: Don't overload on paper way ahead of time. Inevitably, you don't like it a year later!}

The seasonal blocks are old news, but we had a little craft party and I made the pumpkin and the fall block so I decided to switch out my decor sooner than later! The pumpkin has since been given to the auction, what a trooper! I wanted to add some rusted bells and cute trinkets to it, so I'm making a new one with a friend next week! I have a few other fall things, too, but those are being gifted so I'll post those next month!! Look forward to it!
I *love* little cuppies! A friend designs graphic vectors for cutting vinyl so she sent me the graphic for this sweet little cupcake and I cut it out with my scroll saw for us! I just love it! I think I may keep it out all year! The stem is some wire and makes it perfect!
The cupcake is about 5 inches tall. The birds are lifted from a craft night my girlies did right after I moved... oh the sadness! I couldn't exactly remember what theirs looked like and I was too lazy to look it up, so these are a bit different, but I still like 'em!
This is a mess-up that I got over eventually. It was supposed to go on the backside of the Pumpkin Patch, but I wasn't paying very good attention so it's on a black background instead of brown, I didn't feel like peeling it all up... oh well!
Spooky Treats is on the back side of The Witch Is In. Let me tell you, switching out vinyl colors for designs is A LOT of work! Now I know why they charge a bundle for those cute things!
Some of my summer decor. This has been seen before. Blocks are my design, paper from HL, stickers from HL, clearance! Green photo clips and silk flowers are dollar tree!

Got the jelly bean idea off of Make it and Love it, she is on my sidebar. She makes the coolest things! Enjoy!! Off to get at least something done so Cameron doesn't realize that all I do all day is craft!! :) HA! xoxo, Chelle

Hi y'all

I wanted to post up a bunch of random things I have skipped over in the last month or so and today Cameron accidentally deleted a bunch of our pictures... grr! :( so this wordiness will have to do for now. Sorry, but I think you'll survive! Just try to imagine what the pics might have looked like!
The bugs out here are HUGE. and if they're not huge, they have bad tempers and a terrible bite. A couple times we've had dragonflies in the garage and I swear they look like bats. Their wings are going like 400 bpm. SICK! Jace has been attacked by red ants a few times and they leave a nasty mark: zit-like pustules that sting. Poor guy :( The pictures we took of Punky's feet were covered in red and white zits. Hopefully I won't have a reason to replace those lost pics!
I had a few home decor projects but I'll re-take those pics and post them up soon. Campin' got into my craft paint and poured it on the carpet and then painted it into the carpet. What a lovely day that was. I do have pics of that, but I'll have to get them off Cameron's laptop. That was a nightmare. We are now painting the carpet brown, over the orange and red since it is stained and we will never get it out. I'll get those pics up soon! oi!
Cameron went to the BYU game with Petey. They had a great time. We girls had an even better time. Of course we did, Chrissy and I are the most fun, coolest chicks around! teehee! You can check her blog for now to see pics...
We are heading out to San Antonio this weekend to see friends and get some work done. It's going to be HOT and raining, but I'm getting used to that now. Today was a completely muggy, bad hair day. But at least now I have a good excuse for being lazy about my hair-do when I don't feel like doing it!
Alright, this is getting a bit too wordy so I'm out!

I Pledge Allegiance

"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."
Jace says this every morning after the Pledge of Allegiance. I kinda like it. You can see why Texans are so proud of this state! We teach them young! We are keeping Jace home today because he was up coughing most of last night and doesn't seem any better this morning. Luckily, it's just a half-day so he's not missing out on much. He's super bummed out though. He has made quite a few new friends this week, gotten his finger sliced during a scissor war (???), and had his spot moved to another table... and so it begins... Jace is such a talker.

Here's a pic of Campbell. She is such a girl! She loves to play dress-up, and *loves* Mom's high heels! {sigh} She's sure growing up fast.
Here's Jace's experience at the bounce house fun zone here in town. He was ALL OVER the place! He loved it, I couldn't get a decent picture cause he wouldn't sit still! He made friends with some of the neighbors and got invited to go to a birthday party last week before school started! Another plus was that they also invited Campbell so we all got to go! They provided pizza and drinks and a d.e.l.i.c.i.o.u.s. cookie cake. YUM! So, here is Campbell's experience at the bounce house fun zone. She screamed almost the ENTIRE 2 hours that we were there. Up until it was time for pizza and cake. The minute I put her in, she was screaming and trying to climb out... We will definitely be taking her back during the day, now that Jace is in school... :) HA!