I declare

This morning I gave LDC her coffee (Ovaltine) and she declared,

"Mommy, this is hotter than a french fry".

Gotta love weekend mornings with your kid

From this past week:

Yep, Kris Kringle is actually next to her. 
The meeting was all business.
No eye contact or talking from LDC.
Her goal was to say "cheese" for mac-n-cheese at home.

Goal accomplished
December 2014

Civilization

Granise and Grandpa came down to visit (aka civilization)

Decorating cookies with Grandpa.
 Lots  Ginormous amounts of icing and sprinkles

"A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend"Author Unknown

Hopeland Garden Festival of Lights
The shuttle there and back was the high-LIGHT.
LDC had been anticipating the school bus ride/shuttle for months.
Can you rent a school bus for a birthday party?

My Family Cookbook (with family pictures) release date:
September 2015
Or maybe as a Christmas gift so December 2015

Trashy Christmas

The door decorating theme that I gave my students this year revolved around recycling codes for plastics and for us not to be the Grinch who trashed Christmas.

Oh Recycling Bin, Oh Recycling Bin

I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas

The Most Recyclable Time of the Year

 An excerpt from the student composed letter below, "Our recyclable Christmas tree made out of tires has each layer representing a different recycling code.  Our ornaments coincide with the seven codes of recycling"

First Place

Friday Night Lights

Friday night lights in our neighborhood.

Luminaries
Gem Lakes Dec 2014

 

Deck the Halls (but hold onto your jewelry)

We were very hands off this year with LDC helping us Deck The Halls

Her job was to add the ornaments to the tree while we working on unpacking other Christmas decorations



Which one of these things is not like the others?

Slight dilemma

Editor's Note
No Minimal hair was lost, in the pictured event.

Day Off

“How can there be so much difference between a day off and an off day?”

Rejoice.  A day off.

It was even cold and rainy outside this morning- perfect lounging weather.

Indigo Girl in training

"They (the dinosaurs) are trying to see what is wrong with the car.  It got flat wheels.  That is the problem. They got to fix it."- LDC
Yes, I own glass cleaner.  Blame...

Our Wednesday morning wrapped up with a marathon of artwork creations.
The drawing is of LDC and Grandpa on the tractor. The pink lines are leaves falling.
Our afternoon wrapped up with LDC's friends coming over for a hot cocoa bar and Fall leaf rubbings.
 

abscission cells

The Farmer in the Dell

may the Rainbow

Native American Proverbs and Wisdom

"May the Warm Winds of Heaven
Blow softly upon your house.

May your Mocassins
Make happy tracks
in many snows,

and may the Rainbow
Always touch your shoulder. "  
(notice the alligator on his head piece)

Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river.
- Tuscarora
(being taught how to make dolls from corn husks)

One rain does not make a crop. - Creole
(our view as we left the Oka'Chaffa Indian Festival)

Looking Back + Tink it is


My Halloween costume ideas were a hard sell this year.
I gave LDC lots of options that "would be really cute and fun".
My personal top picks included Pocahontas and Mac-n-Cheese.
LDC replied with lots of... "No", "No thanks", "Mommy, that is weird"...

Finally a compromise was made.
Tinkerbell.

Looking back:







This year: 

Our Colquitt backyard gathering.
  Thank goodness the weather yesterday was nothing like it is this morning...

Snow is falling!

An idea as Friday approaches

For the third year in a row- this candy bowl and sign will be on our front porch greeting trick-or-treaters. 
(An 80 pound black lab shepherd mix will eagerly be waiting inside to inflict bodily harm if a bad guy is reading this)



A new bowl and sign will be added to the porch, along with a teal pumpkin
Just an idea for folks.
"As you walk around the neighborhood for some Halloween fun this year, you might find yourself wondering why some of the pumpkins are teal.  These pumpkins don’t come from a strange patch, but from a new national campaign called The Teal Pumpkin Project that’s promoting food-allergy awareness this Halloween...

To participate, individuals paint a pumpkin teal and display it, or post a free, printable FARE sign from the organization’s website, then provide non-food treats to trick-or-treaters on Halloween. FARE suggests offering trinkets such as glow sticks, bracelets, vampire fangs and spider rings."

http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20141029/AIK0401/141029281/1031/AIK04/kids-with-food-allergies-are-treated-with-teal-pumpkins-this-halloween