Round Up

Lovely full moon on the way to swimming classes.  

He is not really enjoying classes but he is doing really well.  He does not want to be on a swim team though he loves the water.  He is just not interested in learning the more advanced swimming strokes.  

Several weeks ago I noticed little moths flying out of the pantry when I opened the doors.  After they keep coming out I did a little research and discovered I was infested with pantry moths.  And since it has been going on a while until I figured out what was going on, everything that was not in a can or jar was thrown away.  Bags and Bags off pasta, rice, grains, baking items, chocolate, etc.  I bought moth traps to monitor them and even after the pantry was empty and cleaned, they kept showing up.  I have to keep it empty for several weeks because the eggs can hatch many weeks after they are laid.  So frustrating!!  

Me and my son shine enjoying the sun rise. 

Roxie is a lucky girl, she has a sock!  

For Halloween Baylor wanted to be Drift, Stage 4, from Fortnight.  Of course I had no idea what that was before having to create the costume but thankfully he was happy with what I was able to do with a few thrift store items, gold tape and a felt mask.  He was happy with the outcome.  

Good Morning Moon!  

The Harvest Party at school was a lot of fun.  I provided two pumpkin relays: one where they had to hand a foam pumpkin over and under down and back the line and the second where they had to push a mini pumpkin down to a goal and come back with it, no kicking. 

Then the kids did a bead pumpkin craft.  Each parent assisted a table group of kids and it turned out well.  

The full mask arrived the night of Trick or Treat and we bought and painted the scythe the night before.  The mask was hot, and hard to breathe and see out of.  But it completed his costume so he was happy with it.  

We went with Ryder who was Boss Burger and Landon who was from Halo.  

They enjoyed trick or treating, stopped for a piece of candy and pizza at the fire truck and then played around in the yard for as long as we let them.  

Roxie has a candy corn colored sock.  

I harvested the parsley before we a killing frost could get it.  There was quite a lot out there.  

Gloria bought Baylor a new robe and he loves it.  

Roxie and Jake are tugging with a sock.  These two are nuts!  And someone is going to be down another sock.  

Even though we had TOT, it was still not Halloween so we still carved the pumpkins.  We had three to do this year and I love our work!  

Baylor's looks like it is being sick.  But as a good Mom, I cleaned him up.  

I did the middle one and Baylor did the other two.  

Posing with his posy.

Round Up

11-14

I knewo he was tired tonight. Homework was a bear to get through.  he wanted to read on the couch and fell asleep reading to me. 

11-15

I do love this time of year because I get to see beautiful sunsets 

We missed the Supermoon last night because of overnight clouds but it was still a beautiful full moon the second night. 

11-16

Seven years of Baylor.  I cannot believe he is eight today.  I found myself reliving that day hour by hour all day long.  

He posed for me and said it was his college pose because he looks like he is old enough to be in college.  I may have nearly fainted at the very thought.  

So I asked him for a schmarmy love face to bring me back to eight.  

It was also wacky clothes day and he picked out two pairs of socks. He wore jeans for only the second day this year and we just rolled up his one pant cuff because he looked like he was in a gang all pulled up to his knee.  

And then he did his hair, the messier the better. 

Mommy and eight year old wacky selfies.

He did not know it but I was volunteering at school today and also having lunch with him for his birthday.  My jobs today included stapling finished projects in the hall but I also got to see the finished project that I started the first day I volunteered last month.  I helped two of the classes paint the paper plates black.  They made masks out of them.  

After I was done stapling (about 10 minutes) I got to put rice in snack bags,  I have no idea why.  But there was a stationary pedaler there at the desk, I guess for more active/fidigity kids.  After the rice project they did not have anything for me to do so I ended up helping a classmate with her test.  She was in the hallway because she was no where near done on her test and was pretty aimless out there.  Mrs Failla asked me if I could help just to keep focused.  Once she stopped complaining and focused, could not finish and was almost late for lunch!  

Last week was a food drive and Baylor's class one.  They graphed how many items they brought in with each turkey representing two items.  Baylor brought in enough for six turkeys.  

I was told to sit across from them at lunch and next to Landon.  OK, I guess that will work.  

They cannot sit three in a row so Peyton had to sit one seat away from Landon.  

He said he grew a beard, a flour tortilla beard.

Obligatory selfie. 

These two! 

Especially this one!  

We surprised him with dinner at Tokyo Diner which he loved ( I had my hair cut after lunch, can you tell?)

We went home, sang and blew out candles but did not eat any cake; too full from dinner!  

We gave him a Rouge I Nerf gun and Harry Potter Lego Dimensions as his gifts. I think it was a happy birthday!  

11-17

I was back at school for Turkey Day lunch as another surprise for Baylor and his friends.  I had to sit on the other side of the table again.  

I like being selfie mom! 

After work I nearly tripped over this little, OK not so little, spider on the side walk.  I let it go of course.  

11-18

I think I have a pallet problem!  But they are free and amazing wood if I can get myself to work on the projects in me head!  

11-19

Here is a before of one of them!  

Mom and Dad came over to take Baylor out to lunch.  We went to Red Robin because he wanted burgers and we love their onion rings!  

Then we went to the big Aldi and Baylor had fun playing in the shelves.  Here he was only $1.79!   Good deal on a gently used eight year old. 

We brought out the cake again, sang and below out candles again and this time we ate some cake!  

Part of Baylor's Thanksgiving homework was to play a board game so we took care of that one.  

I did not get photos of it but Dad helped me to cut three of the pallets into trees!   Little guy passed out on the couch early.  He is too big for me to carry up the stairs but will sleep walk up for me and into the bathroom to brush his teeth.  Good boy!   

11-20

Saturday morning was really nice but the afternoon brought in a cold and windy front that below over the trash cans.  I had to work outside in the cold garage all day because I had to get the trees done.  

And I did get all three done!  My fingers were freezing by the time I was done though.  

We put lights on two of them and I love them.  Maybe I will get around to painting one of them.