It's a Monster Mash

Ready to carve the pumpkin? I know I want all the innards to cook so I am more than ready. But if you need a lil artistic help the use the scary looking guides that are on BHG.  I know that I am not very artistic so I have to use the lil cheats to make things look really good.

And I love this idea.  I was thinking it would be great for the theater group that my College Girl is with. One of them dresses like the celebrity, all ready for the red carpet. And the others follow the celebrity around, snapping photos and yelling "Over here!" and "Look to the right!"   Of course they would all want to be the celeb while CG would be the only paparazzi. 

Of course it is time for bake sales too.  Always happens in the fall.  Those are some easy cupcakes to decorate.  Even I can do that.  Some white icing and red drops.  Mummies for all.  You can find more of these ideas at BHG too.

I even carved a virtual pumpkin.  But I did miss the goodies inside that could have become pumpkin bread.  But he is a nice ol pumpkin in my thought.  If your having a party for the kids and grown ups, then you might want a drink bar just for the kiddos.  I love the thought of a mad scientist lab for mixing juice drinks.  A few interesting glasses and beakers if you can get them.  A lil dry ice for atmosphere and voila' you have the makings of a lab.  The kids could really get into mixing up different flavors.  But here are some more ideas for drinks that are fit for the whole family.

I know that the kiddos here are looking forward to some of the specials on TV.  Now I know there are the ol time favorites.  But for the littlest ones I am looking forward to showing Timmy Time.  It is on Playhouse Disney where I can be real sure that it is age appropriate for them.  And Timmy Gets Spooked is just scary enough for a 2 year old, I promise.  You can check show times to see when it is on in your area.  A good way to monitor TV time too!

So what are some of your plans for this season.  Make sure you don't just run into the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays without having time to enjoy fall.  It seems that they try to make things happen just way too fast now.  Halloween items were in the stores next to back to school.  And they already have Christmas decorations going up.  I just do not get that at all.  Do you?  I think that is why I am often a Scrooge by the time Christmas does roll around.  

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Lambs, Chicken and Giveaway

It has been a busy weekend.  Family and friends all around.  I have loved the time with everyone.  But the kids have made it wonderful, as usual.  My friends are still here and will be leaving in the morning.  I have had special time to spend with both Princess Emma and Missy Hayden.  They have played together so well.  Dancing, blowing bubbles, coloring my porch with sidewalk chalk, mud pies and finger painting.  Thankfully we have also had those quiet times too.

We had a great time when we sat down to watch the new Playhouse Disney show, Timmy Time.  You may know Timmy the lamb from the Shaun the Sheep series.  Timmy was the baby lamb but now is off to preschool.  And the kiddo's here get to go along with him.  They laughed to see him get into a fix with the go kart on the playground.  But were cheering along when he figured out how to take his turn and share with his friends.  We are going to be so happy to watch the premiere on Monday, September the 13th.  You going to join us? I also know of the great fun you can have with the downloads of Timmy Time activities and coloring pages. Just pop over here and download it yourself! You can then share your masterpiece with everyone at www.facebook.com/timmytime.

Last night we also was able to have a good time bonding as we read a story. You know I am a big ol' fan of chickens. One of my first blogs was about a rooster and his antics. But now we was able to read about Percy, The Perfectly Imperfect Chicken. (Gosh, I liked him just at that alone.) This is a beautifully illustrated book by Daniel Seward and written by Rick Rieser. This was a book that was published due to FastPencil.com. I told you about them before.  This was a story to help kids learn to accept the things about themselves that is not perfect.  That hits home with everyone.  You can pop over and see the beginning of this book for yourself.  I loved how Hayden helped cluck along as we read the story.  Princess Emma made sure that we looked at each page and named all the chickens.  That was alot of chicken style names!  But Percy was the hit of the coop.
I was happy that we also are able to share with you.  How?  Well of course we are going to give one copy of Percy, The Perfectly Imperfect Chicken to one of our readers.  All you have to do pop over to the fastpencil.com site and tell me of a great chicken name for one of the chickens or for that mouse that keeps popping up in the paintings.  Another for following me anywhere....here, facebook, twitter...leave a comment for each place you follow me at. Make sure your email is with you profile or on the comment. I will have a winner within two weeks.
I also have a three winners for the Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love giveaways.   They are:
Hannah said...
follow you on twitter (achrissmile)
aigcanada7 at hotmail [dot] com
Mom vs. the boys said...
I never knew true love until I became a mother
gayle said...
I love Chicken Soup for the Soul books! Love is spending time with my grandson!!
If you are one of these three....I will sending you an email soon so we can get addresses for the publisher.
DISCLOSURE: I received a complimentary copy of this book and DVD to facilitate this review. No other compensation was provided.

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