It's Halloween Time!!!

  As you know from past posts I lead a pretty busy life! This past week we had lots of things going on! From basketball tournaments to class Halloween parties AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST my 1st job!!! Yes I said it my 1st job!!! I have been trying since the first day of school to get hired on with our Headstart program being a substitute teacher! Been waiting all this time for my OSBI check to come in. Well it finally did and I went for my drug test and of course passed! So on Thursday I had my first job of filling in for one of the teachers! I had so much fun! I have been volunteering on Monday's and Friday's with my son's class so my son and the rest of his class couldn't understand why I was in another class and not theirs! It was fun though:) I will be getting paid every 2 weeks and my first paycheck will be next Wednesday! Granted its only going to have 8 hours on it but its better than nothing!! YAY GO ME!! I haven't worked in 10 years!! But the good thing is though is that I will have the same hours as the kids and when they are out of school for a holiday so will I:)

  My son is in 5th grade and they had their first basketball tournament this week! They had a blast! They lost their first game so the continued on to the looser bracket, won their second game and played Saturday! They won the 3rd game and got a plaque! They were all so excited! My son did really well! He needs to work on guarding his man and getting in their faces but over all I think he will be a pretty good basketball player! He even scored his first shot! I was and still am VERY proud of him!!!! It looks as though not only will I be a baseball mom but a basketball mom as well! This next week they have a tournament in Stonewall! I am hoping I get to go to a few of those games but they are all away games so we will see!

Ayrton makes a basket! YAY!!!

On Friday the elementary had their Halloween parties! I know it is a few days early but they had their fall carnival that evening and they always have their parties on the same day as the carnival! My lil man's party isn't till next week and he was pretty upset that he didn't get to wear his costume to school:( But on the other hand at least I will get to spend the day with him and not have to be running like a chicken with its head cut off to 4 different parties! To start the morning off they all went Trick or Treating at the local businesses here in Roff. It was pretty cold so the principal bused them over class by class to their first stop Heartland Trading Co., then they walked to the Senior Citizen's building, Post office, City hall, Bank, and last stop was TNT the gas station then headed back to school:) I got some pretty good shots of that and then I got to take a lil break to eat some lunch and put Bri and Ayrton's goody sacks together. Their classes have to bring their own snacks for the party which makes it a lil easier on the parents. I couldn't figure out what to put all their goodies into so I got a lil creative and made them a personalized box! I think they turned out really cute and they both LOVED them!!!  Then the parties began! Lorelai's class did the traditional party where parents brought the goodies! Let me tell you there were so many parents there bringing goodies that there was NO WAY those kids were going to be able to eat them all! Lorelai ended up putting all hers into a ziplock and bringing it home! LOL!!! Bri and Ayrton's class didn't really do anything special they just ate their goodies and visited. Of course all of the kiddos were on a sugar high and you could feel the buzzing of energy in the air! But hey its Halloween I wouldn't expect any less!!!  The parties were a hit!!

 Then we came home and the kids continued their party  here at home! LOL! LITERALLY!!! I have pics to prove it! HEHE!!! But I can't post those cause Lorelai is in a tshirt and her undies! LMAO!! I heated up some stew and then we were off to the Fall Carnival. Usually it is at the ball field but it was too cold for that so they moved it into the Armory. We played a few games and the kids got more candy, had a funnel cake (which is not good for my diet! If I am not careful I am going to gain back all the weight I lost before Christmas!!), then we came home and fell asleep early.

  Today is Sunday and we are just being lazy! We haven't had a lazy weekend in over a month and it sure feels nice! BUT boy am I bored! LOL my body is use to going and this sitting at home is driving it crazy! My hubby doesn't have to work today so his idea of lazy is out cleaning up the yard and getting it ready for winter! LOL!!! I actually need to be getting some laundry done but in my defense I did clean out my Scentsy warmers and got some Autumn Stroll warming! LOL!!! Next week I have Lil man's party, another Sub position, Trick or Treating and family pics on Sunday! I am excited about that! We didn't get family pics done last year so its time!! I can't wait to post those!
 
  Anyway I hope everyone is enjoying the fall weather and a nice relaxing weekend with their family! Remember these days won't last long! Soon our kids will be grown, gone to college, and starting families of their own so enjoy them while they are little!

Stay at home Mom's are Busy!!

  Anyone who says that a stay at home mom has an easy life is FULL OF IT!! This past week has been so CRAZY BUSY its not even funny!! The funny part is that the kids were out of school Wednesday through Friday so you would think it would have been nice and relaxing! NOPE!!! Even though the kids were out of school we still had Oktoberfest to prepare for! So we were working on the Girl Scout float and pole decorations for the pole contest, 4H pole decorating, I had to make both of my son's a costume to wear on the floats, plus try to squeeze in some fall arts and crafts for the kids, AND keep up with all of my house work! I will let you guess what fell to the wayside! YEP the housework! I will say though I kept up pretty good I just have a TON of laundry to get washed! UGGGG!!!

  The Girl Scouts worked VERY hard on their float and pole decorations! Their theme this year was 100 years of Girl Scouts so they had to make 2 giant cardboard cakes with 100 candles on them! 1 was to put around the pole on main street and the other was to put on the float:) We worked on it for 3 straight days to get them both done and to work on getting the trailer and truck decorated! It was a pretty cute float and the girls had a blast doing it!!
























We were supposed to have met on the 17th to decorate the 4H pole but it was too windy that day. So each of the kids had a decoration to make and have ready by Friday the 19th. My son's job was to make some stars out of neon green poster board and fill 2 pumpkin trash bags to sit in front of the pole. The theme for the pole was "Peace out with 4H" and the colors were bright and cheery! When we met to put the pole together it turned out really cool! The kids were very proud of their pole!!

  Not only were we helping with floats and poles but I also had to make costumes for my boys to wear on the floats. My oldest son who is in 4H had to come up with a superhero themed suit that tied in with 4h. So with him he wore jeans, a 4H tshirt and a cape made from a white sheet that I glued a clover on and painted H's on each leaf! It was pretty cool! My youngest son's class was having a float in the parade and the theme was "Mrs. Summers Magical Forest." We lucked out on having to do the float one of the parents had a daughter in Latta schools and they had a cheerleader float for homecoming that we got to use and just had to add a few things to!! This was the cutest float EVER!!! We did however have to come up with fairy costumes for the girls and gnome costumes for the boys. I was trying to come up with one to look like your typical yard gnome but it just wasn't coming out like I had envisioned in my head so we ended up going with a garden gnome look! I am so glad we did cause my son was so stinking cute!!! I think both costumes were a hit! Those that know me know that the costumes that I make end up looking way cuter than anything I could have bought! One year my daughter had to dress as a scarecrow and another year she wanted to be Jessie off of Toy Story! I made both of those costumes and they were super cute! If I can find pics of both of those I will include them with this post!!!

 In between all the school stuff we actually got the time to sit down on Friday to do some arts and crafts here at home! I had planned on them making milk jug pumpkins and ghosts to put glow sticks in and sit on the porch and to make some tombstones so we could have a graveyard in our yard. Key words there is "I had planned"!!! Yeah we were so busy that the only thing we got done were the tombstones! The kids had so much fun painting the cardboard cut outs! Of course I did the lettering because I wanted them to be readable! LMAO!!! But we got it done and got them in the yard and it turned out pretty cool!! I did however have to take them down Monday because rain was coming and I didn't want all of our hard work ruined. I still have yet to get them back out there but I may do that as soon as I am done typing this!

 I will say the Oktoberfest was a BIG hit! The 4H ended up getting a trophy for their float and placed in the pole contest. The Girl Scouts also placed in the pole contest and got a trophy for their float. My son's class also got a trophy for their float for Most Elaborate!! They were all so excited and I was happy that all of their hard work paid off in the end!

 I am also happy to say that we did indeed end up getting to go to Frontier City on Sunday!!! My husband didn't get to go with us until later that evening but he did get to come out and have some fun with us! My youngest daughter rode a roller coaster called the Steel Lasso and she LOVED it! By the end of the day my oldest daughter rode it and she loved it too! We had so much fun it was just like I thought it would be! My Mom got to go with me and that made it that much more fun! My kids deserved to have a day of fun with the family and that is exactly what we did! We didn't get home till late Sunday night which made it hard on the kids Monday morning but we all survived and it was well worth it! Can't wait to go next year!!!

  As you can see us Stay At Home Mom's are always busy doing something for our kids! Granted its always fun and we don't HAVE to do it but that is one of the perks of being a SAHM:) Only thing is we don't get paid money for all that we do, we get paid in hugs, kisses, smiles, and that twinkle in our kids eyes!! I wouldn't trade it for the world! These are the days that I will cherish for a lifetime and my kids will NEVER forget! So the next time you have a busy week doing different activities and projects with your kids remember that they will never forget all the fun you had doing them no matter how old they get!!!