Show-n-Tell

 Can you guess what Camden is bringing for Show-n-Tell today?  Bet her teacher loves me for allowing it.

 

Iron Man 2015

Going to the Iron Man race has become a new tradition for Camden and her dad.  She really is an outdoor girl.  Walking through the woods, throwing rocks in the creek, watching the race - all enjoyable to this girl!

She also, apparently, thinks we can just buy her a four-wheeler.  After trying a few out, she declared that Kevin should just "get it".

Kevin said that I wouldn't like it, but Camden insisted I would really like this two-seater.  And the $24,000 sticker price didn't faze her one bit!

One of the other traditions takes place at the event - Cheesecake on a Stick.  It's as delicious as it sounds and looks.

She had so much fun on Saturday, the two of them went back on Sunday afternoon for some more racing.

Town of Waveland Halloween Party

Our town hosts a little gathering at our town park in the half-hour before trick-or-treating hours.  They do a costume contest and give out slices of pizza and water.  About 40 kids showed up.  It's a nice start to the evening.

House Decorations

I saw this spider decoration on a PTO website.  It's made from trash bags and seemed simple to do.  And it was!  We have large bags, so I ended up only using two and it took all of 5 minutes. 

It was so windy Halloween week that I didn't get it up for very long, but I think I will do it again. 

Camden loves our little gravestone/cemetery that we have done the past few years so I was sure to put it up as well.  The mums were what Kevin gave me for our anniversary and they actually look halfway decent in this picture.  However, I put them in the cemetery since they were hit by a  freeze and were actually quite dead.  Up close it looks more appropriate.

School Halloween Party

I was the room parent in charge of the classroom Halloween party.  I planned three games and had four other parents who assisted with the activities and/or brought in snacks.

I thought they would love the classic game where you reach in and feel what's inside a box.  They each had a slip of paper where they had to guess the monster body part and what the actual item was. Things like brain (jello), teeth (candy corn), intestines (spaghetti), ears (dried apricot), and eyes (grapes).

We also did a tossing game where they had to get as many tootsie rolls into the pumpkin pail. 

Not a great picture of Camden but I loved that I captured the tootsie roll just as it went into the pail.

We played a really fun group game called Last Man Standing and then had snacks.  I love the cute monster cupcakes that one of the kids' mom brought.

Another parent sent in a goodie bag of treats to send home with the kids and I made a Halloween S'mores pack for each child.

Mrs. Chadd and the kids loved the party (it was really fun)!  That's success to me!

Toothless the Dragon

Camden's costume is actually a character from the movie "How to Train Your Dragon."  It's name is Toothless.  I have never seen the movie, but everyone would see her and say, "Aw, it's Toothless!" and think it was so great.  Apparently a very beloved character. 

At one point in the evening, she stood by this tree and asked me to take a few pictures as she posed.  My little dragon model.

Trunk or Treat

Camden and I went to two Trunk or Treat events this week.  The best one, by far, was in Greencastle on Thursday night. 

I really like to make Halloween costumes, but just didn't want to this year.  By the time I bought the material and spent the time, I would have the put way more into it than this one cost.  Plus it is a really cool dragon (what she requested to be this year) that kept her plenty warm.

She LOVED posing and pretending to be a dragon.

There were probably only 15 or so trunks, but they had fun music playing, face painting, and a hayride.  It was held at a church that also had a nice playground. Camden enjoyed that almost as much as anything else.

Her favorite, of course!

She requested a black cat at the face painting.  The teen who did it did well for the quality of paint they had and the short amount of time.

I let her ride the hayride around the church grounds by herself.  She thought that was such a big thing!

She made a few friends at the playground and spent a lot of time swinging and chasing.