October is Over? Already?
Happy Saturday and, more importantly, Happy Halloween! Can you believe it’s the last day of October? Seriously, these months are just flying by. I’m not ready for Fall to end.
After we head to the gym this morning, it’s costume time. Don’t worry…I’ll post pictures and see if you can guess the theme. I’m crossing my fingers and toes for no rain and above freezing temperatures.
Let’s wrap it up
So, how was your week?
As I mentioned the other day, I was a little disappointed that my son didn’t get to dress up for Halloween at school. He did have a “Harvest” party, and I volunteered for it. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it ended up being really fun, and it was more Halloween than Harvest, which I was happy about. They had cute stations they rotated to doing different crafts, playing games, and eating snacks (including cupcakes with black frosting, which made for some great pictures, as you’ll see below.) They also DID get to dress up a little that day and on Friday. Thursday was “crazy” sock day and Friday was “crazy” hat day because they’ve been doing a fundraiser and the school met their goals both days.
Did I mention how proud I am of my son? Probably not because I was so upset about the costume thing. Anyways, last week he received an award for Friendship. He was chosen from his whole class of 25 for the month, and got a certificate and a free meal at a restaurant. He’s also been raising money for his school all by himself. He’s been calling relatives to get donations, and has won a prize every day for meeting his goals. I think we have a future March of Dimes Family Team Leader.
Speaking of the March of Dimes, me and my husband went to a Fundraiser on Thursday night. It was called the Signature Chefs Auction, and it took place at a hotel downtown. Chefs from around the city prepared some of their signature dishes for us to sample, then there was both a silent auction and a live auction. It seemed like a lot of money was raised, but I haven’t seen a total yet. We got to attend the event because we are this years Ambassador Family, and next year we will be speaking at the event.
Yesterday, I helped in Art class, and everyone finished their projects. Did I mention how much I love my son’s Art teacher? She’s wonderful. They spent this first part of the year focusing on one Artist, patterns, and primary colors. In their next section, they will be learning about a new Artist, doing some collage, and lots of other great stuff. I just love how they are learning Art history while also creating. Plus, they’ve just been working on one big Art piece, so it’s really nice and we can hang it up at home instead of having tons of little things that we don’t have room for.
I’ve got to run. Seriously. I’ve been running the track at the gym trying to knock another item off my 30 Things before the end of my 30’s.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend, a Happy Halloween, and get to enjoy your extra hour of sleep all you lucky ones without children. Mine will be up at 4 am instead of 5 am. Hooray!
I hope you’ll post all of your Halloween pictures to the wall of my Facebook page HERE.
That’s amazing that your little guy was chosen for an award for friendship. You must be incredibly proud! Now that’s the stuff to celebrate!
Yes, thank you!
Aw, your son is adorable!
Love your son’s smile with the black frosting. I remember those days. The whole Harvest thing is ridiculous.
I used to love wearing my costume to school, and we would go trick-or-treating at the older classes. I guess they realized not everyone celebrates, which is why the Harvest party was a good idea.
Congrats to your little one on his friendship award!
Awww, how sweet is your son! 🙂 Congratulations on his award, he must be so proud!
He was very excited! 🙂
Sounds like you had a busy month too! My band put out a single today and it’s just been crazy putting it all together. Good luck with everything!
That’s awesome! Congratulations!
Wow! Sounds like your son is a little leader! That is awesome! Tell him congratulations, and what a great job to raise money for his class. You are doing a fabulous job as a mom!
Sounds like you had a great month! I can’t believe it’s already over and I’m so looking forward to seeing what your cuties dress up as for Halloween.
All the Best,
Allison
I have a list of things going on before I hit 30! Haha. Glad we women stay motivated! Hope you achieve them all. Have a great weekend.
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Aww, congrats to your son on his friendship award! And good luck on your running – I know you can do it!
Your son is adorable! You must be so proud of him 🙂
Happy Halloween! I love your updates!
Looks like you’ve been busy! Love that your little guy got the friendship award! Congrats!
Such a bust month for you. It was alright for me, but is it me or the month went by in flash? but anyways. Great post!
Such lovely photos, and of course the post is lovely too!
How great for your son and for you! It shows how well you’ve raised your son 🙂
liz @ sundays with sophie
Can’t believe October is already coming to an end! Such cute photos of your family. I hope you all had a fun time trick or treating tonight.
xx katie // A Touch of Teal
Such a cute picture! Happy Halloween to you too!
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October went by so fast, right? Where did the days go? LOL Wishing you a wonderful month ahead!
I know. Each month seems to go faster and faster.
Awe what a good boy! Congrats to him on winning the award and I am glad it wasn’t such a big deal about the costumes. I can’t believe fall is almost done too, that means my son has his first birthday soon.
Aw, that’s so awesome of your son! I can imagine how proud you are of him 🙂
I think a lot of schools don’t celebrate Halloween. I worked in an elementary school for two years ago about a decade ago, and the kids weren’t allowed to get dressed up, but they had a fall party in the afternoon.
Your son is adorable! And I can’t believe it’s November today! Gah, where does the time go?
I know!
How lovely that you are an ambassador family. We raise money for the MOD every year too!
Awesome! Thank you!
That is wonderful how your son took the initiative and was able to raise donations! Your husband and you have instilled excellent compassion in him already. And I’m so sorry about the not dressing up, I read the previous post. Wishing you and yours a happy November! October went by in a flash!
It really did. Thank you so much!
October really did go SO quickly, its crazy!! It looks like you had an awesome month! November and December are my favorites so I’m really excited!!
xo Adriana – Daily Dose of Design
Friendship and relationship building is so important in life. So happy your son got the award and was recognized by his classmates!!
What an awesome reward!!! Congrats to your son! Glad he got to have a Harvest party… I hate how schools try to do away with all the fun stuff these days. I am really happy that my son’s school still does Halloween parties and a costume parade.
I can’t believe October is over already too. Congrats to your son receiving the friendship award! That’s really awesome.