Just fun....

Coffee Cups

The tradition continues.....and grows! I ordered a custom photo coffee cup for Wayne again this year. Thanks to a giveaway prize, I was able to order one for me, grandma, and grandpa too. Here's a pic of ours....

Gotta say awwww.....

Grandpa reading "Peter Rabbit" to Maya...... they have a unique relationship, these two. They play a game where they race to say "I love you". Whoever says it first, wins. And they are very competitive ;)

Adventure Day to County Line Orchard

We headed off for County Line Orchard.... It turned out to be good weather, the rain held off until after we left. I ran into Brenda and Debbie from Lakeshore - see the picture. Debbie's twin sister, Dolly, and Maya are in the picture too!

I love movies!

Every Thursday I try to go see a movie. Which means I see about one a month ;) I love movies! For Fame, it's pretty difficult to top the original, maybe even impossible. The new version was entertaining and had me dancin' in my chair - but not as outstanding as the 1980 film.

Silent auctions continue.....

The Smith family had a benefit for Greg's dad at the American Legion in Merrillville. Jaime did an amazing job of setting up the silent auction. She had over 100 items and the presentation was so cool. There were so many great donations! Mechanics-wise, I really liked the bid sheets and the way she set up each section. She used half folders so the sheets wouldn't take up so much room on the table. They folded up nicely at "check-out" - flipping up vertically. It all worked really well. She color coordinated each grouping so that the "blue" items ended at 1:00, the "pink" at 2:00 etc. It generated alot of extra interest to have hourly closings and easily understood/visual reminders of what was ending. I helped with accepting payment. She made that easy too - with a receipt book, everything was recorded and simple to add up at the end. With a set of sheets, one for each item, that was matched with the folder when payment was made, it was easy to tell what had closed, what hadn't and what had been paid or was still unpaid. Ideas for another one ( should I be crazy enough to do it ) - have a third person that takes all the closed items either behind the cashier or another location and people can show their receipt to pick up their purchase. Pick up still doesn't go smoothly. Tags or something on each item to list the content. I think the write-ups I did are too long and too "serious" but having no write-up doesn't work either. Just needs something simple but informative.

I love making baskets ;) these are things we donated from some of my contest winnings/trade show swag. I did my share of shopping too! I ended up with a overnight stay at Shipshewanna's Water Park; tickets to a show at The Venue at the Horseshoe; a jewelry gc; a Pepe's gc; a book about the Indiana Dunes; and a quilted bag.

Hair cut for school pictures!

We went to Locks of Fun to spiff up (did I really say that?) Maya's hair before her school picture! And one of her schoolmates was there too.

My princess.....

Another fun trip to the dentist

Maya's dentist ROCKS! She has fun...... how cool is that?

Fall pics

I know, I know, I need to learn to delete a few pics.... I just can't pick a favorite - or ten....

Game Night

Mom invited me to St. Paul's Church, where her friend, Mavis, had organized a game night for their women's group. Women sat at card tables and played games - bunco, scrabble, whatever you wanted to play - we played pinochle. It was a fun time! And yummy food -

Art and Music

Today was the "Art & Music, Meet & Greet" today at Maya's school. We started with a music session on the house - presented by Kindermusik. There were lots of songs, instruments, and fun things to do. Then we had a picnic lunch that we brought - cheese and fruit. Daddy and Maya made sugar cookies that we brought with us and shared with everyone. Then Daddy went home to tape the IU game and Mommy and Maya did art in the barn. We had scribble time and Maya named our creation, "Curley Whirley". Then we had to say what animal we would be, if we were an animal. We decided that Maya was a zebra, because she likes to run. Mommy was an elephant because she likes to eat. (well it's true, and it's not a great self-image day). Lambie was a pig because she has a pink nose! Then we had to make our animals. After making a rain stick, it was time to go home. A fun, and exhausting day.....