In-service play date

Today Kristen didn't have school and since that means my niece Samantha doesn't have school either (they are 6 months apart) my MIL was babysitting her for the day and they wanted to come over. I then invited my new pal Kathleen and her kids over for a play date. Her son is in Kristen's class. Turns out Kathleen and her husband went to high school with Barry! Small world eh? Anyway, so as I was waking up this morning, I thought "Why not do some crafts while they're here? I have a bunch of new crafty stuff to use and Halloween is coming up, so why not?" I also had some Halloween candy & toys and some extra candy bags (they are about 8"x8" with a handle) so I made Samantha and Kaiden little loot bags. :) I then got everything ready for them to make 3 crafts and made samples of each. Took pictures of those, but then when the time came to take pics when they were actually making the things, my camera went dead and all my batteries were dead too, so no pics. :( Here's what I made for the kids to make! The hands on the pumpkin are Kristen's hands and then when the kids made them, they traced their hands and their feet :)

They had such a fun time and I'm glad they were able to take away something from their in-service play date. :)

Weekend Getaway

Barry and I went away to PEI for the weekend last week (late anniversary celebration) and even with the weather not being so nice, most of the stuff closed down for the season and him snoring, it was a pretty good weekend :) Here are some pics! *click to see it up close*

So there you have it...our weekend :) The girls had fun with my ILs too...they went to see some Pumpkin People in the Valley (a few hours away). :) Kristen even saw one of her classmates there!