DIY ….

So after making the candy ghosts and mummies for Halloween I got kind of addicted to DIY. Nothing to complicated or time consuming. 

For Thanksgiving for the boys teachers and my coworkers I made candle turkeys. 

I got the candles, the foam, and the goggle eyes at the dollar store. I made 18 candle turkeys using a hot glue gun. 

These would be great for place setting names for Thanksgiving dinner, but I as I am not hosting dinner this year, I will be reusing the idea next year.

I also made THANK you cards for the boys teachers

You all know I am a teacher and I know what it is like to have not only to work with little kids

but also having to deal with the parents. 

I know I have high expectations for teacher (specially if they will be responsible for my kids learning) 

and I feel like thanksgiving is the prefect way to say THANK you for all they do  

These are super cute ideas (from pinterest) I did change one of them to say tea-rrific as she does not drink coffee (I know crazy)

I think they came out super cute

This is not really a DIY but I really like it. At the dollar bin at Target they had the chalkboard labels and a chalk markers and I really like how they urned out. I have like 7 magazine holders on my shelf at work and now I was able to label them and when I want to move them around I can just erase the writing and write it again and I don't need to use the chalk marker I can use a chalk. 

Okay these are NOT balloons they are Christmas ornaments.

I know it would look better with red and green but honestly they did not have those colors in bunches and I wasn't sure if I was going to like them, but I LOVE how they turned out and now I will use some for balloons as well for birthday cards (will post when I do them)

This are not our Xmas cards but as I mail gifts to LA these are the ones that will accompany the gifts

These are all, well most, pinterest ideas follow my board at http://www.pinterest.com/loremaldo14/making-gifts/
for other great DIY or things you can buy as well……

last week of October.....

On October 26, we started the day by having lunch at Chick Fil A.

Then we headed to the SAP center to watch Disney on Ice Passport to Adventure.

The boys LOVED it!

It was their first time watching an ice show so now of course they want to watch a hockey game and they want to go ice-skating. 

I see some fun adventures on our future :)

On October 29, Matthew got an award at school for "Excellent Sentence Writing"

It was great to be able to be there and watch him get an award. 

October 31st Halloween

This year we had  a Thor (Zach) and an Iron Man (Matt)

They both looked awesome with their costumes on. 

 We made mummies and ghosts 

At home getting ready for school 

Matthew with his teacher

Zachary with his teacher

ME with Mandeep and Saira at work we were all witches

At Valley Fair to go trick or treating

Passing out candy

Fall Festival

At school was Friday November 1. 

The boys had a great time playing all the games and getting more candy. 

I wan the silent auction for the thanksgiving basket

I think the best part for the boys was seen their teachers there!!

what we have been up to......

I started reading Harry Potter to the boys and they are loving it. I am also loving having to read them again. We are already planning a Florida trip to Universal Studios to see the Harry Potter world. 

The boys LOVE playing outside

We went to Color Me Mine.

The boys had a BLAST, Zachary painted a blue piggy bank, Matthew a Frankenstein, Pablo a red cup/mug, and I painted a box to put all my hairbands in. 

Everything came out looking amazing...

Matthew made us french toast, with a lot of support and supervision. 

He enjoyed cooking for the family. 

I had Monday the 14 off. I took the boys to school, my jeans ripped, went to the gym, went to the mall, watched Romeo and Juliet, then picked up the boys. Took them to get haircuts, and when to return the library books. It was great day off.  

Matthew fell at school last week and got a bruised eye.

Poor guy!!!

We got pencils, mini duckies, and slinkies to share with the kids in the boys class. The boys helped putting the bags together. This weekend we will work on the candy for the teachers.

Next year we have to go to a real pumpkin farm.

The boys had a great time jumping in the bouncing houses.

And picking some pumpkins. 

They had a great time.

the weekend (and last Wednesday night)...........

We had a nice and relaxing weekend.
Saturday we had soccer practice, and the boys did great. They both had a great time!!We then headed to Target and at home has sandwiches and watched a movie. Today we got up early and watch "Cloudy with a Change of Meatballs 2" it was super cute we all loved it and had In and Out for lunch (yum). It was a GREAT weekend!!!

Last Wednesday night Pablo and I had a date :) we went to the Maroon 5 and Kelly Clarkson concert. It was AMAZING!!! Kelly was great I was amazed at good good she sounds in person and I would love to see her again. Maroon 5 was super good as well, but I have to confessed that Adam is not that cute haha. It was a great concert and it was a great time with a great companion!!!

Friday afternoon the boys and I headed to the mall in search of sturdy backpacks. We originally had Star Wars backpacks from Target that ripped already, in their defence we got them last year in November and used them for every LA trip to carry toys, but they are very thin and Zach's ripped in three different places. So we checked out The North Face ,Kids Pottery Barn, and Sports Authority. We ended up getting the one from The North Face. I gotta say, I love them haha and I hope they last a very long time. The best part is that they have lifetime warranty.