Book Fair With Amber, Tuesday Treasures With Brenda and the Bell Grands, and Summer's Supper for Wednesday Night!

Monday was the set up for the Fall Scholastic Book Fair!

I woke up early and arrived at shortly after my scheduled 10:30 time.

Book Fair is one of my most favorite things to do!

I always dress up and enjoy the while ambiance of being in the midst of seeing young people choosing and loving books. And I understand the lure of the 'extra' things that seem to attract the students.

I do not understand why they include flimsy and cheap things that catch the attention of the students.

Not the same quality as a book that can impact a life but a piece of inferior distraction.

But I see the attracttion and that may be a stepping stone in the education of young people as they see the brief life of some things as opposed to the substance of a good book.

Amber and I make a good team for book fair as we both love and realize the power of the written word.

She and I have been doing Book Fair since the Bell Grands were in Kindergarten and I love doing this.

Harrison came to the library to pick up his lunch box and we got to hug and take a picture!

After all was set up , Amber and I went to lunch at La Madeliene ...

We sat at a table by the fireplace and I told Amber, "I always feel rich when I come here!"

The Mimosa just added to that!

The weather turned stormy and I was glad I had an umbrella!

I left Amber and dropped some things off off at Goodwill and then shopped Walmart for some things and got home between the storms.

Loouis Dean's long arms stapled up lights on the front porch.

It's still a work in progress but at least progress is being made!

These lights will be going UP - as soon as I can corral Louis Dean to do them.

As I was coming in from sitting out and admiring the lights - I snapped this pic of Louis Dean sitting in his music room listening to Roger Miller on his record player.

I'm so grateful Louis Dean has such a love of music and working on projects and gardening and so much more.

Have I mentioned that Summer is here?

She arrived on Sunday afternoon and I am so happy to SEE her!

It's been awhile!

I made a good dinner of roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, cheese broccoli and garlic toast.

Tuesday was SUCH a special day!

I was up early to do my Quiet Time and chores and then I made a really good breakfast!

The Bell Grand Girls were coming!

I buttered my iron skillet and lined it with flour tortillas then added some cooked sausage and poured a mixture of eggs, half and half, sliced sweet peppers, shredded cheese and seasonings.

Plus I cooked the rest of the sausage in patties and had fried potatoes with onions and green peppers.

All in preparation for the arrival for Trystan, Kailey and Logan!

And here they come!

I always love the way they love when they get here!

 Tuesday was such a gift!

The kids were out of school and I was so blessed to spend an entire day with the girls.

Logan and I had made some tentative plans and they bloomed into a beautiful day!

The girls brought their instruments and I loved hearing them play!

Kailey did my hair for me.

I do wear hair pieces from time to time - but this is all my own hair!

Here I have my 'extra' bangs!

I loved every minute of my Tuesday with the the Bell Girls!

We met up with Brenda and Summer for a Tuesday Treasure Hunt and they had a ball!!

This is my haul for the day and the upper left pic is the bag full of goodies the girls found.

Lots of fun things to decorate their room for Christmas as well as a few gifts to loved ones.

Can you guess whose feet is whose??

No pics from Chick-fil-A but we all had such a good time eating lunch together!

From there we hit up Aldi and the girls made it such a fast and easy trip!

We sailed through the store and they loaded the buggy and unloaded it and then packed it in the trunk of the car AND carried it all in to the house!

They are awesome!

Brenda shared this pic of Santa painted rocks she found and the girls really jumped on it!

They went out to look for stones and couldn't find any - BUT - I had several clear glass ornaments and they sorted out some acrylic paints in the storage building and went to town with the project!

They did a great job!

Logan also painted in the four reindeer for Sam's Dallas Cowboy Santa painting for me.

She is a gifted artist and can draw anything.

I can paint but I can't draw!

Ilene joined us Tuesday evening and we all ate dinner in the den and watched Christmas movies.

Kailey worked on the tree!

All three girls have artistic eyes just like their mama!

I opened the new den windows and cooled the house so we could have a firelog burning while we watched movies, ate and decorated!

I loved every single second of Tuesday.

Mike and Harrison and one of his team mates picked the girls up after their hockey practice.

I'm happy to say that Little Debbie Christmas Tea Cakes are still favorite treats for the kids and now Max loves them, too!

I found jumbo sized ones at Walmart and they were a big hit!

Wednesday was a rest and recover day as well as taking Louis Dean to his eye doctor appointment.

He got a good report and doesn't have to go back until May and that's a good thing!

He's tired of all the medical stuff!

I also made an appointment for myself since my optometrist told me I have macular degeneration as well as cataracts and glaucoma. I'll see her in January!

I worked on this journal entry when we got home and Summer fixed us a good supper of grilled cheese and soup.

She used a loaf of sliced Brioche bread I bought at Aldi and it was so delicious.

While I was writing, Summer spruced up the small den tree I keep up year round.

I am good at decorating but not at arranging lights on a tree.

I tend to just throw them on or drape 'em!

She is an artist and places them perfectly!

Finally! I am closing last night's journal entry and plan to be back this evening with pics of the den trees! Right now I am going to get dressed and go work at the Book Fair!

Summer is staying here with Louis Dean and waiting for the Frontier Internet people to come.

We are going back to Fios!!

PS.....this year's Christmas cards have been ordered as well as the Green Santa canvas prints! 

I have two for the drawing!

If your address has changed or if you haven't been receiving my cards and would like to have one, please send me your address.

I ordered 280 this year!