Archive for autumn
seeking autumn
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns.”
- George Eliot
the ultimate guide to fall baking
Most of you are familiar with Allrecipes, but have you seen their Fall Baking Guide? It’s scrumdiddlyumptious!!
a is for apple
A is for Apple in our little schoolhouse this week.
Activities
Johnny Appleseed Day Research Activity
and Crossword Puzzle for the older girls
I think we will finish up the week by making these Harvest Apple Squares
More Apple Resources
Books We Are Reading
september
The breezes taste
Of apple peel.
The air is full
Of smells to feel-
Ripe fruit, old footballs,
Burning brush,
New books, erasers,
Chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive,
Well-honeyed hum,
And Mother cuts
Chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean
With suds, the days
Are polished with
A morning haze.
- John Updike
wfmw- holiday scented laundry
This is a repeat of a WFMW I did last year, but it’s one of my favorites & I want to share it again.
Last week I shared how I scent my home for the holidays, so this week I thought I would take it a step further – the laundry! I’ve been a loyal Downy user for 15 years, so last summer when I received a free sample of Snuggle Wild Orchid & Vanilla Kiss I just stuck it up on the shelf. One day last October I ran out of Downy so I tossed in the Snuggle sample. I could not believe how yummy the laundry smelled as I took it out of the dryer – it smelled just like Bath & Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar products!! We had our first cool spell this week so I ran to the store yesterday to get my Snuggle 
) (Don’t worry Downy, I’ll go back to you in January, I promise!)
Run on over to Rocks In My Dryer for tons of great tips.
P.S. I need some help, dear internet friends! My son wants to be a marshmallow for Halloween. Not a bag of marshmallows, or a s’more, but a MARSHMALLOW!! Do you have any creative ideas on how I should make it?
Tips I Want To Remember:
fall fun links
Check out these links for some fun (& educational) Fall activities.
Printables shape books, puzzles
Lesson Plans creative writing, math
Activities crafts & printables
Christian Pumpkin poems & stories
Want to see more great links? Head on over to Weblink Wednesday!
happy fall y’all
Happy First Day of Fall!
This is my favorite time of year – beautiful colors, pumpkin spice candles, leaves scattering in the breeze. I always feel so refreshed & renewed in the Fall. I’m going to start this Autumn renewal with a little bloggy break. Our church is spending this week in prayer & fasting – I can’t do a food fast right now, so I’m doing a blog fast instead. I won’t be posting here, or reading my bloglines, for the rest of the week. I must confess that this is a difficult thing for me- I hate to miss out on what’s going on. Precisely the reason I need to give it up!
Is there anything I can be praying for you this week? Send me an email & let me know. toombstown AT gmail DOT com
Here are some neat things going on this week in Bloggyworld. I will be joining in the fun this weekend. Have a great week!
(Click on the graphics for more info)
pumpkin lapbook links
Little Laplinks is a list of free resources that would be good for making an early elementary lapbook. There will be a different theme each month – this month is Pumpkins. Head on over to Little Blots for more pumpkin links.
