The Magic Show!!!

The fun begins!

Sarah and the "magic hat!"The "Amazing 6 card trick!!" Micah and Layla did a great job!

Watch out...we cut Connor in half!


Fun Balloon animals for everyone!!!

We had a great time at the magic show this afternoon! Thanks to all who sent refreshments, and a big THANK YOU to Sarah and her family for the show! We loved it!!!

Pumpkin Carving FUN!!!

Poor pumpkin...you have no idea what is in store for you!!! Thanks, Chante' for bringing us this pumpkin!

Here are some snapshots of the kids' first reactions to the "guts" of the pumpkin. Everyone stuck their hand inside the pumpkin to help clean it out!

How funny are these pictures of Sarah and the pumpkin?!?!? Sarah was the only student who REALLY did not like the guts of the pumpkin...most LOVED them. These pictures were taken in a short span of a few seconds...she could not wait to get the gunk off of her hands...Sarah's expressions are priceless!

And...now we begin the carving of our jack-o-lantern's face! The class lined up and carefully assisted me as we made small cuts to the pumpkin!

"Be extra careful with that knife!!!" HA! Some kids wanted to really dig in with the carving knife...you notice my hands are never very far away!!

After everyone had a chance to cut a little, I finished carving the pumpkin! The kids were super excited as the pieces fell out

Our jack-o-lantern glowing with the lights off!! We were so proud!

The finished product!!! Not too bad for 15 5 & 6 year-olds!!!

Trick-or-Treating at Shelton State!!

Pictures before we left school this morning!!!

Silly faces!!
We LOVE Miss Ginny!!

Trick-or-Treating!!

Pure excitement!

Thanks, Shelton State! We had a blast!!

You are invited to Trunk-or-Treat!!!

My family and I are members of Taylorville United Methodist Church, and we are having our annual "Trunk-or-Treat" Wednesday night at 6:00. Our church is located right across from Food World on Bear Creek Road. Members of our church will have decorated the trunks of their cars and the cars will be backed in a circle in the parking lot. We will have candy to give children as they trick-or-treat around the circle of cars. Wear your costumes, bring a bag or bucket, and have some fun with us at Taylorville Methodist Church!!! Mr. Kelley, Neal Thomas, Daisy Mae, and I will be there looking for you and your family!!

Rain, Rain, Go AWAY! We Need more fun games to play!!!

We had a little game day this afternoon since we could not go outside...raining once again! We played Memory (two kinds), CandyLand, and Cootie. CandyLand and Cootie were the definite favorites!! If you have any of these kinds of board games that you do not play with at home anymore, I would love to put them to good use in the classroom! Thanks!

We love these puzzles!!

Thanks, Jaelyn, for the cool Halloween puzzles! We got to play with them after our math lesson today, and the kids LOVED them!!

Zachary getting started.

Brooklin having fun with his skeleton puzzle!

I hope that Matthew, Sarah, Deacon, and Hope did not mix up their puzzle pieces!

Jaelyn, Connor, LaDarius, and Alyssa are making progress!
Sneaky Alyssa...she was really working on her puzzle under the table! She just jumped in the other picture!! Check out those Halloween pants!!
Teamwork is always fun for Micah and LaDarius...LaDarius jumped in the other picture, too! Funny kids!!!

Chante' and Katlyn wanted to read a Halloween book after they put their puzzle together.

Layla and Kylie were reading and working on Kylie's puzzle.

Petting Zoo at the Pumpkin Patch!

Dear Parents,
There is a petting zoo at the Grand Old Pumpkin Patch farm. Each child has the opportunity to buy 2 cups for $1.00. I wanted you to be aware that you may want to bring a few dollars to buy this food for your child to feed the animals. IF YOU ARE NOT COMING WITH US, please send $1.00 for your child…other parents should not feel responsible for purchasing this for your child. I will keep up with this money for your child and buy their cups of food. Thanks! MM