Greetings from Thing #21

Hello friends and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

You've seen my costume as part of the school-wide theme and now I am dying to kno:w

What is your costume AND why did you pick it?

-Thing #21
AKA Mr. Font

Pumpkins EVERYWHERE!

Hello heroes!

This is the Mickey Mouse inspired design I
carved this year. 

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. I enjoy the cooler weather (who doesn't love wearing a sweater) and I LOVE all things pumpkin! One of my family traditions for as long as I can remember is our annual family Pumpkin Party. The whole family comes over and we carve pumpkins into Jack O'lanterns. We move all the furniture out of the way and watch old Halloween cartoons and movies while we cut, clean, empty, and carve our pumpkins. I'm usually responsible for food at family parties. This year we kept it easy with one of my favorite foods- PIZZA for dinner. I made a ton of desserts including Pumpkin Blondies, Apple Tarts, Oatmeal Cookies, Pumpkin Cupcakes, and Frozen Smore Pops. Something you might not know about me is that I LOVE to bake and like making new things.  

Here is my brother (Dylan), little cousin (Julia),
and I getting our pumpkins started.

Just a few of our pumpkin designs. 

Lastly, we clean the seeds and roast them for a fall time snack! 

Blogging about my Halloween traditions makes me wonder- what Halloween traditions does your family have? 

Can't wait to hear from you!
Mr. Font 

So Much to Read...

Hello readers- 

Today when we were book shopping I noticed that many of you couldn't wait to get your hands on some new books. I LOVED seeing how excited you were to have new books to read from our library.  As I mentioned today- I had a teacher meeting at Barnes and Nobles after school and I felt the same excitement that you felt when you shopped in our library today. There were SOOOOO many books that I wanted to read (and, as promised, I purchased a few for our classroom). 

Sorting books always makes Copper tired. 

As I browsed the shelves I saw some new books I am dying to read, some new favorites, and some old favorites that I have read so many times that the cover just makes me smile. It made me wonder- What is one of your FAVORITE books? 

Can't wait to read your comments!
-Mr. Font