And along comes another Tuesday….

First of all, first bit of crafty – anyone who received the Emma/Addie calendar from us last Christmas, you need to turn the page to December today. It is indeed December 1st – not November 31st.

Yeah, November only has 30 days.

Gah. Add it to the list of corrections for this year’s calendar. Apparently I have a really lousy quality control department over here at Chaos. Any other corrections (I got Aunt C’s & Uncle M’s correct anniversary date – sorry!) should be sent to me asap, since I am working on the calendar right now.

Well…I’m thinking about it.

Ah, who am I kidding? The calendar is very low on the to-do list right now. But it is there. We’ll see.

The holiday boutique…that one that (friend) Jamie and I have been frantically sewing for? It is this Friday evening. Yikes! So I’ve been sewing and honestly, I have not had one minute to photograph any of the creations. I’ve completed four or five more dresses. And one (and a half!) superhero capes. Will get photos, most definitely.

Emmy’s teacher, Mrs. K., has not only learned of my penchant for all that is crafty and artsy, but also for my inability to say “no,” especially when it comes to something for the girlies. I have become her “go-to Mom” when she needs anything pretty, crafty, or made with some form of construction paper.

This week she needed her door updated since it still had the Welcome to School tree with apples on it. So Addie and I put together a wintery door for her class complete with a festive snowman and snowflake classmates.  The kids practically came unglued when I finished it and closed the door. They were supposed to be in reading groups but all had to come over to investigate and find their names. The littlest things get them so excited, it really is a lot of fun.

And Mrs. K. and I have talked about doing a little famous artists art lesson every few weeks, too. That could be a lot of fun (or maybe a lot of work…not sure which). I am not complaining, though. I think I may have been an art teacher in a former life and this way I get to do all the fun teacher stuff, without all the crappy teacher stuff.

Plus when I was helping last month, I was at the back table drawing some faces for the kids to use on their pumpkins, and I heard one of the boys say, “Emma what is your mom doing back there?” She answered, “She is an artist! She is really artistic and I am going to be like her and an artist, too!”

And then she just looked at me and beamed with pride. That girl is one heck of a peach, I tell you. And that my friends? THAT makes it all worth it.

Now back to the sewing machine to see if the boutique will be all worth it.