Getting Ready for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is around the corner. What is everyone doing for the BIG dinner? Last year, I tried making a turkey for the first time and it was quite an ordeal. It turned out well though. This year, we'll probably just stick with Chinese hot pot, which should be so much less work. ^^ As long as all the love ones are together eating at one table, it won't matter what we eat. For the occasion, we're making some paper autumn leaves. 

First, I selected tan, yellow, orange and brown construction papers, and drew some leaf shapes to cut out the stacked papers. 

Then, I had Sophie add in some details to the leaves.

She did a fine job making each leaf special. =)

We collected the ones that were already done in a pile while we worked on the rest.

After the leaves were all drawn, we strung them all together and decorated the mantel.

Does it fell like autumn enough yet? ^_^ Maybe if I light some pumpkin scented candles.
We wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving!

Fall Is Here

Yay, fall is finally here. Time for some fall-themed crafts fun. We've made three kinds today and the kids really enjoyed them all. 

First we did foam sticker pumpkin decorating. The left one is created by Sophie, and the right one is by Brandon. Since they're still young, I don't really like to use a sharp knife for pumpkin carving, though that would be a lot of fun down the road. For now, foam stickers will do. ^_~

Then we created a "FALL" banner for our reading corner.

Lastly, we used pompoms to make 10 cute super-spiders. Sophie thinks they should line up in a row like all good spiders should do. ^_^

Now back to sipping my tea and enjoying my quiet time while they nap. Happy October! Now if the weather could just cool down a little and rain would just come to give California some moisture and water supplies in the reservoirs and stop forest fires , that'd be super wonderful!