First Day of Fall (and silly bandz)

Today is the first day of Fall. (the.....autumn equinox to be exact) Did I even spell that right? I should probably make sure I can spell the words that I am trying to impress you with.

I wish I could say I celebrated with a pumpkin spice latte, but I did not. I did however find a CAN OF PUMPKIN at the grocery store the other day. It was actually pretty humorous that there was this one lonely can on the empty shelf. That can was waiting for me. Seriously. I have never been so excited to see a can of pumpkin in my life. But now I am torn, because I am not willing to crack open and use it. But I will, eventually.

I am not sure if you are aware of the new exciting things in schools (at least my school).

Silly Bandz = Bracelets that are shaped like animals and every other random thing you can imagine. (see picture below)



My students have these lining their arms. Boys and girls...and then they "trade" them. We had to have the talk today about how they will not be allowed in the classroom if they are a distraction (I know what you are thinking...what a mean teacher....sorry guys haha) It had to be done.

Well enough about silly bandz (oh and don't just call them bracelets because you will be corrected. Trust me. I guess it's the new Furbi or Giga-pet....ha.

Goodnight (I'm off to bed early) mmmm sleep.

Speaking of bicycles...

Today was a lovely day that began with sleeping in and spending some quality time with Ben. We had some delicious buttermilk pancakes (Ellie I owe you buttermilk since I used some of yours). Then we ran a few errands and did some shopping for Ben since he starts his new job on Monday. It kind of felt like we were going school shopping for him. Then a quick walmart run to get a few supplies for my sewing station...(I will post pics once it is finished). We then completed a few projects around the apartment such as hanging a few last pictures and organizing our garage. Before nightfall we also went on a nice bike ride (okay I may have complained a little since it was pretty chilly at this point in the day). Here is a picture of my much loved bicycle that I purchased last year. There is currently something wrong with the break pad on the front wheel so that will prevent any future rides for the time being. Sunday (today) was also another lazy day of planning lessons and doing some laundry. I also must guiltily add that I had two Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes this weekend. The first one B surprised me with after school on Friday, and the second one was a reward for the chilly bike ride. The shortage of pumpkin pie filling has prevented me from making anymore homemade ones so Starbucks may be seeing more of me over the next few weeks. Well I'm off to fold the last batch of laundry. Goodnight!

Bicycle.