Trick or Treat Totes

Howdy! 

We're still here. Fall semester is always so tough. We go from Labor Day to Thanksgiving without a break, which makes for three challenging months. One can only work so many 60-hour weeks without going crazy, so I stole two hours on Thursday night and sewed these cute Trick or Treat Tots that I found on Purl Bee's blog. As I wrote on Facebook, it was nice to create something that didn't involve Word and Equation Editor. While I'm a whiz with both, creating worksheets, tests, and quizzes really doesn't fulfill my creative needs. The totes turned out cute and Eric reported that the boys spent most of the day filling them up and taking things out. That was good news since they tend to reject my hand-made goods. What really drew me to this project was the use of reflective ribbon. I had never heard of that before. I did add a few inches here and there to make room for more candy, but I was very pleased with the pattern and techniques that were used. To save time I ordered two kits from their website. However, because they sell the reflective ribbon separately these can easily be made without the kits.

Please, think happy thoughts for us. We've been sick with colds for the past few weeks. Because we were sick, we postponed our flu shots and now Eric seems to be coming down with the flu. I have two evenings/nights of parent-teacher conferences Wednesday and Thursday with five full days of teaching. I think Grandma's going to get called in from the bullpen quite a few times in the next couple of weeks. See you for a Halloween report, if not before. I have some cute ideas for the boys' costumes and have already bought the supplies. As long-time readers, you know felt and hoodies will be involved. Uff da! 

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