Fall-ish things

Here's the pumpkins I painted to be Mo Willems characters! Elephant & Piggie and the Pigeon. They turned out okay!

I got a new humidifier, since Pacino constantly tips over and takes apart the filter of my old one. He's had his eye on it for the last couple of hours. I'm guessing I'll hear a loud crash in the middle of the night...

Moved these plants to school--safety first!

On the lift after the big slide.

We went to see the fall colors--mission accomplished.

Found this little mouse in the parking lot after school one night. He was actually a little bit cute...and he didn't move a muscle, so I'm assuming I terrified him. 

Pacino conked out in my lap in a very awkward position. Clearly he was missing me. He gets a lot cuddlier as the weather gets cooler.

So, we went to the ISU/TCU game--we were going to leave at halftime, when we were down by 25. Unfortunately for us, Iowa State played an excellent first half, and made us late for the Diamond Rio concert at Meskwaki that we had tickets for. By "made us late" I really mean made us miss the whole concert. 

Diamond Rio was done singing, but were signing photos and cds and meeting the fans when we got there. I asked them to sing a song but they didn't. As a consolation, they all signed my ticket. Which is something, but I just wanted to hear them sing!

I went to a Roughriders hockey game. Hockey is a strange sport, but it's something to do!

Somedays I feel like Wonder Woman...

Oh boy...

Time is always getting away from me. Here's a recap!

This is a group of way awesome librarians that were at ITEC this week. We had a great time connecting! 

I won! I won a new Chromecast, which is nice since it's a new model than what I have. If I ever get a new TV in my bedroom, it'll be perfect in there since I cut my cable!

Fun hanging out with these people :) 

Eric Sheninger was the keynote speaker on Tuesday. He spoke mostly about changing school culture and how much it impacts student achievement. He was awesome!

We maybe took this little picture before giving our presentation! 

Speaking of which, I presented at ITEC for the first time! It's my 9th or so year attending, and I finally took the plunge to present. 

Pacino and I had a lovely day together last Saturday before I left town for another 3 days. Poor guy has been all alone lately!

The book on the left is one that I wrote in 3rd grade. The one on the right is one that a few of my 3rd grade students made! Yay!

Game nights require UNO!

This lady is so great that she bought my coffee at the gas station last Wednesday! 

I had to go watch the Cyclones beat Kansas. It's always good to beat them, plus it will potentially be the last game we win.

Enjoying the game with Dixie!

Dad and I got some ice cream on a Friday night. Starbucks is closing soon!

A little fun on a Sunday bike ride. Won't be too many nice enough days left, so we're putting the nice ones to use!