My Boys Bake! (and more)

David and the kids made banana bread this last week and it was so yummy!  David got tired of waiting for me to make it.  I really didn't plan on attempting it again b/c mine never turns out good. I always let it bake too long and I haven't learned yet!  But now, I have David and the kids to make it instead!  YAY!

I have a looooong list of things I have to do and I'm running out of time to get it all done.  I recently joined the executive board on the PTA at Andrew's school as Historian.  That means I am in charge of keeping a notebook of all the flyers, activities, all the volunteer hours and tallying it up for the year and also keeping some sort of scrapbook or album of the events.  I'm also on the programs and activities committee and we have our fall festival coming in 2 weeks and I am in charge of a lot of stuff. Tonight I finally finished the photo tickets and printed them out.  Tuesday when I go to the school I will use their paper cutter so I don't dull the blade on my little cutter.  I still have to finish the volunteer food vouchers and make the signs and banner for the fall festival.  My goal is to make the banner this week.  It's a big project and I would just feel better if it got done this week instead of at the last minute. 

I'm also making crayon rolls for 2 craft fairs in December and need to get busy.  Tonight I changed it up a bit and made one for colored pencils and I like it.  I think I'll make a few of those and then some for matchbox cars also.  It's takes a couple hours to make each one so I have to sit down every chance I get and sew.  I'm going to try and get a bunch of them pinned together so they are ready to go.  I may even make a few that have notepads and either crayons or colored pencils inside.  They are great for taking in the car or to the doctor's office for kids to corral their crayons. Here's the picture of the one I made tonight.  Hopefully people will buy them at the craft fairs.  I already made some for my kids for Christmas.  I am making one for Andrew's cars also.  I'm sure Grace will want one for cars as well but maybe I can come up with something else for her.

Well, this picture is sideways and I'm not sure why b/c I didn't take it that way and it's not that way on my computer. It won't let me rotate it either.  Oh well, at least you can see what it looks like. 

The crayon roll holds 24 crayons although I plan on making some that hold less.  Not sure how many yet.  Maybe some that hold 16 and some that hold 8 and maybe some for chunky crayons.  Here are two I already made that hold 24 crayons each.

OK, so I know that was a long post and I'm sorry.  I should have broken it into 2 separate posts but thanks for hanging in there and reading all the way to the bottom.  When I get more examples done I will show you.  I plan on getting a few things done this weekend and then after the fall festival is over I can concentrate on sewing!  Have a great Sunday!