Bb is for Boo!

. . . is for broomsticks witches fly

. . . is for orgres, monsters and spooks that go by

. . . is for orange pumpkins so bright.

These are the signs of a Halloween night!

Happy Halloween to my favorite pirates, potato  heads, hobos,
super heroes, forest creatures, bumblebees and bats!

Love, Grandma

Cc is for Candy

October 12

This is a test of your candy I.Q. before the sweetest/treatiest
day of the year arrives.  Guess what is in each of these
12 bowls.  Any and all correct answers will earn you
a fabulous--and quite possibly sweet--prize!

Happy 12 on the 12th!
Love, Grandma

Excellent guesses Eddy, Jack and Ryan!
In case anyone else is wondering: 1) ghost marshmallows . . .
 2) Nerds. . .  3) peanutbutter M&Ms . . .  4) mini Hershey bars . . .
5) Tootsie Pops . . . 6) mini Reese's peanutbutter cups . . .
7) Almond Joys . . . 8) gummy worms . . . 9) Hershey kisses . . .
10) Smarties . . . 11) candy corn . . . 12) Jr. Mints.

Bb is for Birthday Boys

Big B . . . little b . . .

What begins with Bb?

Two birthday boys born on the same day!

October 11 

Guess how old big boy Brody will be?

Guess seven of his favorite things . . .

What is his favorite book?
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

What is his favorite show?
Fairly Odd Parents

What is his favorite food?
Shells and Cheese

What is his favorite thing to do or subject in school?
Library

What is his favorite thing to do after school?

Eat snacks, play games with Zach,
and play with friends

What is one of his wishes?

"To be in love"

(his exact words--which puzzle/worry his Mom)

What does he want to be when he grows up?
Police Officer

Guess how old little boy Nash will be?

What do you think is one of his favorite things?

Making noise so he is noticed!
(and all the other things his Mom mentioned!)

Happy birthday cute boys!

Love, Grandma

Bb is for Black

Black is a kind of spooky color you see a lot in October.
But lots of ordinary things are black, too.


Black All Around
by Patricia Hubbell

Look high, look low, look everywhere

The wonderful color black is there

The letters that live on each page of a book,

The hole in the ground that's a ittle mole's nook.

The headlines in the daily news.
Patent leather party shoes.
Clarinets and piano keys.
The fuzzy stripes on bumblebees.

Can you find as many black things as I did?
Happy Black Day!
Love, Grandma

September 29 is someone's birthday!
Guess who?
Guess how old he is?
Guess four of his favorite things?
And then guess what? . . .
I may give you four bonus tickets to shop at the
clearance sale in Grandma's store!

Happy birthday guess who!
Love, Grandma

It's Autumntime!
Day Seven

Once upon a time (2005) Grandpa and I took
our almost only grandson to a pumpkin patch
and he picked out a pumpkin almost as big as he was.

Visit a pumpkin patch sometime this fall to pick out a pumpkin.
Put it on your porch until it's time to turn it into a jack-o-lantern.

And before or after that, read the cutest book
"Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin"by Tad Hills

Happy pumpkin hunting!
Love, Grandma

It's Autumntime!Day Six

Look for leaves to crunch as you walk through them . . .
to rake into a pile to jump into . . . to sort and count . . .
or to use to create "leaf people"

Or create your own fall leafy tree with Q-tips and
yellow, orange, red and brown paint.

Aa is for Apple

It's Autumntime!
Day Five

September 26 is
Johnny Appleseed's birthday
John Chapman, better known as the legendary Johnny Appleseed,
traveled all over the Ohio River Valley planting appleseeds.
He was also the first frontier librarian, ripping apart copies
of books and rotating the chapters among the settlers--kind of a
one-man-one-book walking bookmobile.

Celebrate this autumn day by sitting under a tree to read a book
or eat an apple . . . or you could make apple prints  in
Chapter Aa of your Alpha-Book.

It's Autumntime!
Day Four

Find a fun fall book at the library
(or Grandma's house) such as
"Fall is Not Easy"
by Marty Kelley or . . .

"Fletcher and the Falling Leaves"
by Julia Rawlinson or . . .

"Mouse's First Fall"
by Lauren Thompson or . . .

"Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf"
by Lois Ehlert

Aa is for Acorn

It's Autumntime
Day Three

Eat an acorn!

It's Autumntime
Day Two

Go on a nature walk around the neighborhood
and look for signs of fall.
Find colorful leaves, flowers, or whatever to stick onto a
nature walk bracelet.

Aa is for Autumn

Today is an excellent day to sing or listen to
"It's Autumntime"
while you eagerly anticipate a week of fun fall ideas.

Happy first day of fall!
Love, Grandma