Are You a Monster Freebie

I'm getting a new classroom neighbor.  The seventh and eighth grade class packed up and moved to make room for a new preschool classroom.  I'll be able to open my door and say, "help me" to  Ashley any time I want.  She'll be able to open the door and say, "help" anytime she wants!  I'm excited because this will be her first year teaching preschool.  She's been a leader in our childcare for sometime and loved by my daughter even longer.  She is going to make a wonderful teacher.  She is kind, loving, creative and a lot of fun.  I have written this book for her class called "Are You a Monster?" 

Click on the picture to see the whole book.  It is a great
book for preschool-first grade!

Here is what I'm most excited about...Ashley is about to have her first baby.  I'm calling dibs on getting to hold Ezra when he comes to school.  I love babies.  Can you keep a secret?  I've also made Ashley a matching bib for Ezra.  When I saw this fabric I made a connection to Digital Bakeshop's Cute Lil' Monsters Clipart. What do you think....

There are so many cute fabrics out there for babies!

I hope Ezra isn't a monster, and I hope he isn't a night owl, so I made him one of those too...

Click on the picture to get to the pattern!
It is Trey's Owl pattern from Toad's Treasures Blog

The bib is my own design!  I just traced
around one of my children's bibs and added
an elastic binding and Velcro.  The first
one took me about an hour and a half, but the second only
45 minutes!

Please don't mention this to Ashley.  I haven't actually given her these gifts, yet.  My daughter wants to be with me when I deliver them, but Ashley might be delivering any day now, so we better hurry!

Did you notice that I hit 100 followers today?  I didn't!  Someone had to point it out to me...It happened to be my 100th follower.  In the back of my mind I have been planning on giving my 100th follower a major award!  How does a gift card to Tim Horton's or The Coffee House sound?  Your choice number 100!!  She is a blogger who blogs about her life experiences.  This is my favorite post: My Sisters and the Awful Day.  Marsha is one of the most loving generous people I know!  It was pure joy having her girls as students, because they are following in their mama's footsteps!