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Finally Friday layout: Snow

I created this layout in December, after our first real snowfall of the season.

I'm hoping we are nearing an end to the snow because I'm here to tell you, after 9 snow days this year, I'm not really sure if I can handle anymore. By mid-February, even the girls were starting to dread snow days because it was too cold to go out and play in the stuff.

Speaking of school, Charlie started preschool at the beginning of January. After the first apprehensive week, it's been pretty drama-free. He wakes up excited about going and walks right in without even a look behind. His preschool is at our church, where we've been members for almost 10 years. Last Sunday, we ALL went to church, something we haven't done since Charlie was born. As we were waiting for the service to begin, Charlie looks over at me and asks, "What is this place?"

Parent fail.

Yet again.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Finally Friday layout day

I'm slowly but surely trying to scrap at least one page a week and get back to posting a layout on Fridays again.

Let's see if it works. If it's anything like my exercise plan...I may end up doing just one page a month. But my intentions are good, right? That should count for something.

I'm doing better with my other resolution of not buying any new scrap supplies other than basic stuff like cardstock, adhesive, albums and page protectors.

But then again, it is only February.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

a mini shoot with the boy.

I decided to take some pictures of Charlie yesterday since it was nice and sunny and because I hadn't taken any pictures in, oh, like two days. After I proofed them, I posted a few of them on Facebook. The majority of the comments were to the fact of how cute he is, etc...

Reading the comments reminded me of something my minister said about her parents who happen to live with her and her husband. My minister's parent are very cute and they live in her basement. One night, as her parents were leaving, a member of the congregation told my minister how cute they were in which she replied, "Yeah, they're cute because they're not yours."

I like my minister. She's my kinda gal.

:)

Now the layout that I created, borrowing her quote:

A scraplift of Cathy Z.

Hope you have a great Tuesday!

this is me dropping the ball.

As with most with grade school aged children, today would be the day when all the Valentines Day parties would occur. It was so for my second grader. And for some odd reason, I forgot to do her cards with her. I remember thinking that I should be doing them but then I got distracted with something (TV) and she went to school with nothing.

This is me dropping ball #1

The same second grader lost a tooth on Monday. She didn't get her money until Thursday and I forgot to take the tooth. I didn't take the tooth because I forgot the tooth was upstairs in my office. When the second grader woke up that morning, I told her to check under her pillow to see if the Tooth Fairy left her money. She told me she couldn't have left her money because she didn't put her tooth under her pillow (doh!). When she found the money, she came to me and said, "You put the money under my pillow, didn't you, Mom? It's OK if there really isn't a Tooth Fairy."

This is me dropping ball #2.

My fourth grader is fixing her own dinner because she's tired of take out pizza that I had the man go out to get.

Ball #3 is falling.

I forgot to send a snack in with my second grader for gymnastics tonight. Did I mention she's still recoving from having strep?

Ball #4...

I gave my three year old some diet coke just to keep him from bothering me: Here, just take the can and go over there. Just don't be here.

Nice.

Not my best week and probably won't be my worst either. Hopefully none of this will be retained in their long term memory.

Sorry guys.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

visiting harry potter

I have 10 minutes before I have to drop off one daughter at gymnastics and pick another daughter up from swimming and keep two little boys occupied in the car from killing each other.

I don't like Tuesdays.

This time last week, the girls and I were at Universal Studios visiting the world of Harry Potter. It was awesome. So awesome that I think I have the man conviced to come with us next time. He just wants to wait until Charlie gets old (and tall) enough to remember and enjoy the trip.

I did a quick monthly photo collage that Rebecca Cooper gave out (for FREE on her blog) to create this for the month of February:

All the photos were taken with my Canon PowerShot SX110 IS.

Now I'm off to deliver children. Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday!