Look Mom....anything missing???

So we are all in the car, heading to the big city, gifts all wrapped, drive thru burgers being munched when "K" says...hey I lost my tooth! Being the scrapbooking Mom I am...I had my trusty G7 camera with me and snapped away.

We were off to visit a girlfriend who has just brought home her twin baby girls. They were acutally born in June but being so preemie, they had to stay in the hospital until about 10 days ago. Darling babes that is for sure. They are getting bigger and currently weigh about 6lbs, 9oz. I kept thinking that the Love Cat is this weight!

While I hold one of these precious twins in my arms, I think......Ahh..those days so long ago for me. I was remembering back to the powdery fresh smell of my babies, snuggling content little ones, so peaceful and happy and then I gave my head a shake! Yikes, those 3 am feedings, what seemed like contstant diaper changes, more feeding, crying cranky moments.

Oh....but it was all worth it! I hand the twin babe back to her Mom and I steal a peek at my baby now 5 1/2 itching for Grade 1 to start, now one less front tooth, faux blue vest in all looking so grown up!

Soon she'll be singing the front teeth for Christmas song. I can hear it now!!!!

ATC's

I love these little pieces of art. Quick and easy to make and so many possibilities. Mary Engelbreit - one of my absolute fav's. Here are tonight's little creations.

Back to Work

Yep..the summer holidays are over, but I am well rested and refreshed. Bring on the employee issues...I am ready! :-)

I have vowed to create at least a couple of projects a week. Gotta stay creative and besides with all the supplies I own for stamping and scrapbooking, I should be just churning out the stuff!! If my husband only knew what exactly is in my craft room I would probably be divorced or made to sell something for a mortage payment! Oh well, thank goodness he enjoys looking thru the scrapbooks. Oh yeah...guess I better create some more pages in them or he is gonna start with the questions!!

These are cards I quickly whipped up. I am sending the "Happy For You" card off to a friend who's twin baby girls are FINALLY coming home from the hospital. I just love the Daisy D Girlfriend papers. The two little mini cards are just made from some Basic Grey scraps. I am really loving lime it seems these days.

I am off to create!

Our Seattle Adventure

So I am on a week's holiday from work. Whoo Hoo!

We decided to venture on down to Seattle for a couple of days to see the Woodland Zoo http://www.zoo.org/ What a zoo! The kids loved it and then we were off to the Aquarium as well. http://www.seattleaquarium.org/ I loved the open air part of the Aquarium. Right down at the waterfront and it was so interactive. The kids could touch all sorts of little sea creatures. Truly neat. I would totally recomend it to everyone.

Pike's Market was cool and had something for everyone. The market is celebrating it's 100 year anniversary by placing 100 decorated pigs around the city. http://www.pigsonparade.org/ The kids had a blast searching for all the pigs we could find.

The weather was super, warm and sunny and we even managed time to shop at the outlets stores just north of Seattle on our way home. B was very happy. They have a DC outlet store. Need I say more....he is the proud owner of 2 more shirts and now a couple pairs of socks. Oh yes, and a Quicksilver store too. More shirts to be purchased!

He's Back!

Well my boy survived (well me actually!) his first summer camp experience. Me however, it will take a full year to get over and then allow him to go again. :-)

He had a great time. The weather wasn't the greatest but he loved it anyway. About a 1/3 of the camp came down with the flu and kids ended up sleeping at the "hospital". Boy, I bet the volunteer nurse had her work cut out for her, mine included. He only spent one night there but I guess there were other kids you did more time there.

Aside from this he came home happy, dirty, in the same clothes as 7 days earlier and already asking me to sign him up again for next year!

I had plenty to keep my mind occupied. Work and then there was was the family that came to visit. 1 mother-in-law and 4 sister-in-laws. Yes, they came, stayed a night then went off on a cruise to Alaska to take in the iceburgs and maybe a polar bear or two. Then they were back, stayed another night all camped out on my living room floor (not MIL - she gets the Kitten's bed) then back to the airport for the sisters and MIL is staying for another week.

It is okay...she has some friends and family she wants to visit. AND the best part is that she is a great cook. We have this thing. When she comes to visit she MUST make the famous cinnamon buns. Man are they good. Being a farmer's wife she is a pro at making bread and buns. She would whip up a few loaves of bread each and every morning. Now we rely on the bread machine to make the dough. Much easier on her hands. So we usually get the good ole' machine out and ready to go for her arrival on my door step. Well guess what?? The old machine had seen better days...had to be retired.

So not to be without a trusty bread maker what do I do? I went and purchased a new little gem for the counter. I will let you know how it all turns out.

Where has our weather gone?

Back to the rain it seems - just when we were getting used to the Sun. Come on back! It is supposed to be summer!

Be Strong! Be Strong...I can do this........

well maybe not.

My first born went off to summer camp (in the Red Shirt) with his BF. Not just a day camp but the whole over night thing! Seven days and seven nights....okay, I know he is 10 now and more than ready. It is just Mom. She is not ready.

I can do this. I refuse to worry and wonder if he has slept, eaten or having fun. I know that he is having a blast. What kid would not want to go to this place http://www.anvilisland.ca/

I can do this!