This is a terrible photo, but it's late, so it is what it is! I'm just thrilled to have accomplished this much scrapbooking this weekend, considering it's the first real effort in months.

Tomorrow I'm starting a weeklong project, to both make my life in my office happier, but to get a lot of scrapbooking done in the process. I'll be posting a "Before" photo tomorrow, and on Friday I'll hopefully be ready to post the "After"...fingers crossed!

I love this picture of John and his cousins, Lisa and Allison, so much I had to repost it here, and it's definitely now in my pile of pictures I want to scrap.

I think what I love most about this picture is the expression on John's face, and how much Sofia looks like him; this is the same expression she gives me when I catch her doing something naughty!!

We've had a wild, wonderful summer, and now we're back to work! School has started, and it's time to get back to our "normal" schedule. I can't believe Matthew is already a 3rd grader!!

There's less than a month until Sofie is 4 years old!! With the help of my mom, grandma, and "Auntie" Cathie, I've planned what can only be described as a birthday extravaganza! Here's a hint of some of what's been planned :

And today is the first day I've been able to get some scrapping done since June, I'm hoping to finally get back on track.

Since taking two months away from blogging, scrapping, and spending time with my friends, it's time to get back into the swing of normal life. Last January my sweet son was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, and since then it's been a roller coaster learning to deal not only the condition itself, but the cycle of medications and their side effects. Two months ago we hit a wall with his first medication, and since then we've been working to get back to some sense of normalcy.

I just want to extend a huge thanks to my friends, especially Cathie, Diana and Patti, for being so patient with my anti-social behavior, I'm incredibly grateful!!

Happy Tuesday :)

This week was my week to teach art in Matthew's class, and I had an unexpected helper when Sofie's teacher called in sick. I didn't want to disappoint Matthew and his class by canceling, and I figured how much trouble could she get in to? Hah!!  20 minutes into class she pooped her pants. Shockingly none of the kids noticed the smell, but Mrs. B and I just about passed out! I couldn't stop to change her, because we had a limited amount of time to get the project done. 

After taking a second to regain my composure, I start explaining a complicated cutting pattern to the class, when Mrs. B suddenly whispers loudly "Sofie's cutting her own hair!!!" Sure enough, I look to the back of the room to see Sofie sawing away at her hair with kid scissors!!  Oh well, at least hair grows back.

Here's a layout I completed with the Scrap for a Cure April kit. I've wanted to scrap these pictures for awhile, but it was hard to find paper that went well with the Spaghetti-O sauce all over her face. This GCD flocked paper matched perfectly, and I love the contradiction of the beautiful flocked paper with the messiness on her face. And the Tim Holtz grunge ribbon looked so cute in her hair. 

Happy Thursday :)

Here are some photos of the boys flying a kite on Sunday. They were hilarious about the whole process, there is truly untold drama in kite flying!! 

Finally airborne....

And even though his friend hadn't had a turn flying his own kite (his dad got it flying for them), he let Matthew go first. We're lucky that Matthew has such a wonderful and kind hearted friend.

I wanted to get some layouts done by today, but had to take care of some medical stuff done for the kids yesterday, but I'm looking forward to having some time this afternoon to create some layouts with these pictures.

Happy Tuesday!

We spent an exciting afternoon with my mom at the Exploratorium yesterday afternoon, Sofia loved being in a place where she was allowed to touch everything!!!  And it's one of Matthew's favorite places to go, the kid definitely likes science.

And here's a picture of Matthew in front of our house....I wish!!  Of all the houses near the Palace of Fine Art, we decided this was our favorite.

As you can see, even the adults like playing at the science museum! One of the things that makes my mom such a wonderful grandmother, is how much she likes to play, too.

I couldn't resist, this just fit her perfectly!

Just when I think Matthew's getting to be too serious, he does stuff like this!  This is his impression of a Who, proving you're never too old for Dr. Suess. I have a picture of my mom wearing this homemade Who hat, but I fear what the consequences would be if I posted it!  It may show up soon on a layout, though, so keep your eyes peeled.

Happy Sunday :)