After a few months of feeling really worn down with the first trimester of pregnancy, I finally had the energy to start spring cleaning, my office was first on my attack list!

It's been a shamefully long time since I started creating this kids space in my office, I bought this table at the end of last summer, with the intention of creating a space in here where the kids can play. There's an easel right outside the door we can drag in for painting projects, and enough as been done in two days that there's already paint on the carpet! That's when you know it's been a fun day!

And fortunately I've got a large supply of Play-Doh, because this seems to be Sofie's favorite way to play with it.

Matthew made some gorgeous flowers out of pipe cleaner and some old Heidi Swapp blossoms lingering, I'll post pictures in a few days.

A lot has been happening in the last six months, mostly happy things, but definitely things that needed some time away. Most happily we're expecting our third child, and I'm exactly 20 weeks today! I finally feel like I'm coming out of the first trimester stupor to rejoin the land of the living!

I started the Ali Edwards "A Week in the Life" Challenge last week, but ran into some obstacles in getting the project finished (I'm not sure it would look the same with absolutely no pictures!). It's a great challenge, and I need the kick in the pants to get some scrapping done, so it's going on my calendar for a week in May, just so I can make it a priority. Here are some of the pictures I did manage to capture:

Sofie's first day on the bus. She's ridden it for a week now, and so far has not made it home without falling asleep.

My mom might disagree, but I love this picture; she prefers posed photos, so I'm sure I'll hear about this! Part of the last week was spent visiting with my grandma, and soon she'll be living close by full-time, so we'll be having more of these moments!

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 :)