Thursday, June 28, 2007

fun stuff!

So, we went to the circus last night! The kids loved it but they were VERY tired by the end. They are so funny and so different! Ethan loves to clap and dance around and Gavin just stares in a daze and barely moves! They liked the finale best- dirt bike stunts! It was SO cute watching their faces. They both went on an elephant ride, I thought Gavin would cry but he was fine!
This morning we went outside for a bit, the kids did some painting, some running around, playing with the dog and the sand box and I supervised the painting, chased the dog, sat in the sun, and did some gardening!
Fun days!

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

did I forget

to tell my kids it's almost July?!?
This is what they re doing right now! Watching Dora in their winter coats and hats- oh well, it's only going to be 94 degrees today... :)
We got Ethan's school schedule the other day. I can't believe it's just over 2 months away. He's in the 'B' group, which is great for us! He's not too excited about going, but hopefully that will change.
4 days until vacation!!!
We are going to the circus today. Ethan has been asking about it for months so it should be a good time!

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

you HAVE to see this

really, I have watched it about 5 times and I crack up every time. It is Gavin falling asleep at the dinner table a few nights ago! It's absolutely hilarious!

almost there!!!!!


5 days until vacation! I cannot wait. I started packing the kids stuff yesterday and will try to get some more done today. Perry is getting really worn out with work, he work over 17 hours yesterday and the rest of the week is going to be rough, too. He has to work his day off tomorrow. It will be cutting it close to have this guy trained before we leave for the cottage. Anyway, next week should be really good for him and hopefully very relaxing!
The prompt for HS:MS today is bowl. A round, deep dish. Show us a bowl in your space today.
Have a great day!

Monday, June 25, 2007

sit

A position in which we relax. Who is sitting in your space today?

Friday, June 22, 2007

first time and a fun gift bag


The boys made their first scrapbooks this morning! It was so cute, the whole time Ethan was saying, "it's fun scrapbooking, mama!" I took 5 sheets of patterned paper and cut them in half to share, then I let them pick some pictures and glue them on their papers (with a little help). Then we stapled them together at the top. They decorated them with stamps, stickers and markers. It was a lot of fun!!
We are going over to Perry's mom and dad's tonight for a birthday supper for his Grandma. I made a little gift bag from a paper lunch bag. I think that it turned out pretty cute! I added some handmade cards inside that all match as a little gift. To make the bag I cut the bottom part of the lunch bag off. There is a big crease in lunch bags right where the bottom part rests on it (not a very good explanation I know!) I cut it about an inch below the crease. Then I folded it about a 1/2" from the bottom and glued it and then folded it right along the crease to get a clean fold (still not making sense am I?) Then I cut a piece of patterned paper just smaller than the front of the bag and adhered that. I made a bag topper of cardstock and patterned paper. The cardstock can be cut to double whatever height you want it to be, but it should be slightly wider than your bag. Fold in half and cut some patterned paper slightly smaller than the front of the topper. I punched two holes in the topper and two in corresponding spots on the bag itself. I attached eyelets to the topper and fed a ribbon through the holes in the bag and out through the topper to tie closed. If I don't make any sense feel free to contact me if you want instructions!

straight


Straight
Moving or extending in only one direction. Show us straight in your space today.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

cover

I got the cover finished, now this is meant to be a 'junky' journal, lol! Not much 'designing' involved, more like just slapping stuff on a page! This is going to be really fun to just add little notes and ephemera from our week as it happens. If I waited I would probably forget a lot of things and probably wouldn't get it done for ages. I will probably still scrap some pics but this will hold a lot of memories and little forgetable unforgetables. :) You'll have to forgive the bad picture! The sun is going down and I haven't got any good lighting right now. The image on the front was printed on a transparency and rubbed off onto the envelope. I think I forgot to mention I used huge envelopes to make the book.

travel journal


This is the beginning af a travel journal/scrapbook kit I am making to take on our vaction. I am working on the cover now so I will post as soon as I get it done!

tea


Here is my entry for today's Her Space My Space blog. I don't like tea at all, but Perry drinks it on occasion and we have some for company.
Not too much going on here. Yesterday, we did some running around, nothing exciting. Both boys were up at 5:15. I am feeling really tired today. I haven't been getting very good rest at night. I had better go check the boys!
Happy Thursday!
ETA: Just a funny little thing- Ethan has been calling Gavin Michael Banks all day! From Mary Poppins! Cute

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Monday, June 18, 2007

mo

hawk!!

I've been wanting to do this for ages! They only had these haircuts for about 5 min, but it was fun! The rest of our day was not!
Milk on the kitchen floor, wash the floor, beans on the kitchen floor, dog eating toys, cups, etc., about a litre of milk on the CARPET, pee in the basement (courtesy of Gavin) among other things... not good. I guess tomorrow is a new day!

drink

Sunday, June 17, 2007

berry

A small fruit with a stone or seeds. Show us a berry in your space today.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

traveller and an update


So, we went to the beach Thursday with my Grandma. It was perfect weather, and the boys were really good, until we got in the car to leave. We had a really fun afternoon. The kids loved playing in the sand, we built sand castles and 'lakes'. Afterwards, we went to get ice cream at McDonalds. And - I didn't bring my camera! So, I have no pics to share :(
Is anyone watching Traveller? It's a summer show and we never watch any summer series, I guess I've always had the impression that they weren't good enough to be on during the regular season so why watch?!? Anyways, this show is amazing. In line with Lost and Prison Break, not that I like it AS much as I like those two, but it's similiar in that it is like a movie, the story just keeps going and going. Does that make sense? Every episode is not an isolated event. Really, really good TV! Nice to have something to watch while all the other shows are done.
Perry's mom took the boys for the afternoon, she's hoping to take them swimming at her brothers. Perry is sleeping, so I should be scrapbooking. (Well, really I should be cleaning...)
Have a great weekend!!!

hat

A cover for the head to keep it dry and warm. Find one in your space today.
I will try to update with something other than a pic later!

Friday, June 15, 2007

shell?

Today's Her Space My Space prompt. Shell.
Umm, this might be a cheat, but I don't think I have any shells around here. Yesterday, if I had known, I could have picked one up at the beach. Ok, don't laugh this is a pic of Shell Canada's website- yes, the oil company...

Thursday, June 14, 2007

boat

A small vessel propelled by water. Find one in your space today.


We are going to the beach with my Grandma today. Should be fun, the kids love the beach! Perry is having a guy ride along with him today. One of his 'calls' is expanding and he will have full time employee. We're praying that this will work out, originally he was only going to hire someone for 30-35 hrs. But the guy he would like to do it said he needs 40hrs. So hopefully that will all work out ok financially for the business. Perry's having a pretty stressful time with the expansion coming up, a new employee and knowing that we are going on vacation in about 2 weeks! We know it will be fine, it's just getting through it! :)
2peas Challenge~
Where do you go/look for most of your creative inspiration? Could be books, magazines, website anything share it with us.
I usually look at Elsie's gallery or blog for inspiration. She uses so many cool colours and styles, there's always something that inspires me.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

mmmm bread



I couldn't decide between these two pics! A prompt a while back on Her Space My Space was bread. My husband owns a bread franchise so I had to do that one! This HSMS stuff is so fun! Check it out on the right if you haven't before!

mmmm


After we picked up the kids from the babysitter's yesterday we took them straw berry picking. It was pretty fun until Gavin got bored. Ethan ate way more than he put in the basket, Gavin stepped on more than he picked. I guess that should be expected from a 2yr old and 3yr old! lol
On the 2peas message board there was a thread about asking fun questions to kids. I gave it a whirl. Ethan's answers are bold, Gavin's in italics.
What does love mean to you? nothing poopy
How much do you love Mommy? I love you more too much and dada
What colour is a hug? purple blue
What's your fave veggie? broccoli corn
How many toys do you need? 10 3,4,5
How old will you be when you get married? 4 2
What do you want to be when you grow up? an umpire fix the furnace
What's your favourite game? checkers (pretty sure he doesn't know how to play, lol)
What's your favourite food? vegetables vegetables (pretty sure it's not!)
What's your favourite thing to do? help make the house look nice (yah, right...) nuffin
So funny!
Here's my pic for Her Space My Space today. The prompt is hand. Ethan's is on the left and GAvin's on the right. I can't believe I actually got a pic so good, they only held hands for about 6 seconds! Enjoy!
Happy Wednesday!

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Her Space My Space

Well I thought it about time to contribute to Her Space My Space. Today's prompt is Tired. Check out my mom's blog on the right- for a fun (or funny) pic of my little bro!

Monday, June 11, 2007

fun


Last week we took kids to fly their new kite at the park. Ethan LOVED it (so did Daddy!), but Gavin didn't really care too much. We took Desi to the park, too. It was a fun day.
Friday night Perry's mom took the kids over night. I got a bunch of scrapbooking done. I will hopefully get to post some more layouts this week!
On Saturday, we all went to stay the night my parents. We took the kids to the park for a while, then went back to my parent's house for pizza. Ethan seemed to be getting allergies when we got into Sarnia, so Perry and I went and got him some Claritan. He had trouble falling asleep and it wa probably 9pm before he actually did. Gavin went to bed around 7:30 (I think). So they both had a couple busy days and went to bed late. They were both up at 5:30! The funny thing is my mom heard ethan get up and thought she would let me sleep in. Well, Gavin stayed in the same room as Perry and I. I thought I'd try to get him back to sleep so he wouldn't wake up my mom! So for an hour we thought we were letting the other one sleep! lol
We watched some videos from the last time that we went to the cottage. We are going back in 3 weeks (yay!). My brother was sooo small! He was only 10, now he's 15. So funny to see!
After we had something to eat, we went to the 'Animal Farm'. It's basically a petting zoo, but they are all farm animals. They kids really enjoyed it. After that we went for a nature walk. We took a lot of good pictures. I wish we had somewhere like that a little bit closer to us. We don't have too much to do in the city we live in. All summer we take different trips to cities and towns around us because there's not a whole to do here.
So, we had a really good weekend. Lots of fun!
Oh and I thought the kids would sleep in today after all the excitement and lack of sleep the night before. No. Ethan was still up at 5:30. :(



Sunday, June 10, 2007

quick pic


I did this layout tonight. Will hopefully post about my weekend tomorrow! Scrapbooking. A night away. A park. Farm animals. A nature trail. It'll be a good story! lol :)

Saturday, June 9, 2007

more pages, finally




It seems like I haven't been able to scrap for weeks! Yesterday, Perry's mom took the kids for the evening and ended up keeping them over night, so I got a bit done last night. And I've even got a few hours this morning! So, I will post some layouts from last night and then I'm off to scrap! :)

Friday, June 8, 2007

cool pics

Check this out for some.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

rituals

This is what my counter looks like for a while every morning. Ethan wants a peanut butter and jam (or sometimes just jam) sandwich every morning as soon as he wakes up- oh and don't forget to take off the crust. :)

Monday, June 4, 2007

25


My 25th birthday (or bow-tay in Gavin-speak) was on Saturday. Perry already gave me my present, the best present ever, a new doggie! Perry's mom took the kids Friday night, so I got to sleep in (a bit) and have the whole day with my awesome husband! We went shopping in the States for the afternoon. It was a nice day.
Anyone who has a dog- have you heard of the Furminator deshedding comb? They are about $50, but we got something very similiar called D-Shed at Big Lots for $3. It is amazing. It prevents shedding up to 80-90% because it gets the under coat. AMAZING. If you have a dog and live near a Big Lots, check it out.

Friday, June 1, 2007

the first four days


have been really good! We had one little incident where we realised that Desi is a little possessive of her bone, but it was only her 2nd day here and she hadn't been eating. Other than that everything's been great. We took her to the beach on Wednesday. She likes the water. I took the kids and her for a walk this morning at 7:45! You know your kids are up early when you can shower and have everyone dressed and out the door at that time! The kids just love Desi, we are really happy with her!
Oh something funny that I wanted to mention that happened last week when we took the kids over to the park. Ethan was playing with a little girl the whole time that was about a year older than him. Well, her mom gave the boys some drink boxes and in the middle of drinking them Ethan walks over and says, "What's my phone number?" ?!?! Is this normal? I don't know but I thought he'd be older than 3 before girls started asking for his number!