Haircuts

Hi Ya'll!

Today is Emily's first Preschool Picture day! So, of course, we had to take her out for a haircut last night (along with every other parent in the Tri-Cities area!) Fortunately we got there at a good time, and it wasn't busy at all! But the lady who cut her hair did mention that they were quite busy with school picture haircuts!

You can't really tell she got a haircut... it was just a trim to clean it up a bit.













And, while we were there, we decided to get Bradley's FIRST haircut! Finally, right?!?! Since he and I were at Costco and the cashier complimented me on my "Cute little cowGIRL, I decided it was time for his haircut! He did very very well! He didn't cry or fuss at all! He sat on Iain's lap and his haircut went very quickly!















But.. I cried when we got home! He looks so different now! He looks like such a big boy! His haircut is so cute, though! He's my handsome little man!

So, I hope you enjoy the photos!

A great Cause for some Blog Candy

Hi everyone! My great friend Callie is offering up many opportunities to win some great Blog Candy! Go check out her blog Callie's Craft Corner
She is offering up many ways to win, all in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So, get out your PINK! Collect your pink paper, grap your pink ink pads, gather your pink markers and get stamping! And, showing what a BIG heart Callie has, for every PINK card she sees, she will send a PINK card to the Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation to send to survivors.
Who needs Blog Candy? Let's show our support for Breast Cancer Awareness - Squish A Boob, Save A Life - or as Callie says - Save The Ta-Tas!

And, while you're internet surfing - don't forget to go to The Breast Cancer Site and click to give a free mammogram!

Thanks, Callie! I need to go get working on some PINK cards!

Update! Here's a PINK card for you, Callie! It's super simple... but, I guess I'm not "feeling" the cardmaking thing today! Simple can be good, right?

Changito Card

I made this card for a challenge in the Cute Critters Club over at CafeMom. We were given a sketch to use and only had to use a cute critter! I think Changito is a cute critter, don't you?

This card uses Changito Tire Swing, Changito Sentiment "Have a Swinging Time", Stampin' Up! Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss cardstock, Crop-A-Dile Eyelets and setter. The white paper is text weight sparkle white from the Paper Zone, but I can't remember what it's called. Oh, and he is colored with Bic Mark-It Markers.

Bradley Bradley... Silly Boy!

So, this morning I looked down to see what Bradley was doing and he had crawled THROUGH his exersaucer! Then he was curled up inside of it, playing with a train... He's too quick for the camera though! But.. finally, I caught him! He was having so much fun playing!

Fun Statues!

After the beach, Mom and I did a little shopping before I went home. We found a new shopping center in Puyallup and stopped to check out the new Target and grab some lunch at the new QDoba (if anyone hasn't been to QDoba - you MUST go! They have the best burritos! We don't have one in the Tri-Cities, so I sure miss it!) Outside QDoba, we found these adorable statues! I wish I could have just packed them up in the trunk of my car and took them home with me! Emily and Bradley would have had so much fun with them! So, Mom took photos of me with each of them! At least I could take the photos home with me!

Crafty Weekend At The Beach

The girls spent the weekend at Pacific Beach, WA! We all arrived on Friday afternoon and stayed until Sunday morning. We had a 3-bedroom house with just a short walk to the beach. We arrived on Friday, just in time for a beautiful sunset - my camera doesn't do it justice, but here it is:


We all made plans to each bring a project to share with the group. Mom brought a scrapbook kit and asked us to all bring photos with us, so that we could leave with completed projects. I can't post a photo of my scrapbook yet... it's a gift... :o) Mom also brought journals for us to alter with a Halloween theme - that I can show you!



Kim, my best friend, and Liz, my Mom's friend both brought their beads and we made bracelets and earrings:



My best friends Mom, Charlene, brought ornaments, stamps, markers and glitter for us to make for our Christmas trees! These were so fun! I made one for Emily and one for Bradley, and I even remembered to date them!!


Kim brought her friend and coworker (and former coworker of mine), Paulette, who brought kits to make these amazing Fabric Postcards! We made our own sparkly fibers and decorated them with whatever we wanted and she sewed them all together for us. I only have a photo of one that I made (I actually made 4!) because we ran out of time and Paulette was sweet enough to take them home to finish sewing them for us!



And, I took the new stamp set that Mom bought and let me borrow - the Stampendous Sushi Party, Loads of Sushi and Sushi's Favorite Words, to make a couple of gate fold cards!


We really had a wonderful time! No kids, No dogs, No husbands! Just us girls, the beautiful beach (what little we actually saw of it!!), good conversation, great food and tons of crafts! It was nice to see what other crafters do, and get to try our hands at it as well. I think I could get into that fabric postcard making thing, that was cool.. but.. do I need another hobby? I already have the sewing machine... and it would probably love some use! :o) We'll see!

I hope you enjoyed seeing what we made! Thanks as always for stopping by!

Emily Sings A Song About Her Duckie

Happy Birthday Davy!

Today is my big brother, David's Birthday! Just wanted to give a little shout out to him on his special day! Have a good one, brother!

I've been crafty!

So, I joined a swap on CM (CafeMom) where we have to make an Envelope Card with a Fall theme and stuff it full of goodies for our swap partner! So, here is my "Fall/Halloween" Envelope card! This one is going to Jenn, I hope she likes it! This card uses Stampin' Up! stamps (Spooktacular Greetings), Dollar Stamps from Michael's and an old unmounted rubber stamps that I got years ago at a convention.
















And, while I was working on that one, I decided to make my brother, Davy's birthday card as well! So, I made him an Envelope card, too! This one will get stuffed with a Starbucks card! I'm pretty sure he'll get some use out of that! I hope he likes the card, too! This card uses Stampin' Up! stamps (Espressoly For You and Espress Yourself)

Video of Bradley crawling!

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share this video of Bradley crawling! He's getting around so well - and Soooo quickly! - we really have to keep an eye on him these days! So, the video pretty much says it all!

Enjoy!

Emily's latest outfit!

Not too bad yesterday... but apparently she didn't like the socks I picked out for her!

Bradley just doesn't know what all the fuss is about!!

Thanks for checking in! Have a great day!!

Emily's Outfit

So, I got an outfit for Emily to wear to school today and asked her to go get dressed.
Jeans, a pink tank top, pink socks, pink panties and tennis shoes. I went to get Bradley dressed and when I went back to check on her, she had put her socks BACK in the drawer and was putting on sandals... I told her she couldn't wear sandals to school, because the rocks in the playground would hurt her feet. When she stood up to get her socks and tennis shoes, I saw that she had put her pink tutu on over her jeans! It was just soo cute! I left it on her and sent her to school! She still had it on when I picked her up! Hey, at least she matches! Maybe she'll start a new fashion trend! Prada, watch out!

Cute Photo Of The Day!

Just wanted to share a cute photo of Bradley today! He's wearing the Hard Rock Cafe - London shirt that we bought when we went to London in 2001! Hope you like it!

Mid-September Ramblings

Hello from Kennewick! It's sunny with blue skies here today. I wish I could send some of this good weather down south! It's starting to cool down a little bit, and as much as I complained about the hot days of summer, I'm not looking forward to the icy days of winter!!

So Emily's second week of preschool was a short one! Wednesday was a teacher inservice day, so there was no school. This turned out to be a good thing, because poor Emily spiked a fever that day of 102.2! So, we stayed home and she actually took a nice long nap that afternoon! The next day her fever was down to almost normal, but it did creep up to 99.2 later in the afternoon. So, she stayed home with me again. Friday morning she had her first dentist appointment, which we ended up canceling because her fever snuck back up to 100.4! So, I called her pediatrician (again), only to find out that she was off that day! We ended up taking her to the walk-in clinic to see a Dr. I didn't want her to go the whole weekend with a jumping fever! So, the Dr. saw her and said that she just had a bug, her ears were fine, but her throat was a bit red. So he gave her an antibiotic and told us to keep giving Tylenol to keep the fever under control. After one dose of antibiotic, we could see a definate improvement! Today she is feeling much much better! Back to her old self, really!
Bradley stood up all by himself today! Well, I stood him up, but he stayed up by himself! He held on to his little table just long enough for me to snap a couple photos and then he fell down! Poor little guy! It's a long way down for him! So, after that, he was a little scared and I had to stay behind him where he could touch me when he wobbled! He's still just scooting along the floor, but today he was using his knees more, not quite crawling, but he's figuring out that if he uses his knees, he moves faster! Pretty soon, he'll be chasing Emily through the house!! Oh, I'm so not ready to chase after 2 of them!!!

I'll sign off for now! Thanks for checking in!

Have a wonderful day!

Remembering

September 11, 2001. The entire world felt the impact as the Twin Towers in New York City crumbled to the ground on that fateful morning. All around the world, people watched as planes crashed into the ground in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. The world stood as one in front of their TVs in shock as the most massive terrorist attack in US history flashed right before their eyes.
September 11, 2008. 7 years later. The entire world remembers.

They attacked our Country. They attacked our Home. They attacked our Families. They attacked our FREEDOM. And We Will Not Forget.
Our soldiers fought hard for our Freedom. Our soldiers now fight harder to protect what they earned. Our soldiers have spent years away from their loved ones, away from the comforts of home. Our soldiers continue to need our love and support. Until our home is safe again and until every soldier is in the arms of loved ones or honorably placed to rest in US soil, we give our support.

The American flag flies today, in remembrance, in honor and in thanks to all those who have fought to protect us and keep us safe. The flag flies today to support those at home, praying for the safe return of our soldiers. The flag flies today to remind those who attacked us, that you can attack our buildings and our land, but you cannot attack our spirit.

God bless this land that I love.


















photo courtesy of David R. Harper, SR (Memorial Day 2007)