My Mother's Day Gift

OK besides my great kids...I got the perfect gift for Mother's Day!  Thanks to Kim for telling JD what I wanted and telling him to just let me go pick it out! 

After assembling it I realized that my scrapbooks only fit in a certain way...which leaves me to believe that I need another one in order to display them all.  Next time they are on sale I will just treat myself to its twin!

Thanks kids for making me a "mother" so I can milk one more gift from your father during the year!

Influenza House!

How can my kids go from this...(yesterday @ noon)

to this??? 

(Mardi's smile is deceiving, but her wet hair isn't from a shower...FEVER!)

She started to fall apart late afternoon yesterday...fever, chills...

then her brother started crying about a sore tummy at 9pm.

This started our whirlwind of a night!

Before I could pour the Tylenol in the cup he was

throwing up all over his bed.

This continued until now...8am he is finally sleeping peacefully.

Mardi was only up twice last night running to the bathroom -

she is so self sufficient!  LOVE HER!
 At least she was able to stomach
some medicine...and Jack well he was introduced to
suppositories! 
Thankfully I still had some kicking around - those things have a long shelf life! 

Once Dad woke this morning he headed to the convenience store

before heading off to work to stock us with

gingerale and movies!

And this is what I will be doing all day...

3 pukey bed changes of blankets!

Too bad Mothers Day is behind us...I am sure I could have milked

this for some diamonds! Heeheehee!

"A" Layout!

Here is one layout I accomplished this morning... and by doing this I realized the reasons I

DO NOT scrapbook at home with my kids!!!

1.  There is no way I can ignore them! Even though they play together so well

and have fun pretending they are dogs(?) or horses(?)

I find I can't concentrate enough on my layout...I am always wondering

which kid is going to get hurt first!

2. Interruptions!  I can not be a mom and focus on what I would like to do

at the same time!  Unfortuately you can't shut off the need for Mom to get something

or to help you...even if the door is 3/4 shut!

3. Too much noise.  Don't get me wrong I LOVE the constant chatter at a scrapbook

table with a bunch of friends but kids noise is too much to handle along with

my iTunes playing in the background!  Nothing seems to drown them out!!!

4.  The mess!  I am a messy scrapper and not only does my husband miss my desk

when I have my crap out ...but I do too.  Yes "Type A" personality affects hobbies too!

5. There is no one (Kim or Haley) to ask where I should put that embellishment,

or what I should title a layout....I am on my own! Not only that

but who do you scraplift from? Maybe these are the

MAIN reasons I only like to scrap with my girls!

Snow Day!

All right so this is how I selfishly spent my snow day!
Thankfully the kids had scads of things to keep them busy while I made imitation Silpada jewelry!
Nothing against Silpada- but this set retails for $266 and I made something similar for around $40!

And then this one which is my "brown" take on their black set.  This price I never looked up

but I am sure my remake is around $20.

Yay for a jewelry makin' snow day!

Happy Easter!

What a time the kids had at the George Lane Park Easter Egg Hunt!  Besides having to be dressed in winter clothes to avoid the nasty wind there was a lot of playing, hunting and having fun!  We were lucky enough to see several kids we know from school and we were able to hunt for eggs with them too!  After the egg hunt there were hotdogs and pop for everyone!

What a great way to spend a Saturday!

Easter Time!

So today starts a 10 day stint of my kids being under the same roof - together - all day!  Could be interesting!  Today started off with the first of a few Easter activites I have up my sleeve!  Gramma came up to help us decorate 24 easter eggs - and what fun we had!  There was glue and glitter, paint and crayons, stickers and foil!  What a wonderful mess!

Tomorrow the kids are signed up for the easter egg hunt at George Lane Park - which they are still unaware of!  So that should take care of tomorrow - run them out of energy at the park for a couple of hours then home for naps!

Sunday we start with finding the treats the Easter Bunny has left at our house, then we drive to G&G Kitchens' to see what is lurking around there, and then finally we go for a huge egg hunt at Granny and Pops'!  They will definitely sleep that night!

Monday finds us looking after a neighborhood kid for the day - there safety in numbers!  They should keep themselves entertained!!

Tuesday and Wednesday are still open!  Will have to do some brainstorming for those days! 

By Thursday the "father" is around and he is on duty for the rest of the week/weekend!  Then before I know it we will be back to routine and waiting for the school bus to arrive.

Hope I remember to enjoy this week of doing what we want when we want - before next Monday hits!

Happy Easter EVERYONE!

I'm Baaaack!

So I have been terrible at blogging for a couple of months!  I find that my boring day-to-day life is nothing that anyone would be interested in!  Same old school routine, skating lessons, parent council meetings, and housework!  I am however lucky enough to go scrapbooking tomorrow!  A couple of weeks ago I did get to spend the weekend away at an amazing retreat and it was there that I started my 2007 album!  Now don't think that I am really that up-to-date, in fact although I am 3 years behind I also skipped doing a family album for 2006.  I figured that that was the year that Jack was born so his baby album should suffice for our family one, however I have ran across some milestone things that Mardi did that year...like being a flowergirl for our cousins' wedding!!!!  So needless to say I will be backtracking and completing a 2006 album ... someday!

So tomorrow I will be trying to complete my album I have gotten so far into.  I am only going until 4:30pm as I will be rushing home to see the Brier final!!!  Nothing, not even scrapbooking, will keep me away from the tv and the Canadian mens final in curling!!! 

GO TEAM ALBERTA GO!!!!!