Five Things Friday (Saturday Edition)

Well, I must say, it's been quite a week! So, let's get going! 

#1. This sweet girl has been adjusting to her new smile. She's been asking a lot of questions like; "Mommy what happened to my tooth?", "When will I get my big girl tooth, in 3 days? 6 days? 4 days?", "How will I get another tooth, who's going to give it to me?" and then making comments like; "Mommy, my tooth is gone.", "I'm in my room listening to Jesus, he's going to give me my big girl tooth." And there's been a lot of her just lifting up her lip to show us her missing tooth. It's really so adorable watching her adjust to this change and learn new things. 

#2. We've all been enjoying this new favorite snack of ours... vanilla yogurt, blueberries/strawberries and granola. YUM! 

#3. My grandpa (Papa Southern) is in town from North Carolina... the kids & I got to spend some time with him and my mom on Friday... as you can see we ate lunch at Fritz's at Crown Center... I absolutely love this photo of him (and no Papa, you didn't break the camera!)

We also visited the Clifford exhibit at Crown Center and... 

mostly stood on the sidelines of the fountains... Noelle did run through once but, since Parker wasn't interested in going, she didn't want to go either. 

#4. I have a little personal project going on this month... I'm creating a (scrapbook) layout a day in June! Yes, I know I'm probably a bit crazy, but so far it's been a lot of fun! You can see what I've created so far at my little creative blog here. 

#5. We are now proud owners of a piano, handed down from my parents who no longer wanted it, so Rodney is enjoying some You Tube piano lessons and the kids are having fun banging on it a bit, but having more fun playing with their matchbox cars on it! Haha! 

Scrappin' Wednesday

I have really been rocking out the scrapbook pages lately... many may wonder how I have the time to do this but, I don't watch much tv and lately I have been spending less time on the computer so that I can spend more time scrapbooking... it's truly more than a hobby to me... it's an escape and something I can use as an emotional outlet as well... I love looking back at the words and photos together on a pretty page & I look forward to sharing them all with Noelle & Parker when they are older and reminiscing together.

There are so many different forms of scrapbooking and I think most of us do some form of this... for example if you blog, you are a virtual scrapbooker; if you write a note on the back of your photos you are a scrapbooker; if you put your photos in an album and jot a few notes to the side of the photos you are a scrapbooker; if you keep a journal and throw a photo between the pages once in a while, you are a scrapbooker... capturing your life through your words and your photos... there's no wrong way to record your memories!

Anyway, I thought I would share another scrapbook page with you today... enjoy! Hope you spend some time this week to record your moments & memories whatever your style! :)

Scrap Happy

Well, this last week I was able to get quite a bit of scrapping in! Yea! It seems I always feel a bit of a happier & kinder wife & mommy when I've been able to "escape" and do something I really enjoy doing! I thought I would share a few of my creations with you today!

This first layout is called "Double Trouble" the journaling reads "The two of you seem to be more mischevious when you're together. True siblings, true friends. 12/09".

This layout called "Carousel" highlights a few fun photos I took while the kids were on the carousel at Oak Park Mall over the Christmas season.

This layout is probably my favorite of the 5 I completed this week. Our sweet little boy is featured here in "Since You Came Along..." the journaling reads: "Life is laugh out loud wilder, messier, joy filled crazier, more full & fun just altogether happy! We adore you!" The journaling and even the layout design was inspired by this layout by Stephanie Howell.