Baking 101 with Joey

Life skills...all our kids need them before they grow up and move out.  Joey and I had a morning of fun crafting his pancakes.  He cooked while I documented.  This was a week or two ago...I've been really busy!

All by himself!!

Signs of Spring

April showers bring may flowers but what does April snow bring?  Yikes!  Very cold weather, buds...but will they make it?  Here are some of my favorite photos:

Buds trying to survive the cold, harsh April snow

My tulips...will they make it?

The grass that's almost long enough to mow

The neighbor's forsythia bush...mine hasn't even thought about coming out!

Another neighbor's bush...maybe azalea bush...

With all this messy weather, where are the other signs of spring?

A newly formed nest that was knocked out of it's tree

and a promise of sunnier days to come!

Scraptacular Design Team Submission

I submitted my lo's to Scraptacular.  We'll see if I'm what they need.  I'll know mid April!  Here's what I submitted:

One Project:  I chose the Nikki Sivils Scallop Square 6 X 6 chipboard album.  This blank chipboard album I won from Scraptacular during their CHA blog giveaway in February.  Their blog can be found at: http://scraptacularscrapbookstore.blogspot.com/

I used paint on the front and back covers.  Scrapped them and then applied a clear protective coat over the whole outside album.

Next I chose 3 layouts:

I love the patterned papers & embellies from their November Kit!!

This page was a little wild and wacky for color.  I was using up my leftovers.  The majority is from the September Kit - Teacher's Pet. 

Then I really fell in love with it after adding some handstitching...

I should be sick of scrapping winter photos, but I placed an order a few months back..lots of cute winter stuff.  Parts of thse were from the January kit and others just too cute not to buy.   I didn't realize how far a few sheets, ribbon and chipboard could go!

Some other ideas that I used Scraptacular products for...

Now off to find some spring papers!!   Easter is coming!!

Some of my last pages from the online crop: The Everyday Scrapper

Scavenger Hunt (A-Z of scrappin' products) that I didn't submit.  Stupid upload part wasn't even on the website...

Forgot already...it's too late, lol!

If I had a million dollars:

What I like to treat myself with:

Beauty to Me:

A photo of myself that I normally wouldn't scrap:

The Banner

The Everyday Scrapper Online Crop

I'm having so much fun this week with the online crop at http://www.theeverydayscrapper.com/!  The challenges were posted this weekend and we have all week to get our lo's up.  Here are some of my lo's:

Lizzy in Rare Form

My kids are not photogenic.  You'd think I would have them trained by now but no such luck!  Last night Lizzy brought home one of her dance recital outfits.  She tried it on and actually posed for me...

If she was only like this all the time!!  I'm so proud of her.  She put on the costume even though she hates it!

Right Place, Right Time

All morning was spent cleaning.  Cleaning the floors, doing the dishes, and getting the kids ready for school.  Then getting Joey ready for homeschool.  All for what?  Well the house does smell and look better...even if I can still here the muttering of Joey outside.  Anyway, a nice reward came my way after taking Lizzy to school.  It wasn't huge and most people wouldn't think of it as a reward...but it's just what I needed...

Just a helicopter...but it was flying really low.

Are they looking for someone or something?

Should it be THAT close to the trees?

And my favorite...it's like he came back for more...

Joey and I thought they were going to crash with the circling they did. 

Just a little excitement...that's all I needed today :)